BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	454	204	41.9	36.3-47.7	250	58.1	52.3-63.7
GENDER
Male	149	80	49.0	39.1-59.0	69	51.0	41.0-60.9
Female	305	124	36.0	30.0-42.4	181	64.0	57.6-70.0
RACE
White	338	163	47.6	40.9-54.3	175	52.4	45.7-59.1
Other	114	40	27.9	19.6-38.1	74	72.1	61.9-80.4
AGE
18-44	150	50	31.0	22.3-41.2	100	69.0	58.8-77.7
45+	302	154	51.7	45.4-58.1	148	48.3	41.9-54.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	159	81	44.0	34.1-54.4	78	56.0	45.6-65.9
Some College +	295	123	40.6	33.9-47.7	172	59.4	52.3-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	112	45.4	37.0-54.1	113	54.6	45.9-63.0
$50,000+	162	67	37.3	29.3-46.2	95	62.7	53.8-70.7

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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
-Forsyth County	454	204	41.9	36.3-47.7	250	58.1	52.3-63.7
GENDER
Male	149	80	49.0	39.1-59.0	69	51.0	41.0-60.9
Female	305	124	36.0	30.0-42.4	181	64.0	57.6-70.0
RACE
White	338	163	47.6	40.9-54.3	175	52.4	45.7-59.1
Other	114	40	27.9	19.6-38.1	74	72.1	61.9-80.4
AGE
18-44	150	50	31.0	22.3-41.2	100	69.0	58.8-77.7
45+	302	154	51.7	45.4-58.1	148	48.3	41.9-54.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	159	81	44.0	34.1-54.4	78	56.0	45.6-65.9
Some College +	295	123	40.6	33.9-47.7	172	59.4	52.3-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	225	112	45.4	37.0-54.1	113	54.6	45.9-63.0
$50,000+	162	67	37.3	29.3-46.2	95	62.7	53.8-70.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

Tobacco Use

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