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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Franklin/Granville/Vance Counties

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Do you now smoke cigars every day, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,919 39 1.6 1.0- 2.7 303 13.4 11.3-15.7 2,577 85.0 82.6-87.2
-Franklin/Gran./Vance 130 4 4.8 1.7-12.7 9 9.7 4.0-21.5 117 85.5 73.8-92.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 166 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 19 14.5 8.6-23.3 146 85.3 76.5-91.2
Guilford 144 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 19 14.1 8.6-22.1 123 84.7 76.6-90.3
Mecklenburg 143 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1 22 23.0 14.2-34.9 119 76.3 64.4-85.1
Orange 143 0 0.0 . - . 17 13.0 7.5-21.6 126 87.0 78.4-92.5
Wake 141 1 3.8 0.6-22.2 14 13.0 7.3-22.3 126 83.1 71.4-90.7
Chatham/Lee 111 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 8 6.1 2.8-13.1 102 93.0 85.8-96.7
Nash/Wilson 99 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3 7 6.9 2.9-15.5 90 92.0 83.6-96.3
Craven/Pamlico 147 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 15 11.0 6.4-18.1 130 86.9 79.2-92.0
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 137 0 0.0 . - . 16 14.4 7.9-24.7 121 85.6 75.3-92.1
Appalachian/Wilkes 159 0 0.0 . - . 14 16.3 7.1-33.3 145 83.7 66.7-92.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 165 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 11 5.7 2.7-11.5 153 93.9 88.0-97.0
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 152 4 3.3 1.1- 9.3 23 15.0 9.6-22.5 125 81.7 73.6-87.8
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 110 3 2.3 0.7- 7.3 4 6.4 2.2-17.3 103 91.4 81.1-96.3
Northeast NC I 109 3 2.4 0.7- 8.0 5 4.7 1.8-11.7 101 92.9 85.5-96.6
Northeast NC II 143 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 19 13.6 7.8-22.5 123 85.7 76.7-91.6
Northeastern Partnership 252 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 24 11.1 6.7-17.6 224 87.7 81.2-92.2
Mountain AHEC 471 5 0.8 0.3- 2.3 40 9.8 6.6-14.3 426 89.4 84.9-92.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 946 19 2.4 1.1- 4.8 96 11.2 8.4-14.8 831 86.4 82.5-89.6
Piedmont 1,245 15 1.6 0.7- 3.5 140 14.9 11.8-18.6 1,090 83.5 79.7-86.7
Western NC 728 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 67 11.7 8.4-16.2 656 87.8 83.3-91.2

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Franklin/Granville/Vance Counties. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking cigars.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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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