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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 282 48 18.5 13.3-25.1 9 4.4 1.9- 9.7 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 224 75.7 68.4-81.8
GENDER
Male 120 18 15.7 8.8-26.5 7 7.7 3.3-17.2 0 0.0 . - . 95 76.6 65.2-85.1
Female 162 30 21.7 15.0-30.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.1 1 3.1 0.4-18.6 129 74.6 64.9-82.4
RACE
White 206 36 17.4 12.2-24.2 7 5.2 2.0-12.8 1 2.1 0.3-13.3 162 75.3 66.8-82.2
Other 76 12 20.9 10.6-36.9 2 2.6 0.6-10.8 0 0.0 . - . 62 76.5 60.9-87.2
AGE
18-44 115 15 14.8 7.8-26.3 5 5.9 2.0-15.9 1 2.7 0.4-16.6 94 76.7 64.2-85.8
45+ 165 33 22.9 16.4-31.0 4 2.8 0.9- 8.3 0 0.0 . - . 128 74.3 66.1-81.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 107 24 21.3 13.8-31.3 8 11.1 4.9-23.3 0 0.0 . - . 75 67.6 55.9-77.5
Some College + 174 24 16.8 10.2-26.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 148 80.7 70.5-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 125 28 23.7 15.2-35.1 6 5.3 1.8-14.1 1 3.0 0.4-18.0 90 68.1 56.2-78.0
$50,000+ 109 16 15.4 9.1-24.7 2 3.7 0.6-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 91 81.0 70.0-88.6

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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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