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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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 None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,858 2,144 21.0 20.0-22.0 300 4.0 3.5- 4.7 71 1.3 0.9- 1.8 8,343 73.7 72.5-74.9
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 268 67 25.9 20.1-32.7 6 3.3 1.4- 7.8 7 5.0 2.3-10.5 188 65.8 58.6-72.3
GENDER
Male 88 16 24.8 15.0-38.1 3 4.1 1.1-14.1 3 5.5 1.7-16.3 66 65.6 52.5-76.6
Female 180 51 26.7 20.3-34.2 3 2.7 0.9- 8.4 4 4.6 1.6-12.4 122 66.0 57.7-73.4
RACE
White 224 57 25.7 19.4-33.2 6 4.1 1.7- 9.4 6 5.8 2.6-12.4 155 64.5 56.5-71.7
Other 43 10 27.4 14.5-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 32 71.1 53.1-84.2
AGE
18-44 86 23 29.0 18.7-42.1 3 4.8 1.4-15.0 5 8.7 3.5-20.3 55 57.4 44.8-69.2
45+ 182 44 23.7 17.6-31.1 3 2.3 0.7- 7.6 2 2.4 0.6- 9.7 133 71.5 63.5-78.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 34 27.0 19.0-36.9 3 4.6 1.4-14.0 5 8.3 3.3-18.9 79 60.1 49.6-69.7
Some College + 147 33 24.8 17.0-34.7 3 2.2 0.7- 6.6 2 2.1 0.5- 7.9 109 70.9 61.0-79.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 151 41 26.0 19.0-34.5 4 4.6 1.6-12.3 5 6.1 2.4-14.6 101 63.3 54.1-71.6
$50,000+ 90 18 22.4 12.7-36.5 2 2.2 0.5- 8.7 2 4.5 1.1-16.6 68 70.9 57.0-81.8

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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