BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	880	374	41.1	37.1-45.3	506	58.9	54.7-62.9
GENDER
Male	314	161	48.9	42.1-55.7	153	51.1	44.3-57.9
Female	566	213	33.6	29.3-38.2	353	66.4	61.8-70.7
RACE
White	600	269	44.0	39.1-48.9	331	56.0	51.1-60.9
Other	276	103	35.8	28.7-43.6	173	64.2	56.4-71.3
AGE
18-44	347	106	33.9	27.8-40.6	241	66.1	59.4-72.2
45+	524	265	50.0	45.1-54.8	259	50.0	45.2-54.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	109	45.9	37.0-55.2	121	54.1	44.8-63.0
Some College +	648	264	39.0	34.8-43.4	384	61.0	56.6-65.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	164	42.8	36.1-49.9	198	57.2	50.1-63.9
$50,000+	385	160	42.2	36.5-48.1	225	57.8	51.9-63.5

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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
-Mecklenburg County	880	374	41.1	37.1-45.3	506	58.9	54.7-62.9
GENDER
Male	314	161	48.9	42.1-55.7	153	51.1	44.3-57.9
Female	566	213	33.6	29.3-38.2	353	66.4	61.8-70.7
RACE
White	600	269	44.0	39.1-48.9	331	56.0	51.1-60.9
Other	276	103	35.8	28.7-43.6	173	64.2	56.4-71.3
AGE
18-44	347	106	33.9	27.8-40.6	241	66.1	59.4-72.2
45+	524	265	50.0	45.1-54.8	259	50.0	45.2-54.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	230	109	45.9	37.0-55.2	121	54.1	44.8-63.0
Some College +	648	264	39.0	34.8-43.4	384	61.0	56.6-65.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	362	164	42.8	36.1-49.9	198	57.2	50.1-63.9
$50,000+	385	160	42.2	36.5-48.1	225	57.8	51.9-63.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Tobacco Use

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