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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 189 80 42.1 34.5-50.0 27 17.7 12.0-25.2 82 40.3 32.9-48.1
GENDER
Male 81 28 32.5 22.6-44.2 16 24.1 15.1-36.3 37 43.4 32.4-55.1
Female 108 52 52.9 42.7-63.0 11 10.3 5.4-18.8 45 36.7 27.6-46.9
RACE
White 125 60 50.0 40.5-59.6 6 5.3 2.3-12.1 59 44.6 35.4-54.2
Other 64 20 29.7 19.2-42.8 21 36.8 24.6-50.9 23 33.5 22.2-47.1
AGE
18-44 75 46 59.8 47.4-71.0 12 18.2 10.3-30.2 17 22.0 13.7-33.4
45+ 113 34 28.5 20.2-38.6 15 17.4 10.2-28.2 64 54.1 43.6-64.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 126 62 48.2 38.8-57.8 17 17.6 10.8-27.3 47 34.2 26.0-43.6
Some College + 63 18 28.6 18.1-42.1 10 17.9 9.4-31.5 35 53.5 39.9-66.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 57 45.1 35.6-55.0 16 16.8 10.3-26.3 48 38.0 29.1-47.9
$50,000+ 33 13 38.6 23.2-56.8 5 14.7 5.8-32.7 15 46.7 29.7-64.4

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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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