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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Tobacco Use Prevention

Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?

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  Total
Respond.^
One adult Two adults Three or more adults No adults
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,700 1,923 15.1 14.4-15.9 261 2.7 2.3- 3.1 94 1.0 0.8- 1.3 12,422 81.2 80.3-82.0
-Northeastern Partnership 974 127 15.4 12.9-18.4 13 2.8 1.3- 5.8 5 1.0 0.3- 3.1 829 80.8 77.2-83.9
GENDER
Male 334 38 13.4 9.7-18.4 5 4.0 1.4-10.8 2 1.2 0.2- 6.5 289 81.4 74.9-86.4
Female 640 89 17.1 13.9-20.9 8 1.8 0.8- 3.9 3 0.8 0.2- 3.1 540 80.2 76.2-83.7
RACE
White 566 89 19.1 15.5-23.4 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 4 1.5 0.4- 5.3 470 78.3 73.7-82.3
African American 366 30 8.6 5.8-12.4 8 2.6 1.2- 5.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 327 88.5 84.2-91.8
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 35 3 7.0 1.9-22.5 2 20.2 4.6-56.9 2 7.7 1.8-28.2 28 65.1 38.2-84.9
25-34 121 20 18.9 11.9-28.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.2 0.5-19.4 100 77.9 66.8-86.0
35-44 154 25 16.5 10.9-24.1 7 7.3 3.1-16.1 0 0.0 . - . 122 76.2 67.2-83.4
45-54 192 32 20.5 14.4-28.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 157 78.9 71.1-85.1
55-64 195 30 18.5 12.8-26.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 165 81.5 74.0-87.2
65-74 164 12 7.4 4.1-13.0 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 150 90.9 84.6-94.8
75+ 112 5 6.3 2.6-14.4 1 1.8 0.3-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 106 91.9 82.9-96.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 213 32 16.9 11.5-24.2 7 8.1 3.0-20.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 173 73.7 64.0-81.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 340 49 17.9 13.5-23.5 3 1.1 0.3- 4.0 3 1.9 0.4- 8.2 285 79.1 73.0-84.1
Some Post-H.S. 227 33 15.9 11.2-22.2 3 2.8 0.7-10.5 0 0.0 . - . 191 81.3 74.1-86.8
College Graduate 194 13 8.7 4.7-15.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 180 91.0 84.4-95.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 170 22 13.9 9.0-20.7 3 3.2 0.9-10.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 144 82.0 74.1-87.9
$15,000- 24,999 192 25 16.4 10.6-24.5 3 5.4 1.2-21.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 163 77.9 67.1-85.9
$25,000- 34,999 99 13 15.1 8.7-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 86 84.9 75.1-91.3
$35,000- 49,999 127 21 15.6 9.9-23.6 2 4.2 0.9-18.0 0 0.0 . - . 104 80.2 70.2-87.5
$50,000-74,999 88 11 15.4 8.4-26.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.5 75 82.0 70.7-89.6
$75,000+ 81 10 17.4 9.2-30.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 70 81.2 68.2-89.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 379 52 15.8 11.9-20.7 8 6.0 2.4-14.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.5 318 77.8 71.0-83.4
No 580 74 15.4 12.2-19.4 4 0.9 0.3- 2.5 4 1.4 0.4- 4.8 498 82.3 78.0-85.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 114 18 20.5 13.1-30.5 1 0.9 0.1- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 95 78.6 68.6-86.1
Non-Veteran 853 109 14.8 12.1-17.9 12 3.2 1.5- 6.7 5 1.2 0.4- 3.6 727 80.9 77.0-84.3
Currently Serving 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 100 . - .

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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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