BRFSS 2004 - New Hanover County: (Current Smoker*)

	Total Respond.^	No	Yes
North Carolina	15,003	11,670	77.5	76.6-78.3	3,333	22.5	21.7-23.4
-New Hanover County	372	299	78.8	73.5-83.2	73	21.2	16.8-26.5
GENDER
Male	145	115	78.5	70.0-85.2	30	21.5	14.8-30.0
Female	227	184	79.0	72.1-84.5	43	21.0	15.5-27.9
RACE
White	305	252	81.9	76.5-86.3	53	18.1	13.7-23.5
Other	64	46	66.5	50.8-79.2	18	33.5	20.8-49.2
AGE
18-44	141	107	76.0	66.9-83.2	34	24.0	16.8-33.1
45+	230	191	80.8	74.1-86.1	39	19.2	13.9-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	82	68.6	57.8-77.7	32	31.4	22.3-42.2
Some College +	257	216	83.8	78.0-88.4	41	16.2	11.6-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	135	75.0	66.9-81.7	42	25.0	18.3-33.1
$50,000+	105	95	88.5	78.7-94.1	10	11.5	5.9-21.3

*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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	Total Respond.^	No			Yes
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	15,003	11,670	77.5	76.6-78.3	3,333	22.5	21.7-23.4
-New Hanover County	372	299	78.8	73.5-83.2	73	21.2	16.8-26.5
GENDER
Male	145	115	78.5	70.0-85.2	30	21.5	14.8-30.0
Female	227	184	79.0	72.1-84.5	43	21.0	15.5-27.9
RACE
White	305	252	81.9	76.5-86.3	53	18.1	13.7-23.5
Other	64	46	66.5	50.8-79.2	18	33.5	20.8-49.2
AGE
18-44	141	107	76.0	66.9-83.2	34	24.0	16.8-33.1
45+	230	191	80.8	74.1-86.1	39	19.2	13.9-25.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	82	68.6	57.8-77.7	32	31.4	22.3-42.2
Some College +	257	216	83.8	78.0-88.4	41	16.2	11.6-22.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	177	135	75.0	66.9-81.7	42	25.0	18.3-33.1
$50,000+	105	95	88.5	78.7-94.1	10	11.5	5.9-21.3