BRFSS 2004 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	375	180	48.4	42.7-54.2	195	51.6	45.8-57.3
GENDER
Male	135	79	57.7	48.2-66.6	56	42.3	33.4-51.8
Female	240	101	40.9	34.0-48.1	139	59.1	51.9-66.0
RACE
White	312	152	48.5	42.2-54.8	160	51.5	45.2-57.8
Other	62	27	47.2	33.8-61.0	35	52.8	39.0-66.2
AGE
18-44	140	63	44.4	35.5-53.6	77	55.6	46.4-64.5
45+	231	116	51.8	44.4-59.2	115	48.2	40.8-55.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	110	55.6	47.7-63.2	92	44.4	36.8-52.3
Some College +	172	70	40.7	32.6-49.3	102	59.3	50.7-67.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	124	54.0	46.5-61.4	101	46.0	38.6-53.5
$50,000+	75	29	42.4	30.9-54.9	46	57.6	45.1-69.1

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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
-Gaston County	375	180	48.4	42.7-54.2	195	51.6	45.8-57.3
GENDER
Male	135	79	57.7	48.2-66.6	56	42.3	33.4-51.8
Female	240	101	40.9	34.0-48.1	139	59.1	51.9-66.0
RACE
White	312	152	48.5	42.2-54.8	160	51.5	45.2-57.8
Other	62	27	47.2	33.8-61.0	35	52.8	39.0-66.2
AGE
18-44	140	63	44.4	35.5-53.6	77	55.6	46.4-64.5
45+	231	116	51.8	44.4-59.2	115	48.2	40.8-55.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	202	110	55.6	47.7-63.2	92	44.4	36.8-52.3
Some College +	172	70	40.7	32.6-49.3	102	59.3	50.7-67.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	124	54.0	46.5-61.4	101	46.0	38.6-53.5
$50,000+	75	29	42.4	30.9-54.9	46	57.6	45.1-69.1

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Tobacco Use

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