BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (Current Smoker*)

	Total Respond.^	No	Yes
North Carolina	15,003	11,670	77.5	76.6-78.3	3,333	22.5	21.7-23.4
-NE Partnership II	480	380	78.1	73.3-82.2	100	21.9	17.8-26.7
GENDER
Male	158	116	72.3	63.6-79.5	42	27.7	20.5-36.4
Female	322	264	82.7	77.6-86.9	58	17.3	13.1-22.4
RACE
White	309	236	75.2	68.9-80.5	73	24.8	19.5-31.1
Other	170	143	82.3	74.5-88.1	27	17.7	11.9-25.5
AGE
18-44	138	106	75.3	65.4-83.0	32	24.7	17.0-34.6
45+	341	273	79.6	74.3-84.0	68	20.4	16.0-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	266	205	74.6	67.6-80.5	61	25.4	19.5-32.4
Some College +	214	175	82.4	75.7-87.5	39	17.6	12.5-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	291	217	73.9	67.7-79.3	74	26.1	20.7-32.3
$50,000+	88	74	85.0	74.9-91.4	14	15.0	8.6-25.1

*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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	Total Respond.^	No			Yes
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	15,003	11,670	77.5	76.6-78.3	3,333	22.5	21.7-23.4
-NE Partnership II	480	380	78.1	73.3-82.2	100	21.9	17.8-26.7
GENDER
Male	158	116	72.3	63.6-79.5	42	27.7	20.5-36.4
Female	322	264	82.7	77.6-86.9	58	17.3	13.1-22.4
RACE
White	309	236	75.2	68.9-80.5	73	24.8	19.5-31.1
Other	170	143	82.3	74.5-88.1	27	17.7	11.9-25.5
AGE
18-44	138	106	75.3	65.4-83.0	32	24.7	17.0-34.6
45+	341	273	79.6	74.3-84.0	68	20.4	16.0-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	266	205	74.6	67.6-80.5	61	25.4	19.5-32.4
Some College +	214	175	82.4	75.7-87.5	39	17.6	12.5-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	291	217	73.9	67.7-79.3	74	26.1	20.7-32.3
$50,000+	88	74	85.0	74.9-91.4	14	15.0	8.6-25.1