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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 180 63 34.0 26.6-42.3 12 6.2 3.4-11.2 105 59.7 51.3-67.6
GENDER
Male 67 19 31.7 20.7-45.2 5 6.9 2.7-16.8 43 61.4 48.0-73.2
Female 113 44 35.9 26.4-46.6 7 5.7 2.6-11.9 62 58.4 47.6-68.5
RACE
White 163 50 27.8 20.9-35.9 10 5.2 2.7- 9.7 103 67.0 58.7-74.5
Other 17 13 75.8 49.3-91.0 2 13.4 3.3-41.3 2 10.8 2.6-35.2
AGE
18-44 66 28 42.3 29.3-56.5 7 11.6 5.3-23.4 31 46.1 32.6-60.3
45+ 114 35 29.1 20.6-39.2 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 74 67.9 57.7-76.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 78 29 34.5 23.8-47.0 7 10.2 4.8-20.6 42 55.3 42.8-67.1
Some College + 102 34 33.7 24.0-45.0 5 3.1 1.3- 7.6 63 63.2 51.9-73.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 78 30 36.4 25.2-49.3 3 5.3 1.6-15.9 45 58.3 45.5-70.1
$50,000+ 68 25 36.2 24.3-50.1 6 6.8 2.9-14.8 37 57.1 43.2-69.8

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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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