BRFSS 2005 - Catawba County: (Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,189	8,134	46.2	45.2-47.3	9,055	53.8	52.7-54.8
-Catawba County	447	190	37.8	32.5-43.4	257	62.2	56.6-67.5
GENDER
Male	171	88	45.6	36.8-54.6	83	54.4	45.4-63.2
Female	276	102	31.3	25.3-38.0	174	68.7	62.0-74.7
RACE
White	398	176	40.5	34.7-46.6	222	59.5	53.4-65.3
Other	48	14	21.4	11.8-35.6	34	78.6	64.4-88.2
AGE
18-44	158	54	30.5	22.9-39.4	104	69.5	60.6-77.1
45+	286	135	45.6	39.2-52.2	151	54.4	47.8-60.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	233	113	43.5	36.0-51.3	120	56.5	48.7-64.0
Some College +	213	77	31.7	24.5-39.9	136	68.3	60.1-75.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	133	46.0	38.8-53.4	141	54.0	46.6-61.2
$50,000+	103	34	29.7	20.5-40.7	69	70.3	59.3-79.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,189	8,134	46.2	45.2-47.3	9,055	53.8	52.7-54.8
-Catawba County	447	190	37.8	32.5-43.4	257	62.2	56.6-67.5
GENDER
Male	171	88	45.6	36.8-54.6	83	54.4	45.4-63.2
Female	276	102	31.3	25.3-38.0	174	68.7	62.0-74.7
RACE
White	398	176	40.5	34.7-46.6	222	59.5	53.4-65.3
Other	48	14	21.4	11.8-35.6	34	78.6	64.4-88.2
AGE
18-44	158	54	30.5	22.9-39.4	104	69.5	60.6-77.1
45+	286	135	45.6	39.2-52.2	151	54.4	47.8-60.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	233	113	43.5	36.0-51.3	120	56.5	48.7-64.0
Some College +	213	77	31.7	24.5-39.9	136	68.3	60.1-75.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	274	133	46.0	38.8-53.4	141	54.0	46.6-61.2
$50,000+	103	34	29.7	20.5-40.7	69	70.3	59.3-79.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?