2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-MALES

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,705 4,055 45.3 43.9-46.7 4,650 54.7 53.3-56.1
-MALES 3,395 1,891 53.2 51.0-55.4 1,504 46.8 44.6-49.0
RACE
White 2,374 1,382 56.9 54.3-59.5 992 43.1 40.5-45.7
African American 583 296 47.8 42.6-53.0 287 52.2 47.0-57.4
Other Minorities 386 194 40.1 33.4-47.2 192 59.9 52.8-66.6
AGE
18-34 604 256 42.3 37.8-46.9 348 57.7 53.1-62.2
35-44 502 225 47.2 42.0-52.5 277 52.8 47.5-58.0
45-54 564 299 54.6 49.3-59.7 265 45.4 40.3-50.7
55-64 703 417 61.8 57.3-66.2 286 38.2 33.8-42.7
65-74 597 416 71.1 66.3-75.5 181 28.9 24.5-33.7
75+ 402 270 69.5 63.2-75.2 132 30.5 24.8-36.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 500 349 68.2 62.7-73.2 151 31.8 26.8-37.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 973 595 56.4 52.2-60.4 378 43.6 39.6-47.8
Some Post-H.S. 833 478 51.0 46.6-55.4 355 49.0 44.6-53.4
College Graduate 1,083 465 40.0 36.4-43.6 618 60.0 56.4-63.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 355 226 61.7 54.9-68.0 129 38.3 32.0-45.1
$15,000- 24,999 590 377 64.5 59.6-69.2 213 35.5 30.8-40.4
$25,000- 34,999 318 182 54.7 47.8-61.5 136 45.3 38.5-52.2
$35,000- 49,999 402 249 59.8 53.5-65.8 153 40.2 34.2-46.5
$50,000- 74,999 384 201 49.8 43.3-56.3 183 50.2 43.7-56.7
$75,000+ 775 346 42.7 38.4-47.2 429 57.3 52.8-61.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 927 641 69.4 65.4-73.1 286 30.6 26.9-34.6
No 2,449 1,238 48.3 45.7-50.8 1,211 51.7 49.2-54.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 1,013 652 64.6 60.7-68.3 361 35.4 31.7-39.3
Non-Veteran 2,378 1,238 49.6 47.0-52.2 1,140 50.4 47.8-53.0
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,696 994 55.8 52.6-58.9 702 44.2 41.1-47.4
No 1,699 897 50.5 47.4-53.5 802 49.5 46.5-52.6

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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.

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