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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange County

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,003 2,578 17.2 16.5-18.0 755 5.3 4.8- 5.8 3,575 23.3 22.5-24.1 8,095 54.2 53.2-55.2
-Orange County 410 42 10.8 7.8-14.8 22 5.3 3.4- 8.2 108 24.6 20.1-29.6 238 59.4 53.8-64.7
GENDER
Male 151 21 14.9 9.5-22.4 14 8.1 4.6-13.9 41 25.7 18.7-34.4 75 51.3 42.3-60.2
Female 259 21 7.3 4.6-11.2 8 2.8 1.4- 5.6 67 23.5 18.3-29.7 163 66.4 59.8-72.4
RACE
White 321 28 9.8 6.6-14.4 16 4.9 2.9- 8.2 91 26.8 21.6-32.7 186 58.5 52.2-64.5
Other 86 13 13.5 7.5-23.1 6 6.6 2.7-15.1 17 18.0 10.8-28.4 50 62.0 49.8-72.8
AGE
18-44 196 21 11.4 7.2-17.7 13 7.0 3.9-12.2 34 14.9 10.4-21.0 128 66.6 58.8-73.6
45+ 213 21 10.2 6.4-15.8 9 3.5 1.8- 6.8 74 34.7 27.6-42.6 109 51.6 43.9-59.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 84 16 20.6 12.4-32.1 8 8.4 3.9-17.0 19 27.0 16.6-40.6 41 44.1 31.9-57.0
Some College + 326 26 7.9 5.1-11.9 14 4.3 2.5- 7.5 89 23.8 19.2-29.2 197 64.0 58.0-69.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 25 17.3 11.4-25.3 13 9.0 5.0-15.8 35 21.8 14.9-30.7 78 51.9 42.4-61.4
$50,000+ 170 11 6.2 3.3-11.5 7 3.7 1.7- 7.8 52 28.3 21.5-36.2 100 61.8 53.6-69.4

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* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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