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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Mecklenburg County

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
Mecklenburg County 447 184 39.6 33.7-45.8 263 60.4 54.2-66.3
GENDER
Male 160 82 50.4 40.5-60.3 78 49.6 39.7-59.5
Female 287 102 28.8 23.5-34.7 185 71.2 65.3-76.5
RACE
White 268 125 44.9 36.9-53.1 143 55.1 46.9-63.1
Other 175 59 33.4 25.5-42.4 116 66.6 57.6-74.5
AGE
18-44 239 84 36.1 28.3-44.8 155 63.9 55.2-71.7
45+ 204 99 46.4 38.9-54.1 105 53.6 45.9-61.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 143 73 47.9 37.1-58.9 70 52.1 41.1-62.9
Some College + 303 111 34.8 28.2-42.1 192 65.2 57.9-71.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 198 84 38.4 29.3-48.3 114 61.6 51.7-70.7
$50,000+ 148 55 34.6 26.6-43.6 93 65.4 56.4-73.4
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
Henderson/Transylvania 472 244 53.7 47.8-59.5 228 46.3 40.5-52.2
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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