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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgomery/Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 257 110 40.6 33.9-47.8 26 10.1 6.5-15.2 121 49.3 42.2-56.4
GENDER
Male 119 45 34.9 26.0-45.1 8 6.7 3.0-14.2 66 58.3 48.1-67.9
Female 138 65 48.7 39.4-58.2 18 14.8 9.0-23.4 55 36.4 27.9-45.9
RACE
White 182 76 39.7 31.8-48.2 15 7.0 3.9-12.5 91 53.3 44.7-61.6
Other 74 33 42.2 30.0-55.4 11 17.3 9.3-30.1 30 40.5 28.2-54.1
AGE
18-44 92 50 49.4 37.6-61.3 13 15.4 8.5-26.3 29 35.2 24.2-48.0
45+ 164 60 35.5 27.5-44.4 12 6.5 3.3-12.2 92 58.0 49.1-66.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 147 68 44.0 35.0-53.4 15 10.0 5.6-17.2 64 46.0 36.8-55.5
Some College + 110 42 35.8 26.2-46.8 11 10.1 5.2-18.9 57 54.0 43.1-64.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 158 79 49.3 40.2-58.5 17 9.9 5.7-16.6 62 40.8 32.0-50.3
$50,000+ 44 9 21.3 10.7-37.8 5 12.9 5.0-29.5 30 65.8 48.7-79.6

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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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