BRFSS 2004 - Forsyth County: (Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,004	6,909	45.8	44.8-46.8	8,095	54.2	53.2-55.2
-Forsyth County	447	215	49.3	44.1-54.6	232	50.7	45.4-55.9
GENDER
Male	162	93	59.8	51.4-67.6	69	40.2	32.4-48.6
Female	285	122	39.9	33.9-46.1	163	60.1	53.9-66.1
RACE
White	323	164	51.0	44.9-57.1	159	49.0	42.9-55.1
Other	122	51	45.8	35.8-56.1	71	54.2	43.9-64.2
AGE
18-44	171	65	39.8	31.7-48.4	106	60.2	51.6-68.3
45+	275	149	56.0	49.3-62.5	126	44.0	37.5-50.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	165	81	50.3	41.8-58.8	84	49.7	41.2-58.2
Some College +	282	134	48.7	42.1-55.4	148	51.3	44.6-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	116	52.4	45.1-59.6	115	47.6	40.4-54.9
$50,000+	138	62	45.8	36.7-55.2	76	54.2	44.8-63.3

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	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
-Forsyth County	447	215	49.3	44.1-54.6	232	50.7	45.4-55.9
GENDER
Male	162	93	59.8	51.4-67.6	69	40.2	32.4-48.6
Female	285	122	39.9	33.9-46.1	163	60.1	53.9-66.1
RACE
White	323	164	51.0	44.9-57.1	159	49.0	42.9-55.1
Other	122	51	45.8	35.8-56.1	71	54.2	43.9-64.2
AGE
18-44	171	65	39.8	31.7-48.4	106	60.2	51.6-68.3
45+	275	149	56.0	49.3-62.5	126	44.0	37.5-50.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	165	81	50.3	41.8-58.8	84	49.7	41.2-58.2
Some College +	282	134	48.7	42.1-55.4	148	51.3	44.6-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	231	116	52.4	45.1-59.6	115	47.6	40.4-54.9
$50,000+	138	62	45.8	36.7-55.2	76	54.2	44.8-63.3

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Tobacco Use

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