BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (Current Smoker*)

	Total Respond.^	No	Yes
North Carolina	17,183	13,641	77.4	76.5-78.3	3,542	22.6	21.7-23.5
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	428	324	71.8	66.0-76.9	104	28.2	23.1-34.0
GENDER
Male	138	103	68.7	57.9-77.8	35	31.3	22.2-42.1
Female	290	221	73.9	67.4-79.5	69	26.1	20.5-32.6
RACE
White	345	250	68.2	61.6-74.2	95	31.8	25.8-38.4
Other	81	72	84.6	71.1-92.5	9	15.4	7.5-28.9
AGE
18-44	123	77	59.3	48.4-69.3	46	40.7	30.7-51.6
45+	304	246	79.7	73.7-84.6	58	20.3	15.4-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	217	161	68.3	59.9-75.6	56	31.7	24.4-40.1
Some College +	211	163	75.2	66.9-82.0	48	24.8	18.0-33.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	188	66.4	59.2-73.0	77	33.6	27.0-40.8
$50,000+	104	86	77.5	63.8-87.1	18	22.5	12.9-36.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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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	Total Respond.^	No			Yes
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,183	13,641	77.4	76.5-78.3	3,542	22.6	21.7-23.5
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	428	324	71.8	66.0-76.9	104	28.2	23.1-34.0
GENDER
Male	138	103	68.7	57.9-77.8	35	31.3	22.2-42.1
Female	290	221	73.9	67.4-79.5	69	26.1	20.5-32.6
RACE
White	345	250	68.2	61.6-74.2	95	31.8	25.8-38.4
Other	81	72	84.6	71.1-92.5	9	15.4	7.5-28.9
AGE
18-44	123	77	59.3	48.4-69.3	46	40.7	30.7-51.6
45+	304	246	79.7	73.7-84.6	58	20.3	15.4-26.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	217	161	68.3	59.9-75.6	56	31.7	24.4-40.1
Some College +	211	163	75.2	66.9-82.0	48	24.8	18.0-33.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	265	188	66.4	59.2-73.0	77	33.6	27.0-40.8
$50,000+	104	86	77.5	63.8-87.1	18	22.5	12.9-36.2

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

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*