BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	445	246	60.5	54.7-66.0	199	39.5	34.0-45.3
GENDER
Male	150	95	67.1	57.0-75.8	55	32.9	24.2-43.0
Female	295	151	54.9	48.5-61.2	144	45.1	38.8-51.5
RACE
White	388	215	61.7	55.6-67.6	173	38.3	32.4-44.4
Other	57	31	52.4	37.0-67.5	26	47.6	32.5-63.0
AGE
18-44	144	79	64.7	54.6-73.7	65	35.3	26.3-45.4
45+	298	165	56.7	50.3-62.9	133	43.3	37.1-49.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	228	144	68.7	60.9-75.6	84	31.3	24.4-39.1
Some College +	216	102	51.5	42.9-60.0	114	48.5	40.0-57.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	153	67.0	59.4-73.8	99	33.0	26.2-40.6
$50,000+	122	56	49.3	39.4-59.2	66	50.7	40.8-60.6

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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
-Gaston County	445	246	60.5	54.7-66.0	199	39.5	34.0-45.3
GENDER
Male	150	95	67.1	57.0-75.8	55	32.9	24.2-43.0
Female	295	151	54.9	48.5-61.2	144	45.1	38.8-51.5
RACE
White	388	215	61.7	55.6-67.6	173	38.3	32.4-44.4
Other	57	31	52.4	37.0-67.5	26	47.6	32.5-63.0
AGE
18-44	144	79	64.7	54.6-73.7	65	35.3	26.3-45.4
45+	298	165	56.7	50.3-62.9	133	43.3	37.1-49.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	228	144	68.7	60.9-75.6	84	31.3	24.4-39.1
Some College +	216	102	51.5	42.9-60.0	114	48.5	40.0-57.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	252	153	67.0	59.4-73.8	99	33.0	26.2-40.6
$50,000+	122	56	49.3	39.4-59.2	66	50.7	40.8-60.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Tobacco Use

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