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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 368 39 13.1 9.5-17.8 3 2.5 0.8- 7.6 2 1.2 0.3- 5.0 324 83.2 77.7-87.6
GENDER
Male 142 14 10.6 6.2-17.7 3 5.2 1.6-15.1 0 0.0 . - . 125 84.2 75.0-90.4
Female 226 25 15.3 10.3-22.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.4 0.6- 9.2 199 82.3 74.9-87.9
RACE
White 301 33 13.9 9.9-19.3 2 2.0 0.5- 8.2 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 264 82.5 76.3-87.4
Other 64 6 9.7 4.0-21.9 1 4.5 0.6-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 57 85.8 70.2-93.9
AGE
18-44 140 19 15.3 9.6-23.6 3 5.7 1.8-16.5 2 2.8 0.7-10.9 116 76.2 66.0-84.0
45+ 227 20 11.3 7.2-17.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 207 88.7 82.7-92.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 15 17.4 10.5-27.4 2 4.1 1.0-15.4 2 3.7 0.9-13.8 95 74.8 63.5-83.5
Some College + 253 24 10.9 7.1-16.2 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 228 87.5 81.2-91.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 20 14.5 9.2-22.1 2 4.4 1.1-15.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.5 153 80.1 70.7-87.0
$50,000+ 103 9 9.5 4.8-17.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 93 88.1 78.2-93.8

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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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