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

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 II 209 78 36.9 29.8-44.6 22 12.7 7.6-20.3 109 50.4 42.7-58.1
GENDER
Male 88 32 35.0 25.1-46.5 10 14.3 7.1-26.6 46 50.7 39.4-61.9
Female 121 46 39.3 30.0-49.4 12 10.6 5.3-20.0 63 50.1 40.3-59.9
RACE
White 157 59 36.0 28.0-44.9 14 10.8 5.4-20.4 84 53.2 44.2-62.0
Other 52 19 39.1 25.3-54.9 8 17.4 8.2-33.2 25 43.5 29.3-58.8
AGE
18-44 47 25 48.0 32.3-64.2 7 19.1 7.9-39.6 15 32.8 19.8-49.1
45+ 162 53 32.2 24.8-40.6 15 10.0 5.6-17.0 94 57.9 49.2-66.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 110 49 43.3 33.2-54.1 12 13.8 6.8-26.3 49 42.8 32.8-53.5
Some College + 99 29 28.9 19.8-40.2 10 11.3 5.7-21.1 60 59.8 48.4-70.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 136 58 44.4 35.2-54.1 16 12.2 6.9-20.5 62 43.4 34.4-52.9
$50,000+ 39 12 27.2 14.8-44.6 2 6.4 1.6-22.2 25 66.4 48.9-80.4

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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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