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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 211 81 37.9 30.8-45.4 24 12.1 8.0-18.1 106 50.0 42.5-57.6
GENDER
Male 108 38 33.8 24.9-44.1 12 11.6 6.4-20.1 58 54.6 44.2-64.5
Female 103 43 45.0 34.9-55.6 12 13.0 7.3-22.1 48 41.9 32.2-52.3
RACE
White 177 69 38.9 31.4-47.1 20 12.1 7.6-18.6 88 49.0 41.0-57.0
Other 33 11 31.0 15.8-51.9 4 12.6 4.3-32.0 18 56.3 35.4-75.2
AGE
18-44 70 38 52.4 38.4-66.0 9 13.7 6.7-25.9 23 34.0 21.5-49.1
45+ 140 43 30.1 22.4-39.0 15 11.4 6.7-18.6 82 58.5 49.4-67.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 102 38 36.8 27.1-47.8 15 16.9 10.1-27.1 49 46.2 35.4-57.4
Some College + 108 42 38.5 28.9-49.2 9 7.5 3.7-14.8 57 53.9 43.4-64.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 59 41.8 32.7-51.4 15 11.0 6.4-18.4 58 47.2 37.6-57.1
$50,000+ 36 9 29.6 15.5-49.0 5 16.1 6.4-35.0 22 54.4 36.2-71.4

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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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