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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 205 88 41.4 33.6-49.7 20 11.2 6.7-18.1 97 47.4 39.3-55.7
GENDER
Male 94 37 39.4 28.6-51.4 7 7.1 2.8-16.6 50 53.5 41.8-64.9
Female 111 51 44.4 34.0-55.3 13 17.2 9.4-29.4 47 38.4 28.6-49.2
RACE
White 152 66 42.0 33.2-51.4 12 7.7 4.0-14.1 74 50.3 41.0-59.6
Other 52 22 40.2 25.1-57.4 8 19.6 8.8-37.9 22 40.2 25.4-57.1
AGE
18-44 80 41 50.1 36.7-63.4 11 15.6 8.0-28.3 28 34.3 22.8-48.1
45+ 125 47 35.4 26.4-45.6 9 8.1 3.6-17.4 69 56.5 46.1-66.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 118 49 40.6 30.3-51.7 16 12.7 7.1-21.8 53 46.7 36.0-57.7
Some College + 87 39 42.9 31.5-55.1 4 8.5 2.8-22.8 44 48.6 36.7-60.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 126 60 48.3 38.0-58.7 13 12.2 6.4-21.9 53 39.5 29.9-50.1
$50,000+ 43 16 38.3 23.8-55.2 2 6.2 1.6-21.7 25 55.5 39.0-70.8

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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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