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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 182 84 45.9 38.0-53.9 14 7.0 3.7-12.7 84 47.2 39.3-55.1
GENDER
Male 82 32 40.8 30.0-52.6 5 6.8 2.5-17.2 45 52.4 40.8-63.7
Female 100 52 52.4 41.7-62.9 9 7.2 3.7-13.7 39 40.4 30.4-51.3
RACE
White 164 77 47.9 39.7-56.3 10 4.6 2.4- 8.8 77 47.4 39.2-55.8
Other 16 7 29.9 11.9-57.3 3 28.7 7.9-65.3 6 41.4 17.7-69.9
AGE
18-44 64 42 65.2 51.3-76.9 7 10.3 4.2-23.3 15 24.5 14.8-37.8
45+ 118 42 33.2 24.5-43.2 7 4.8 2.1-10.4 69 62.0 52.0-71.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 57 54.1 43.8-64.1 8 5.6 2.6-11.4 45 40.3 30.7-50.7
Some College + 72 27 33.2 22.7-45.7 6 9.2 3.4-22.4 39 57.7 44.8-69.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 116 63 54.2 43.9-64.1 8 6.5 2.7-15.0 45 39.3 29.9-49.5
$50,000+ 30 11 35.2 19.8-54.5 2 5.6 1.4-20.0 17 59.2 40.4-75.7

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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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