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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 279 32 11.3 7.7-16.3 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 244 86.8 81.4-90.9
GENDER
Male 106 9 8.6 4.3-16.5 1 1.8 0.2-11.5 0 0.0 . - . 96 89.6 80.9-94.6
Female 173 23 14.1 9.1-21.2 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 148 84.0 76.3-89.5
RACE
White 158 14 9.5 5.4-16.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 143 90.1 83.5-94.3
Other 120 18 13.0 7.7-20.9 2 3.0 0.8-11.4 0 0.0 . - . 100 84.0 75.1-90.1
AGE
18-44 153 17 9.6 5.6-16.0 2 2.6 0.6- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 134 87.8 80.5-92.7
45+ 125 15 14.5 8.5-23.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 109 84.9 75.8-91.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 88 16 14.7 8.4-24.6 2 4.0 1.0-14.5 0 0.0 . - . 70 81.3 70.2-88.9
Some College + 191 16 8.9 5.3-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 174 90.8 85.0-94.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 113 14 12.3 6.9-21.0 1 1.8 0.3-11.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 97 85.5 76.2-91.5
$50,000+ 134 12 9.3 5.1-16.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 122 90.7 83.6-94.9

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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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