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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, 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 6,908 2,578 37.6 36.2-39.1 755 11.5 10.5-12.6 3,575 50.9 49.4-52.3
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 198 82 43.6 35.7-51.8 26 13.4 8.7-20.1 90 43.0 35.3-51.0
GENDER
Male 98 36 39.1 28.6-50.8 10 11.8 6.2-21.2 52 49.1 37.9-60.3
Female 100 46 49.9 38.8-61.1 16 15.8 8.9-26.5 38 34.3 24.9-45.1
RACE
White 175 73 43.9 35.6-52.7 21 13.0 8.1-20.3 81 43.0 34.8-51.6
Other 23 9 40.5 20.7-64.0 5 17.0 6.3-38.4 9 42.5 21.9-66.1
AGE
18-44 70 43 64.5 51.0-76.0 11 17.5 9.2-30.7 16 18.0 10.5-29.2
45+ 128 39 29.7 21.3-39.7 15 10.7 6.1-18.2 74 59.5 49.4-69.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 52 50.5 39.9-61.1 11 9.7 5.0-17.8 48 39.8 30.0-50.5
Some College + 86 29 34.5 23.5-47.5 15 18.2 10.3-30.1 42 47.3 35.3-59.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 117 52 47.8 37.5-58.3 17 14.7 8.7-23.8 48 37.5 28.1-48.0
$50,000+ 40 17 42.1 25.3-60.9 3 7.4 1.9-24.7 20 50.5 32.6-68.3

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.

^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 (MAHEC): 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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