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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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
-Guilford County 426 186 42.7 37.4-48.2 240 57.3 51.8-62.6
GENDER
Male 176 85 46.8 38.7-55.2 91 53.2 44.8-61.3
Female 250 101 38.2 31.6-45.2 149 61.8 54.8-68.4
RACE
White 294 136 47.0 40.6-53.5 158 53.0 46.5-59.4
Other 130 49 34.2 25.3-44.2 81 65.8 55.8-74.7
AGE
18-44 147 51 31.4 23.5-40.5 96 68.6 59.5-76.5
45+ 274 132 49.7 42.9-56.4 142 50.3 43.6-57.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 142 68 51.2 41.2-61.1 74 48.8 38.9-58.8
Some College + 283 117 38.1 32.0-44.6 166 61.9 55.4-68.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 197 104 51.0 42.6-59.4 93 49.0 40.6-57.4
$50,000+ 143 59 40.3 32.0-49.2 84 59.7 50.8-68.0

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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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