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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 202 66 31.6 24.8-39.3 20 11.7 7.0-19.0 116 56.7 48.7-64.4
GENDER
Male 108 36 32.1 23.2-42.5 8 11.9 5.8-22.9 64 56.0 45.3-66.1
Female 94 30 30.6 21.3-41.7 12 11.2 6.1-19.8 52 58.2 46.8-68.8
RACE
White 167 52 30.1 23.0-38.3 13 5.9 3.2-10.7 102 64.0 55.7-71.6
Other 35 14 35.9 20.6-54.8 7 28.7 14.1-49.7 14 35.3 20.0-54.3
AGE
18-44 61 25 42.1 28.8-56.7 12 23.3 12.4-39.5 24 34.6 22.8-48.6
45+ 141 41 25.8 18.8-34.2 8 5.3 2.4-11.2 92 69.0 60.1-76.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 34 36.1 25.4-48.2 14 19.5 10.8-32.7 41 44.4 33.0-56.5
Some College + 112 31 26.5 18.6-36.3 6 4.4 1.8-10.4 75 69.0 59.0-77.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 112 43 37.7 27.8-48.8 14 16.9 9.3-28.8 55 45.3 34.8-56.3
$50,000+ 55 14 22.9 13.5-36.0 3 4.5 1.4-13.1 38 72.6 59.2-82.9

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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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