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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,908 2,578 37.6 36.2-39.1 755 11.5 10.5-12.6 3,575 50.9 49.4-52.3
-Onslow County 205 82 43.5 35.9-51.4 19 11.6 6.7-19.4 104 44.9 37.4-52.6
GENDER
Male 95 39 42.8 32.2-54.2 11 15.6 7.9-28.4 45 41.6 31.3-52.6
Female 110 43 44.5 34.5-55.0 8 6.2 3.0-12.5 59 49.3 39.2-59.5
RACE
White 164 69 45.6 37.1-54.3 12 9.1 4.7-17.1 83 45.3 37.0-53.9
Other 39 13 37.6 21.8-56.5 7 21.5 8.2-45.8 19 40.9 25.0-59.0
AGE
18-44 86 43 51.1 39.1-63.0 11 18.8 9.6-33.5 32 30.1 20.9-41.2
45+ 117 39 37.9 28.2-48.7 8 5.4 2.6-11.0 70 56.6 46.1-66.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 107 47 48.6 38.0-59.2 12 13.6 6.7-25.6 48 37.9 28.5-48.2
Some College + 98 35 38.1 27.6-49.9 7 9.5 3.8-21.7 56 52.4 40.9-63.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 123 50 46.0 36.0-56.4 17 16.2 9.2-27.0 56 37.8 28.9-47.6
$50,000+ 40 15 37.1 22.7-54.2 1 8.0 1.2-38.7 24 54.9 37.6-71.1

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.

^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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