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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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
-Guilford County 186 49 27.8 21.0-35.8 22 11.7 7.3-18.3 115 60.5 52.1-68.3
GENDER
Male 85 25 31.3 21.5-43.1 7 7.5 3.3-16.2 53 61.2 49.3-71.9
Female 101 24 23.1 15.2-33.4 15 17.4 9.7-29.0 62 59.5 48.1-70.0
RACE
White 136 32 26.3 18.5-35.8 14 9.6 5.3-16.7 90 64.2 54.4-72.9
Other 49 17 32.4 19.6-48.4 8 17.9 8.0-35.3 24 49.7 33.7-65.7
AGE
18-44 51 21 38.2 24.5-54.2 8 14.8 7.0-28.7 22 47.0 31.8-62.7
45+ 132 28 24.2 16.7-33.6 13 9.7 5.0-18.1 91 66.1 56.1-74.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 26 37.4 25.4-51.1 5 9.9 3.8-23.3 37 52.8 39.3-65.8
Some College + 117 23 21.2 13.9-30.9 17 13.1 7.7-21.5 77 65.7 55.3-74.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 104 25 23.7 15.6-34.3 16 14.8 8.4-24.9 63 61.5 50.1-71.7
$50,000+ 59 17 29.5 18.5-43.5 4 8.2 2.9-21.6 38 62.3 48.0-74.7

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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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