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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Tobacco Use

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 6,721 3,272 50.3 48.4-52.2 3,449 49.7 47.8-51.6
Henderson/ Transylvania 472 244 53.7 47.8-59.5 228 46.3 40.5-52.2
GENDER
Male 188 119 63.5 55.2-71.0 69 36.5 29.0-44.8
Female 284 125 43.5 35.0-52.4 159 56.5 47.6-65.0
RACE
White 433 227 53.3 47.6-58.9 206 46.7 41.1-52.4
Other 34 13 52.0 29.4-73.8 21 48.0 26.2-70.6
AGE
18-44 162 75 49.9 39.8-60.1 87 50.1 39.9-60.2
45+ 307 167 56.7 49.8-63.3 140 43.3 36.7-50.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 192 119 65.9 56.8-73.9 73 34.1 26.1-43.2
Some College + 279 125 43.7 36.8-50.8 154 56.3 49.2-63.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 258 149 62.1 53.9-69.6 109 37.9 30.4-46.1
$50,000+ 97 42 41.0 30.7-52.2 55 59.0 47.8-69.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 413 201 48.9 43.2-54.6 212 51.1 45.4-56.8
Forsyth 464 239 50.3 45.0-55.7 225 49.7 44.3-55.0
Guilford 423 198 47.2 41.4-53.1 225 52.8 46.9-58.6
Mecklenburg 447 184 39.6 33.7-45.8 263 60.4 54.2-66.3
Orange 441 176 32.9 27.4-38.9 265 67.1 61.1-72.6
Pitt 418 194 47.4 41.4-53.4 224 52.6 46.6-58.6
Randolph 429 213 53.7 47.8-59.5 216 46.3 40.5-52.2
Robeson 444 219 49.6 43.6-55.6 225 50.4 44.4-56.4
Wake 431 180 43.0 37.6-48.7 251 57.0 51.3-62.4
Western NC 656 358 56.5 52.0-61.0 298 43.5 39.0-48.0
Piedmont NC 885 454 53.0 48.7-57.2 431 47.0 42.8-51.3
Eastern NC 798 412 52.3 48.0-56.5 386 47.7 43.5-52.0

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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