2012 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

TRU Campaign

In the last 12 months, have you heard about or seen the North Carolina TRU (or Tobacco.
Reality. Unfiltered.) media campaign directed at preventing tobacco use among youth?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes, more than once Yes, only once No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,160 3,778 39.6 38.3-40.9 589 6.4 5.8- 7.1 5,793 54.0 52.7-55.3
-Western NC 1,376 447 36.0 32.6-39.4 69 5.9 4.3- 7.9 860 58.1 54.6-61.6
GENDER
Male 524 168 35.0 29.8-40.6 28 6.1 4.0- 9.2 328 58.9 53.3-64.3
Female 852 279 36.8 32.6-41.2 41 5.7 3.7- 8.8 532 57.5 53.0-61.8
RACE
White 1,133 368 36.2 32.5-40.1 50 5.3 3.7- 7.5 715 58.5 54.6-62.3
Other minorities 234 76 34.8 27.1-43.4 19 9.4 5.4-15.8 139 55.8 47.3-64.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,311 434 37.0 33.6-40.6 58 5.4 3.8- 7.5 819 57.6 53.9-61.1
AGE
18-34 189 73 38.8 30.9-47.4 *** *** *** 102 53.9 45.4-62.2
35-54 359 143 41.3 35.4-47.4 22 8.4 5.4-13.0 194 50.3 44.1-56.4
55-64 311 110 36.3 30.1-43.0 *** *** *** 188 59.9 53.1-66.3
65-74 309 83 26.0 20.8-32.0 *** *** *** 213 71.1 65.0-76.5
75+ 200 *** *** *** *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 188 44 26.2 18.2-36.2 14 7.2 3.9-12.7 130 66.7 56.8-75.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 413 135 37.4 31.1-44.1 22 5.5 3.4- 9.0 256 57.1 50.4-63.5
Some Post-H.S. 354 118 36.2 30.2-42.6 *** *** *** 217 57.0 50.4-63.3
College Graduate 419 150 41.7 36.0-47.5 *** *** *** 255 54.4 48.5-60.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 194 69 36.1 27.6-45.5 *** *** *** 116 58.0 48.5-66.9
$15,000- 24,999 268 78 30.5 23.9-38.0 20 7.6 4.5-12.6 170 61.9 54.1-69.1
$25,000- 34,999 151 *** *** *** *** *** *** 94 55.8 45.3-65.9
$35,000- 49,999 158 56 40.8 31.7-50.5 *** *** *** 100 58.2 48.5-67.4
$50,000+ 378 139 39.9 34.1-46.1 *** *** *** 228 56.5 50.3-62.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 412 136 36.0 30.2-42.3 *** *** *** 262 60.9 54.6-66.9
No 956 308 35.6 31.7-39.8 55 6.9 5.0- 9.6 593 57.5 53.2-61.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 165 54 37.1 28.7-46.4 *** *** *** 109 62.0 52.7-70.4
Non-Veteran 1,211 393 35.8 32.3-39.6 67 6.4 4.7- 8.7 751 57.7 53.9-61.4

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2012 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2012 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
**Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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