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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Northeast NC II (Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington)

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 9,412 1,717 18.8 17.5-20.1 440 6.0 5.2- 7.0 2,462 23.2 22.0-24.5 4,793 52.0 50.4-53.6
-Northeast NC II 514 98 20.9 16.9-25.7 24 5.8 3.6- 9.3 124 23.9 19.6-28.8 268 49.3 44.1-54.6
GENDER
Male 186 43 23.2 16.8-31.1 11 7.1 3.6-13.5 62 29.5 22.3-37.9 70 40.3 32.2-48.9
Female 328 55 18.7 14.2-24.4 13 4.6 2.4- 8.7 62 18.5 14.2-23.7 198 58.2 51.9-64.2
RACE
White 349 70 23.1 18.1-29.1 13 4.7 2.5- 8.4 98 27.0 21.9-32.9 168 45.2 39.1-51.4
Other 163 27 15.9 10.2-24.1 11 8.3 3.8-17.1 26 17.8 11.0-27.6 99 57.9 47.9-67.4
AGE
18-44 176 47 25.7 18.9-34.0 10 7.4 3.6-14.7 23 15.1 9.3-23.5 96 51.8 42.8-60.6
45+ 333 51 17.3 12.8-22.9 14 4.6 2.6- 8.1 101 31.7 26.0-38.0 167 46.4 40.3-52.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 266 58 23.3 17.7-30.0 13 6.4 3.2-12.3 62 23.6 17.4-31.1 133 46.7 39.4-54.2
Some College + 246 40 18.4 12.9-25.4 11 5.2 2.7- 9.8 61 24.2 18.8-30.7 134 52.2 44.9-59.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 279 70 27.1 21.3-33.9 18 9.3 5.4-15.4 64 22.9 17.2-29.8 127 40.7 34.0-47.7
$50,000+ 97 10 11.6 6.2-20.7 2 1.0 0.2- 4.0 27 29.3 20.4-40.2 58 58.0 46.9-68.4
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 454 91 19.4 15.4-24.0 16 4.5 2.6- 7.8 132 28.3 23.6-33.5 215 47.8 42.4-53.4
Guilford 446 61 18.2 13.8-23.7 25 5.0 3.2- 7.8 128 27.3 22.7-32.4 232 49.4 43.9-55.0
Mecklenburg 445 65 12.1 9.2-15.8 24 7.7 4.5-12.9 115 26.0 20.9-31.8 241 54.3 48.2-60.2
Orange 450 30 8.6 4.5-15.7 21 6.2 3.2-11.5 139 28.0 21.6-35.4 260 57.3 49.6-64.7
Wake 453 44 9.8 6.6-14.1 25 6.4 4.0- 9.9 104 21.3 17.3-26.0 280 62.5 57.0-67.8
Chatham/Lee 399 77 18.8 14.6-23.9 11 3.0 1.4- 6.3 111 22.6 18.4-27.3 200 55.6 49.4-61.6
Nash/Wilson 378 76 21.4 16.9-26.7 16 7.2 3.8-13.1 84 22.0 17.5-27.3 202 49.5 43.5-55.4
Craven/Pamlico 456 85 18.6 14.8-23.1 18 4.2 2.4- 7.2 147 29.1 24.7-33.9 206 48.1 42.5-53.7
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 436 112 27.0 22.2-32.3 23 5.7 3.6- 8.9 102 24.6 19.2-30.8 199 42.8 37.2-48.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 452 81 21.1 15.5-27.9 30 7.2 4.7-11.0 123 22.7 18.5-27.5 218 49.1 42.4-55.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 473 88 18.5 14.0-23.9 19 6.5 3.4-12.0 126 22.1 16.9-28.4 240 53.0 44.9-60.9
Graham/Swain/Jackson 426 80 18.5 13.5-24.8 21 12.8 4.1-33.5 132 26.1 19.8-33.5 193 42.5 32.5-53.3
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 471 110 25.2 20.8-30.2 22 5.2 3.2- 8.4 114 24.6 20.3-29.4 225 45.0 39.9-50.3
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 418 91 25.5 20.5-31.2 16 3.6 2.0- 6.3 97 24.7 19.1-31.2 214 46.2 40.2-52.4
Northeast NC I 458 76 18.1 14.0-23.1 23 4.3 2.7- 6.8 122 26.0 21.3-31.4 237 51.5 45.2-57.7
Northeastern Partnership 972 174 20.0 16.9-23.4 47 5.3 3.7- 7.6 246 24.7 21.4-28.3 505 50.1 46.0-54.2
Mountain AHEC 1,308 252 21.0 17.0-25.6 51 5.6 3.6- 8.7 395 27.8 24.5-31.4 610 45.6 41.4-49.8
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC 3,306 647 19.5 17.4-21.8 148 6.3 4.8- 8.2 823 22.6 20.4-25.0 1,688 51.6 48.6-54.5
Piedmont 4,032 652 17.5 15.8-19.3 195 5.9 4.8- 7.2 1,058 23.2 21.4-25.1 2,127 53.4 51.2-55.7
Western NC 2,074 418 22.5 19.3-26.0 97 6.0 4.3- 8.5 581 24.5 21.9-27.2 978 47.0 43.6-50.6

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* 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 somedays' rates.

^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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