2014 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 6,988 3,148 43.5 42.1-44.9 3,840 56.5 55.1-57.9
-MALES 2,965 1,588 50.3 48.1-52.5 1,377 49.7 47.5-51.9
RACE
White 2,158 1,206 53.7 51.1-56.2 952 46.3 43.8-48.9
African American 491 244 46.1 41.0-51.3 247 53.9 48.7-59.0
Other Minorities 280 118 33.7 27.5-40.5 162 66.3 59.5-72.5
AGE
18-34 566 221 39.1 34.6-43.8 345 60.9 56.2-65.4
35-44 414 180 44.9 39.6-50.4 234 55.1 49.6-60.4
45-54 457 226 49.3 44.2-54.4 231 50.7 45.6-55.8
55-64 653 400 61.6 57.3-65.6 253 38.4 34.4-42.7
65-74 526 343 66.4 61.6-70.8 183 33.6 29.2-38.4
75+ 318 205 66.8 60.7-72.4 113 33.2 27.6-39.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 412 281 65.3 59.5-70.7 131 34.7 29.3-40.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 806 465 55.2 51.1-59.3 341 44.8 40.7-48.9
Some Post-H.S. 738 395 46.9 42.7-51.2 343 53.1 48.8-57.3
College Graduate 996 437 37.6 34.3-41.0 559 62.4 59.0-65.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 271 189 64.9 57.6-71.6 82 35.1 28.4-42.4
$15,000- 24,999 454 276 58.8 53.2-64.2 178 41.2 35.8-46.8
$25,000- 34,999 279 160 54.0 47.1-60.8 119 46.0 39.2-52.9
$35,000- 49,999 363 187 52.3 46.2-58.3 176 47.7 41.7-53.8
$50,000- 74,999 375 208 53.6 47.4-59.7 167 46.4 40.3-52.6
$75,000+ 734 319 37.7 33.6-42.0 415 62.3 58.0-66.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 749 501 66.2 61.8-70.3 248 33.8 29.7-38.2
No 2,194 1,075 45.9 43.4-48.4 1,119 54.1 51.6-56.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 859 542 61.6 57.5-65.5 317 38.4 34.5-42.5
Non-Veteran 2,102 1,044 46.8 44.2-49.4 1,058 53.2 50.6-55.8
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 1,687 965 53.4 50.4-56.3 722 46.6 43.7-49.6
No 1,278 623 46.5 43.2-49.8 655 53.5 50.2-56.8

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PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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