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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico 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
-Carteret/Curr./Craven/Dare/Hyde/Paml. 183 68 38.4 30.7-46.7 14 7.2 4.1-12.3 101 54.5 46.3-62.4
GENDER
Male 76 24 33.1 22.5-45.7 6 7.2 3.0-16.1 46 59.8 47.3-71.1
Female 107 44 43.8 33.5-54.7 8 7.2 3.5-14.3 55 49.0 38.5-59.5
RACE
White 158 61 39.2 31.1-48.1 8 5.5 2.6-11.2 89 55.3 46.5-63.8
Other 24 7 34.2 15.3-60.0 6 18.4 7.7-37.7 11 47.4 25.7-70.2
AGE
18-44 51 27 51.1 35.9-66.2 7 14.0 6.3-28.2 17 34.9 21.3-51.4
45+ 132 41 33.0 24.4-43.0 7 4.3 2.0- 9.1 84 62.6 52.8-71.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 79 35 51.3 39.1-63.4 6 7.5 3.1-17.0 38 41.2 30.1-53.3
Some College + 104 33 27.8 19.5-37.9 8 6.9 3.4-13.8 63 65.3 54.8-74.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 99 36 36.0 26.0-47.4 8 6.2 3.0-12.6 55 57.8 46.5-68.2
$50,000+ 46 19 42.8 28.4-58.6 2 4.2 1.0-15.8 25 53.0 37.5-67.9

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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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