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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin Counties

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
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
-Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 467 344 69.7 64.3-74.7 123 30.3 25.3-35.7
GENDER
Male 176 127 69.1 60.3-76.6 49 30.9 23.4-39.7
Female 291 217 70.4 63.3-76.7 74 29.6 23.3-36.7
RACE
White 412 302 68.3 62.3-73.7 110 31.7 26.3-37.7
Other 55 42 79.1 64.8-88.6 13 20.9 11.4-35.2
AGE
18-44 173 113 62.6 53.7-70.7 60 37.4 29.3-46.3
45+ 292 230 78.2 72.4-83.1 62 21.8 16.9-27.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 282 203 67.6 60.2-74.1 79 32.4 25.9-39.8
Some College + 184 140 72.7 63.9-80.1 44 27.3 19.9-36.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 196 66.2 58.8-72.8 85 33.8 27.2-41.2
$50,000+ 115 90 75.5 65.2-83.4 25 24.5 16.6-34.8

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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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