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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 161 53 36.0 27.9-45.0 23 10.6 6.7-16.4 85 53.4 44.5-62.1
GENDER
Male 80 28 33.6 23.3-45.9 10 9.6 4.8-18.0 42 56.8 44.6-68.2
Female 81 25 39.8 28.0-52.8 13 12.3 6.8-21.2 43 48.0 36.1-60.1
RACE
White 112 39 37.3 27.8-47.9 11 7.1 3.8-13.1 62 55.6 45.1-65.6
Other 49 14 33.1 19.2-50.8 12 18.2 9.4-32.4 23 48.7 32.6-64.9
AGE
18-44 54 22 41.7 27.7-57.1 13 21.2 11.8-35.2 19 37.1 23.4-53.2
45+ 107 31 32.9 23.3-44.2 10 4.9 2.6- 9.3 66 62.1 51.1-72.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 89 33 41.2 29.9-53.5 14 11.5 6.3-20.2 42 47.3 35.5-59.3
Some College + 72 20 28.9 18.6-41.9 9 9.3 4.6-17.9 43 61.8 48.8-73.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 95 36 41.6 30.5-53.6 14 10.9 6.1-18.7 45 47.5 36.1-59.2
$50,000+ 34 8 26.7 13.5-46.0 4 7.8 2.7-20.7 22 65.5 46.9-80.3

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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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