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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 291 62 23.0 17.7-29.4 12 4.9 2.6- 9.0 2 3.8 0.8-16.7 215 68.3 60.6-75.2
GENDER
Male 109 18 18.0 10.9-28.2 5 5.4 2.1-13.2 1 6.2 0.9-32.4 85 70.4 56.4-81.4
Female 182 44 27.8 20.9-35.9 7 4.4 2.0- 9.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 130 66.3 58.1-73.7
RACE
White 262 54 22.0 16.6-28.6 9 3.6 1.8- 7.1 2 4.3 0.9-18.7 197 70.1 61.7-77.3
Other 29 8 30.2 14.6-52.2 3 13.8 4.1-37.3 0 0.0 . - . 18 56.1 35.6-74.7
AGE
18-44 96 23 23.3 14.8-34.7 4 4.2 1.5-11.1 2 8.2 1.7-31.8 67 64.3 50.0-76.4
45+ 194 39 22.9 16.7-30.5 8 5.6 2.5-11.7 0 0.0 . - . 147 71.6 63.6-78.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 145 32 22.7 15.6-31.8 9 6.9 3.3-13.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.1 103 69.1 59.2-77.5
Some College + 146 30 23.4 16.0-32.9 3 2.7 0.8- 8.6 1 6.4 0.9-32.9 112 67.5 55.0-77.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 134 34 28.3 19.7-38.8 8 8.2 3.9-16.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 91 62.0 51.0-71.9
$50,000+ 104 23 23.2 15.4-33.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 80 76.2 66.0-84.0

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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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