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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 172 42 26.6 19.6-34.9 22 13.0 8.3-19.6 108 60.4 51.8-68.5
GENDER
Male 76 21 30.5 20.1-43.3 14 16.7 9.5-27.5 41 52.8 40.3-65.0
Female 96 21 21.7 14.1-31.7 8 8.3 4.1-16.2 67 70.0 59.3-78.8
RACE
White 135 28 23.7 16.2-33.2 16 11.8 7.0-19.2 91 64.5 54.6-73.3
Other 36 13 35.4 20.6-53.7 6 17.3 7.3-35.7 17 47.3 30.4-64.8
AGE
18-44 68 21 34.3 22.7-48.0 13 21.0 12.1-34.1 34 44.7 32.3-57.8
45+ 104 21 21.0 13.4-31.4 9 7.2 3.6-13.7 74 71.8 61.2-80.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 16 36.8 22.6-53.8 8 15.0 7.0-29.2 19 48.2 31.8-65.0
Some College + 129 26 21.8 14.6-31.4 14 12.1 6.9-20.1 89 66.1 56.2-74.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 25 35.9 24.4-49.3 13 18.8 10.5-31.3 35 45.3 32.6-58.7
$50,000+ 70 11 16.4 8.8-28.4 7 9.6 4.4-19.5 52 74.1 61.4-83.7

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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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