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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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  Total
Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,122 844 29.2 27.2-31.4 988 31.1 29.1-33.2 896 27.8 25.9-29.8 394 11.9 10.5-13.3
-Northeastern Partnership 189 51 28.4 21.2-36.8 62 27.1 20.6-34.9 50 27.5 20.7-35.5 26 17.0 11.4-24.5
GENDER
Male 78 15 19.5 10.9-32.4 22 25.5 16.3-37.6 22 28.5 18.7-40.9 19 26.4 16.9-38.8
Female 111 36 38.5 28.4-49.8 40 29.0 20.6-39.1 28 26.4 18.1-36.7 7 6.1 2.8-12.7
RACE
White 124 17 16.6 9.4-27.5 42 23.3 16.4-32.2 41 35.8 26.5-46.4 24 24.3 16.2-34.7
African American 59 30 48.1 34.2-62.4 19 36.8 23.8-52.1 8 11.7 5.7-22.8 2 3.3 0.8-13.1
AGE
18-24 8 5 56.8 20.9-86.7 2 26.7 5.2-70.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.5 2.3-62.6
25-34 24 8 40.0 18.7-65.9 7 24.6 9.9-49.0 8 29.2 13.7-51.8 1 6.2 0.9-33.6
35-44 40 13 31.5 17.9-49.2 12 20.2 10.0-36.6 9 28.8 15.1-47.9 6 19.5 8.8-38.0
45-54 47 8 17.8 8.2-34.7 18 35.3 21.7-51.8 13 23.7 13.2-38.8 8 23.1 11.3-41.5
55-64 43 9 19.1 9.3-35.2 12 22.2 12.0-37.4 14 40.3 24.4-58.5 8 18.4 8.7-34.7
65-74 19 6 31.5 13.6-57.3 9 41.4 20.3-66.3 2 13.0 3.2-40.6 2 14.0 3.5-42.0
75+ 8 2 32.3 7.4-73.9 2 18.3 4.0-54.3 4 49.4 17.2-82.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 47 15 32.7 19.6-49.3 12 21.5 10.3-39.3 10 24.5 12.8-41.8 10 21.3 11.1-36.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 72 20 32.7 20.4-48.0 25 25.6 16.5-37.6 17 22.3 13.5-34.4 10 19.4 10.3-33.7
Some Post-H.S. 43 9 19.0 9.3-34.8 16 31.8 18.6-48.7 14 35.4 21.1-53.0 4 13.8 5.1-32.5
College Graduate 27 7 24.6 10.7-47.0 9 33.3 15.8-57.1 9 34.3 16.4-58.1 2 7.8 1.9-27.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 39 15 34.5 20.6-51.6 12 30.7 16.6-49.7 6 15.9 6.8-33.0 6 18.9 8.2-37.8
$15,000- 24,999 30 8 32.4 15.4-55.7 12 29.8 15.8-49.1 6 22.2 9.0-45.1 4 15.6 5.2-38.4
$25,000- 34,999 30 8 26.0 12.5-46.2 9 27.6 13.0-49.2 11 39.6 22.3-60.0 2 6.8 1.6-24.2
$35,000- 49,999 27 5 20.9 8.2-44.0 6 26.2 11.1-50.2 12 40.2 22.7-60.6 4 12.8 4.6-30.7
$50,000-74,999 19 2 9.9 2.0-37.7 7 26.9 11.2-51.7 5 26.6 10.3-53.4 5 36.6 16.3-63.1
$75,000+ 12 4 25.5 8.5-55.7 3 12.3 3.2-37.3 3 33.4 10.4-68.5 2 28.8 7.6-66.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 81 18 20.3 12.5-31.1 31 33.8 23.1-46.5 19 25.0 15.7-37.4 13 21.0 11.9-34.2
No 101 31 34.0 23.6-46.2 28 22.0 14.3-32.2 29 29.0 19.9-40.3 13 15.0 8.5-25.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 32 7 23.4 11.3-42.2 11 27.0 14.2-45.2 10 31.3 16.8-50.6 4 18.4 6.9-40.8
Non-Veteran 157 44 29.7 21.6-39.3 51 27.2 19.9-35.9 40 26.5 19.2-35.4 22 16.6 10.8-24.7

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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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