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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

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
-NE Partnership I 158 63 42.2 31.1-54.2 12 5.6 3.0-10.1 83 52.3 41.0-63.3
GENDER
Male 69 27 46.5 29.6-64.3 4 3.8 1.3-10.5 38 49.7 33.0-66.5
Female 89 36 36.8 26.3-48.8 8 7.7 3.7-15.6 45 55.5 43.4-66.9
RACE
White 85 31 33.2 23.2-44.9 4 3.3 1.1- 9.5 50 63.5 51.7-73.9
Other 70 31 50.9 32.7-68.9 8 8.1 3.7-16.9 31 41.0 25.4-58.6
AGE
18-44 48 26 59.4 38.6-77.3 4 4.7 1.5-13.5 18 35.9 19.6-56.3
45+ 110 37 31.0 22.3-41.4 8 6.1 2.9-12.4 65 62.8 52.4-72.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 105 46 45.5 31.1-60.7 8 6.3 2.9-12.9 51 48.2 34.4-62.4
Some College + 53 17 35.4 21.9-51.6 4 4.0 1.4-10.8 32 60.6 44.7-74.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 100 46 48.4 33.7-63.5 7 5.2 2.3-11.3 47 46.4 32.5-60.9
$50,000+ 24 6 24.1 10.1-47.4 1 2.5 0.3-16.3 17 73.4 50.5-88.1

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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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