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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County 535 73 13.8 10.7-17.4 8 2.6 1.1- 6.2 4 2.3 0.7- 7.3 450 81.3 76.5-85.4
GENDER
Male 220 28 13.6 9.2-19.6 5 4.0 1.4-10.9 3 4.3 1.3-13.3 184 78.1 69.9-84.6
Female 315 45 13.9 10.3-18.6 3 1.0 0.3- 3.3 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 266 84.9 80.2-88.7
RACE
White 389 53 14.6 11.0-19.2 7 3.6 1.4- 8.8 2 1.4 0.2- 8.2 327 80.4 74.6-85.2
Other 143 20 12.2 7.4-19.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 2 4.2 0.9-17.7 120 82.9 73.2-89.6
AGE
18-44 235 33 13.4 9.3-19.0 6 4.2 1.6-10.5 2 3.4 0.9-12.6 194 78.9 71.2-85.1
45+ 296 39 14.2 10.2-19.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.6 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 254 85.1 79.9-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 116 16 11.2 6.1-19.5 5 5.5 1.7-16.4 2 6.8 1.8-23.2 93 76.5 63.6-85.8
Some College + 418 56 14.5 11.0-18.7 3 1.5 0.4- 5.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.8 357 83.5 78.9-87.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 155 32 18.6 12.6-26.6 3 3.2 0.9-11.1 1 3.2 0.5-19.0 119 75.0 65.0-82.9
$50,000+ 297 33 12.5 8.7-17.6 4 2.7 0.7- 9.7 2 0.8 0.1- 4.0 258 84.0 77.8-88.7

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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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