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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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 15,004 6,909 45.8 44.8-46.8 8,095 54.2 53.2-55.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 418 211 52.0 46.6-57.4 207 48.0 42.6-53.4
GENDER
Male 161 108 66.2 57.8-73.8 53 33.8 26.2-42.2
Female 257 103 37.7 31.6-44.3 154 62.3 55.7-68.4
RACE
White 318 177 56.7 50.6-62.6 141 43.3 37.4-49.4
Other 98 33 37.1 26.0-49.8 65 62.9 50.2-74.0
AGE
18-44 145 70 48.8 39.6-58.0 75 51.2 42.0-60.4
45+ 270 140 54.0 47.4-60.6 130 46.0 39.4-52.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 212 102 49.9 42.2-57.6 110 50.1 42.4-57.8
Some College + 205 108 54.2 46.6-61.6 97 45.8 38.4-53.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 240 132 56.2 48.9-63.1 108 43.8 36.9-51.1
$50,000+ 81 36 44.6 33.2-56.7 45 55.4 43.3-66.8

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^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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