BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	641	263	40.9	36.6-45.2	378	59.1	54.8-63.4
GENDER
Male	250	126	49.7	42.9-56.5	124	50.3	43.5-57.1
Female	391	137	32.3	27.5-37.6	254	67.7	62.4-72.5
RACE
White	442	194	44.5	39.4-49.7	248	55.5	50.3-60.6
Other	194	67	33.5	26.3-41.6	127	66.5	58.4-73.7
AGE
18-44	321	109	34.0	28.5-39.9	212	66.0	60.1-71.5
45+	318	153	48.7	42.4-55.0	165	51.3	45.0-57.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	183	87	47.1	38.8-55.6	96	52.9	44.4-61.2
Some College +	457	176	38.0	33.3-43.1	281	62.0	56.9-66.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	116	44.6	37.8-51.7	149	55.4	48.3-62.2
$50,000+	244	90	37.5	31.1-44.3	154	62.5	55.7-68.9

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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
-Mecklenburg County	641	263	40.9	36.6-45.2	378	59.1	54.8-63.4
GENDER
Male	250	126	49.7	42.9-56.5	124	50.3	43.5-57.1
Female	391	137	32.3	27.5-37.6	254	67.7	62.4-72.5
RACE
White	442	194	44.5	39.4-49.7	248	55.5	50.3-60.6
Other	194	67	33.5	26.3-41.6	127	66.5	58.4-73.7
AGE
18-44	321	109	34.0	28.5-39.9	212	66.0	60.1-71.5
45+	318	153	48.7	42.4-55.0	165	51.3	45.0-57.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	183	87	47.1	38.8-55.6	96	52.9	44.4-61.2
Some College +	457	176	38.0	33.3-43.1	281	62.0	56.9-66.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	116	44.6	37.8-51.7	149	55.4	48.3-62.2
$50,000+	244	90	37.5	31.1-44.3	154	62.5	55.7-68.9

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Tobacco Use

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