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Total Respond.^ |
Smoke everyday | Smoke some days | Former smoker | Never smoked | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,499 | 760 | 13.5 | 12.5-14.7 | 328 | 5.4 | 4.8- 6.2 | 1,848 | 25.8 | 24.6-27.1 | 3,563 | 55.2 | 53.7-56.7 |
-Western | 1,105 | 141 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.6 | 55 | 6.0 | 4.2- 8.4 | 382 | 31.0 | 27.7-34.6 | 527 | 47.0 | 43.1-50.9 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 486 | 66 | 14.6 | 10.9-19.3 | 23 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.4 | 200 | 36.8 | 31.6-42.3 | 197 | 42.8 | 37.3-48.6 |
Female | 619 | 75 | 17.2 | 12.7-22.9 | 32 | 6.2 | 3.9- 9.8 | 182 | 25.8 | 21.7-30.4 | 330 | 50.7 | 45.3-56.1 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 953 | 119 | 16.6 | 13.3-20.7 | 42 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.6 | 349 | 33.0 | 29.3-36.9 | 443 | 45.1 | 40.9-49.3 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 38 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Other | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 26 | 17.1 | 10.3-27.1 | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 167 | 27 | 18.8 | 12.3-27.6 | 20 | 12.9 | 7.6-21.0 | 35 | 18.1 | 12.3-25.8 | 85 | 50.2 | 41.1-59.3 |
35-44 | 120 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 32 | 23.7 | 15.8-34.0 | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 164 | 31 | 23.0 | 15.0-33.7 | *** | *** | *** | 35 | 18.5 | 12.4-26.6 | 88 | 53.7 | 43.7-63.4 |
55-64 | 234 | 34 | 12.6 | 8.5-18.2 | *** | *** | *** | 80 | 37.8 | 30.3-45.9 | 111 | 45.3 | 37.6-53.3 |
65-74 | 253 | 22 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.5 | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 52.3 | 44.4-60.1 | 102 | 37.1 | 29.9-44.9 |
75+ | 156 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 77 | 50.8 | 41.2-60.4 | 69 | 43.8 | 34.5-53.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 118 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 33 | 27.6 | 18.7-38.7 | 47 | 31.9 | 22.6-42.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 309 | 53 | 21.2 | 15.6-28.2 | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 34.6 | 28.3-41.5 | 121 | 39.8 | 33.1-47.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 308 | 43 | 11.4 | 7.8-16.4 | 22 | 7.2 | 4.3-11.9 | 103 | 29.0 | 23.4-35.4 | 140 | 52.3 | 45.4-59.2 |
College Graduate | 367 | 16 | 4.9 | 2.7- 8.7 | *** | *** | *** | 124 | 32.1 | 26.7-38.0 | 219 | 60.0 | 53.8-65.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 36 | 23.0 | 15.1-33.4 | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 197 | 45 | 28.9 | 20.6-38.9 | *** | *** | *** | 55 | 24.1 | 17.6-32.2 | 81 | 39.2 | 30.8-48.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 148 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 147 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 47 | 28.1 | 19.9-38.1 | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 191 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 72 | 35.9 | 27.8-44.8 | 101 | 48.9 | 40.0-57.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 354 | 54 | 17.1 | 12.1-23.7 | *** | *** | *** | 151 | 39.1 | 32.8-45.9 | 131 | 38.2 | 31.7-45.1 |
No | 746 | 86 | 15.5 | 11.8-20.0 | 36 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 | 229 | 27.6 | 23.7-31.8 | 395 | 50.9 | 46.1-55.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 155 | 17 | 11.7 | 6.5-20.4 | *** | *** | *** | 75 | 45.9 | 36.2-55.8 | 58 | 40.6 | 31.0-50.9 |
Non-Veteran | 948 | 123 | 16.5 | 13.2-20.5 | 50 | 6.6 | 4.6- 9.3 | 307 | 29.0 | 25.4-32.8 | 468 | 47.9 | 43.7-52.2 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
Regional City or Suburban | 259 | 20 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.2 | *** | *** | *** | 102 | 38.2 | 31.4-45.4 | 127 | 49.1 | 41.9-56.3 |
Rural | 846 | 121 | 18.6 | 14.7-23.2 | 45 | 6.8 | 4.6-10.0 | 280 | 28.4 | 24.7-32.5 | 400 | 46.2 | 41.6-50.9 |
*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke some days' rates.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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