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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Tobacco Use Prevention

Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?

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  Total
Respond.^
One adult Two adults Three or more adults No adults
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,700 1,923 15.1 14.4-15.9 261 2.7 2.3- 3.1 94 1.0 0.8- 1.3 12,422 81.2 80.3-82.0
-Union County 426 49 11.5 8.5-15.5 10 4.9 2.3-10.0 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 366 83.4 78.2-87.6
GENDER
Male 130 10 7.7 3.9-14.8 3 5.6 1.4-19.6 0 0.0 . - . 117 86.6 75.6-93.1
Female 296 39 13.9 9.9-19.1 7 4.4 2.0- 9.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 249 81.4 75.3-86.2
RACE
White 367 41 11.5 8.2-15.8 8 4.5 1.9-10.5 1 0.2 0.0- 1.6 317 83.8 78.1-88.3
Other 58 8 12.3 5.7-24.5 2 6.9 1.8-23.6 0 0.0 . - . 48 80.7 65.8-90.1
AGE
18-44 185 24 11.3 7.4-17.0 4 2.9 1.0- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 157 85.8 79.4-90.5
45+ 239 25 11.8 7.7-17.8 6 6.7 2.6-16.0 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 207 81.2 72.8-87.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 21 14.6 9.3-22.2 5 4.9 2.0-11.6 0 0.0 . - . 139 80.5 72.1-86.9
Some College + 261 28 9.7 6.4-14.3 5 4.9 1.7-13.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 227 85.2 78.1-90.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 19 12.2 7.5-19.2 6 5.8 2.6-12.7 0 0.0 . - . 150 82.0 73.9-88.0
$50,000+ 168 24 13.0 8.3-19.8 3 4.8 1.1-18.0 0 0.0 . - . 141 82.2 72.7-88.9

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^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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