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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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  Total
Respond.^
Regular Lights Ultra lights
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,175 1,145 38.7 36.5-40.9 1,460 45.1 42.9-47.3 570 16.2 14.7-17.9
-Northeastern Partnership 198 84 45.3 37.2-53.6 74 33.7 26.6-41.7 40 21.0 15.1-28.4
GENDER
Male 83 44 55.7 43.6-67.1 26 28.5 19.1-40.3 13 15.8 8.9-26.5
Female 115 40 32.6 23.7-43.0 48 40.1 30.4-50.7 27 27.3 18.5-38.2
RACE
White 131 41 34.8 25.4-45.6 57 39.5 30.2-49.6 33 25.7 17.9-35.5
African American 62 39 64.9 50.7-77.0 16 22.8 13.0-36.7 7 12.3 5.7-24.5
AGE
18-24 8 6 60.7 22.5-89.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 39.3 10.9-77.5
25-34 24 12 64.1 41.3-81.8 10 29.2 13.9-51.4 2 6.7 1.5-24.8
35-44 41 24 59.0 41.3-74.6 9 19.9 9.7-36.5 8 21.1 10.2-38.9
45-54 52 18 34.7 21.8-50.2 26 52.2 37.0-67.0 8 13.1 6.1-26.1
55-64 45 15 34.1 20.3-51.1 17 33.7 20.3-50.5 13 32.2 18.2-50.3
65-74 20 6 24.4 10.1-48.0 7 34.8 15.6-60.7 7 40.7 20.1-65.3
75+ 8 3 43.2 13.4-78.9 5 56.8 21.1-86.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 24 50.9 34.5-67.1 16 33.3 19.8-50.2 6 15.8 6.5-33.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 79 34 45.8 33.1-59.1 25 29.3 19.1-42.1 20 24.9 15.7-37.3
Some Post-H.S. 43 15 39.3 24.1-56.9 20 43.2 27.7-60.2 8 17.5 8.3-33.2
College Graduate 30 11 44.6 25.2-65.7 13 32.8 17.5-53.0 6 22.6 8.9-46.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 41 22 54.3 37.4-70.3 13 27.9 15.9-44.3 6 17.8 7.6-36.0
$15,000- 24,999 32 12 30.1 15.7-49.8 10 38.4 20.5-60.1 10 31.5 16.0-52.5
$25,000- 34,999 31 16 59.8 40.5-76.6 9 24.6 11.9-44.0 6 15.5 6.6-32.5
$35,000- 49,999 28 11 42.9 24.4-63.6 11 36.3 19.5-57.3 6 20.8 8.9-41.3
$50,000-74,999 20 8 50.4 27.5-73.1 10 37.8 18.5-61.9 2 11.8 2.7-39.3
$75,000+ 12 4 25.6 8.0-57.7 5 43.4 16.8-74.5 3 31.0 9.3-66.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 85 34 39.7 28.5-52.0 33 40.1 28.7-52.7 18 20.3 12.5-31.1
No 106 47 49.6 38.4-60.7 37 28.0 19.6-38.3 22 22.4 14.3-33.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 32 17 56.2 37.4-73.4 7 21.0 9.1-41.3 8 22.8 11.1-41.2
Non-Veteran 165 66 41.5 32.8-50.8 67 37.6 29.5-46.5 32 20.9 14.4-29.3
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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