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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,004 6,909 45.8 44.8-46.8 8,095 54.2 53.2-55.2
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 367 161 45.1 39.2-51.1 206 54.9 48.9-60.8
GENDER
Male 134 80 57.0 47.3-66.2 54 43.0 33.8-52.7
Female 233 81 33.8 27.2-41.0 152 66.2 59.0-72.8
RACE
White 226 112 51.2 43.7-58.6 114 48.8 41.4-56.3
Other 139 49 36.1 27.1-46.3 90 63.9 53.7-72.9
AGE
18-44 134 54 40.6 31.6-50.3 80 59.4 49.7-68.4
45+ 231 107 48.2 40.5-56.0 124 51.8 44.0-59.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 207 89 46.6 38.6-54.7 118 53.4 45.3-61.4
Some College + 159 72 43.4 34.9-52.4 87 56.6 47.6-65.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 206 95 49.1 41.2-57.1 111 50.9 42.9-58.8
$50,000+ 71 34 46.0 33.5-59.0 37 54.0 41.0-66.5

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^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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