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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 158 48 31.9 24.1-41.0 19 13.2 7.4-22.5 91 54.8 45.4-63.9
GENDER
Male 67 22 32.6 21.1-46.5 8 16.2 7.2-32.7 37 51.2 37.0-65.2
Female 91 26 31.2 21.8-42.6 11 9.7 5.2-17.5 54 59.0 47.7-69.5
RACE
White 88 24 31.2 21.5-42.8 4 4.5 1.6-11.8 60 64.3 52.7-74.5
Other 70 24 32.6 21.3-46.4 15 21.2 11.1-36.9 31 46.1 32.3-60.6
AGE
18-44 63 27 38.5 25.7-53.1 11 20.8 10.3-37.7 25 40.7 26.8-56.2
45+ 95 21 25.7 17.0-36.8 8 5.9 2.9-11.8 66 68.4 57.3-77.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 26 44.2 29.2-60.4 6 14.6 5.0-35.5 23 41.2 26.2-58.0
Some College + 103 22 23.5 15.6-33.7 13 12.3 6.7-21.6 68 64.2 53.3-73.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 32 38.7 26.9-51.9 10 15.3 6.5-31.8 37 46.1 32.8-59.9
$50,000+ 52 11 23.7 13.3-38.6 6 12.4 5.2-26.6 35 64.0 48.7-76.9

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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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