BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	One adult	Two adults	Three or more adults	None
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
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	286	61	22.7	17.4-29.0	9	3.7	1.8- 7.3	0	0.0	. - .	216	73.6	67.0-79.3
Buncombe	270	47	21.2	15.2-28.9	2	0.9	0.2- 3.8	2	1.9	0.5- 7.4	219	75.9	68.1-82.3
Cabarrus	287	46	14.8	10.6-20.2	13	8.8	4.6-16.2	0	0.0	. - .	228	76.5	69.2-82.4
Catawba	283	53	20.6	15.5-26.8	10	5.1	2.3-11.0	2	1.2	0.3- 4.6	218	73.1	66.2-79.0
Cumberland	290	60	20.9	16.0-27.0	9	5.7	2.3-13.1	1	0.5	0.1- 3.3	220	72.9	65.8-79.0
Davidson	293	60	18.4	14.0-23.8	9	6.2	3.0-12.6	3	1.0	0.3- 3.2	221	74.3	67.6-80.0
Durham	279	32	11.3	7.7-16.3	2	1.6	0.4- 6.4	1	0.2	0.0- 1.3	244	86.8	81.4-90.9
Forsyth	266	53	19.3	14.4-25.3	6	2.0	0.8- 4.5	1	0.3	0.0- 2.4	206	78.4	72.2-83.5
Gaston	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
Guilford	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
Iredell	263	55	23.2	17.6-29.9	7	3.8	1.6- 8.8	1	1.5	0.2- 9.7	200	71.5	64.3-77.9
Johnston	257	52	19.5	14.2-26.1	8	5.4	2.1-13.0	0	0.0	. - .	197	75.2	67.5-81.5
Mecklenburg	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
New Hanover	263	39	15.8	11.3-21.7	7	4.9	2.1-10.9	2	1.0	0.2- 4.0	215	78.3	71.5-83.8
Onslow	272	61	23.9	18.4-30.6	8	5.1	2.1-11.8	1	0.4	0.1- 2.6	202	70.6	63.2-77.0
Orange	278	30	15.7	9.6-24.7	2	0.7	0.2- 2.6	1	0.6	0.1- 4.2	245	83.0	74.1-89.3
Pitt	244	44	18.3	13.5-24.4	5	1.6	0.6- 3.9	0	0.0	. - .	195	80.1	74.0-85.1
Randolph	280	61	25.0	19.4-31.6	9	4.9	2.3-10.1	2	1.0	0.2- 3.9	208	69.1	62.1-75.2
Robeson	260	74	29.5	23.2-36.6	12	4.5	2.5- 8.0	4	3.3	1.1- 9.6	170	62.7	55.3-69.7
Rowan	300	65	24.1	18.1-31.3	10	4.8	2.2-10.0	2	0.9	0.2- 4.6	223	70.2	62.8-76.8
Union	284	41	15.5	11.3-20.8	7	3.9	1.6- 9.4	1	0.8	0.1- 5.4	235	79.8	73.6-84.9
Wake	562	81	16.0	12.5-20.2	11	3.4	1.5- 7.5	3	1.6	0.3- 7.7	467	79.1	73.8-83.5
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	322	82	28.4	22.6-35.1	10	4.8	2.1-10.6	3	2.5	0.7- 8.5	227	64.3	57.2-70.9
Northeast Partnership II	301	65	22.3	17.3-28.2	14	8.0	4.4-14.0	2	0.6	0.1- 2.4	220	69.2	62.4-75.2
Northeast Partnership I	307	65	23.2	17.3-30.5	12	5.0	2.7- 9.0	0	0.0	. - .	230	71.8	64.5-78.1
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	274	52	19.3	14.0-26.1	9	4.9	2.5- 9.6	0	0.0	. - .	213	75.8	68.6-81.7
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	333	87	29.0	22.5-36.3	10	3.8	2.0- 7.1	3	0.9	0.2- 4.1	233	66.4	59.1-73.0
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	268	67	25.9	20.1-32.7	6	3.3	1.4- 7.8	7	5.0	2.3-10.5	188	65.8	58.6-72.3
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	318	76	23.6	18.3-29.9	12	6.6	3.4-12.4	5	1.8	0.6- 5.0	225	68.0	61.1-74.2
Chatham/Lee/Moore	328	60	19.1	14.3-25.1	4	2.1	0.7- 5.8	1	0.6	0.1- 4.4	263	78.1	71.9-83.3
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	403	89	23.1	18.5-28.4	12	6.7	3.4-12.5	2	0.6	0.1- 2.8	300	69.7	63.5-75.2
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	298	70	28.7	22.8-35.6	5	2.2	0.8- 5.4	6	3.0	1.3- 6.9	217	66.1	59.3-72.4
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	266	64	28.1	21.6-35.7	8	5.7	2.2-13.8	2	0.9	0.2- 3.6	192	65.3	57.3-72.5
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	323	67	21.8	16.9-27.7	11	4.1	1.9- 8.7	0	0.0	. - .	245	74.1	67.8-79.5
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	492	102	22.6	18.2-27.7	12	3.6	1.7- 7.4	6	1.3	0.5- 3.4	372	72.6	67.1-77.4
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	710	163	26.3	22.2-30.9	30	6.8	4.3-10.5	3	0.6	0.2- 1.9	514	66.4	61.5-70.9
No	10,148	1,981	20.7	19.6-21.8	270	3.9	3.3- 4.5	68	1.3	0.9- 1.8	7,829	74.1	72.9-75.3
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	3,453	765	23.7	21.9-25.7	111	4.8	3.8- 6.1	24	1.2	0.7- 2.0	2,553	70.2	68.0-72.2
Piedmont	6,148	1,116	18.8	17.5-20.1	157	3.7	3.0- 4.6	36	1.3	0.8- 2.2	4,839	76.2	74.6-77.6
Western NC	1,257	263	23.9	20.9-27.1	32	3.5	2.2- 5.5	11	1.2	0.6- 2.4	951	71.4	68.0-74.6
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	762	149	22.2	18.5-26.3	14	2.7	1.4- 5.4	8	1.5	0.6- 3.3	591	73.6	69.2-77.6
Northwest	2,065	433	22.8	20.6-25.3	63	4.1	3.0- 5.5	15	1.1	0.6- 2.0	1,554	72.0	69.3-74.4
Charlotte	1,664	275	16.8	14.7-19.1	45	4.1	2.8- 6.1	8	1.7	0.7- 4.0	1,336	77.4	74.5-80.1
Greensboro	1,392	263	21.2	18.3-24.5	34	3.8	2.4- 5.9	8	1.2	0.5- 3.2	1,087	73.8	70.3-77.0
Southern Regional	1,096	264	26.8	23.0-31.0	32	3.9	2.4- 6.2	11	1.8	0.9- 3.6	789	67.5	63.1-71.5
Coastal	540	106	20.7	16.8-25.1	17	5.8	3.5- 9.5	6	1.6	0.7- 3.9	411	71.9	67.0-76.4
Wake	1,556	264	16.9	14.6-19.6	35	3.5	2.2- 5.6	8	1.0	0.3- 3.9	1,249	78.5	75.4-81.4
Area L	424	91	21.1	16.5-26.6	21	7.0	4.4-11.1	0	0.0	. - .	312	71.9	65.9-77.1
Eastern	1,359	299	24.1	21.3-27.1	39	4.4	2.9- 6.5	7	1.0	0.4- 2.7	1,014	70.6	67.3-73.7

Total
Respond.^

One adult

Two adults

Three or more adults

None

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

10,858

2,144

21.0

20.0-22.0

300

4.0

3.5- 4.7

1.3

0.9- 1.8

8,343

73.7

72.5-74.9

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

286

22.7

17.4-29.0

3.7

1.8- 7.3

0.0

. - .

216

73.6

67.0-79.3

Buncombe

270

21.2

15.2-28.9

0.9

0.2- 3.8

1.9

0.5- 7.4

219

75.9

68.1-82.3

Cabarrus

287

14.8

10.6-20.2

8.8

4.6-16.2

0.0

. - .

228

76.5

69.2-82.4

Catawba

283

20.6

15.5-26.8

5.1

2.3-11.0

1.2

0.3- 4.6

218

73.1

66.2-79.0

Cumberland

290

20.9

16.0-27.0

5.7

2.3-13.1

0.5

0.1- 3.3

220

72.9

65.8-79.0

Davidson

293

18.4

14.0-23.8

6.2

3.0-12.6

1.0

0.3- 3.2

221

74.3

67.6-80.0

Durham

279

11.3

7.7-16.3

1.6

0.4- 6.4

0.2

0.0- 1.3

244

86.8

81.4-90.9

Forsyth

266

19.3

14.4-25.3

2.0

0.8- 4.5

0.3

0.0- 2.4

206

78.4

72.2-83.5

Gaston

291

23.0

17.7-29.4

4.9

2.6- 9.0

3.8

0.8-16.7

215

68.3

60.6-75.2

Guilford

282

18.5

13.3-25.1

4.4

1.9- 9.7

1.4

0.2- 9.4

224

75.7

68.4-81.8

Iredell

263

23.2

17.6-29.9

3.8

1.6- 8.8

1.5

0.2- 9.7

200

71.5

64.3-77.9

Johnston

257

19.5

14.2-26.1

5.4

2.1-13.0

0.0

. - .

197

75.2

67.5-81.5

Mecklenburg

535

13.8

10.7-17.4

2.6

1.1- 6.2

2.3

0.7- 7.3

450

81.3

76.5-85.4

New Hanover

263

15.8

11.3-21.7

4.9

2.1-10.9

1.0

0.2- 4.0

215

78.3

71.5-83.8

Onslow

272

23.9

18.4-30.6

5.1

2.1-11.8

0.4

0.1- 2.6

202

70.6

63.2-77.0

Orange

278

15.7

9.6-24.7

0.7

0.2- 2.6

0.6

0.1- 4.2

245

83.0

74.1-89.3

Pitt

244

18.3

13.5-24.4

1.6

0.6- 3.9

0.0

. - .

195

80.1

74.0-85.1

Randolph

280

25.0

19.4-31.6

4.9

2.3-10.1

1.0

0.2- 3.9

208

69.1

62.1-75.2

Robeson

260

29.5

23.2-36.6

4.5

2.5- 8.0

3.3

1.1- 9.6

170

62.7

55.3-69.7

Rowan

300

24.1

18.1-31.3

4.8

2.2-10.0

0.9

0.2- 4.6

223

70.2

62.8-76.8

Union

284

15.5

11.3-20.8

3.9

1.6- 9.4

0.8

0.1- 5.4

235

79.8

73.6-84.9

Wake

562

16.0

12.5-20.2

3.4

1.5- 7.5

1.6

0.3- 7.7

467

79.1

73.8-83.5

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

322

28.4

22.6-35.1

4.8

2.1-10.6

2.5

0.7- 8.5

227

64.3

57.2-70.9

Northeast Partnership II

301

22.3

17.3-28.2

8.0

4.4-14.0

0.6

0.1- 2.4

220

69.2

62.4-75.2

Northeast Partnership I

307

23.2

17.3-30.5

5.0

2.7- 9.0

0.0

. - .

230

71.8

64.5-78.1

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

274

19.3

14.0-26.1

4.9

2.5- 9.6

0.0

. - .

213

75.8

68.6-81.7

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

333

29.0

22.5-36.3

3.8

2.0- 7.1

0.9

0.2- 4.1

233

66.4

59.1-73.0

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

268

25.9

20.1-32.7

3.3

1.4- 7.8

5.0

2.3-10.5

188

65.8

58.6-72.3

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

318

23.6

18.3-29.9

6.6

3.4-12.4

1.8

0.6- 5.0

225

68.0

61.1-74.2

Chatham/Lee/Moore

328

19.1

14.3-25.1

2.1

0.7- 5.8

0.6

0.1- 4.4

263

78.1

71.9-83.3

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

403

23.1

18.5-28.4

6.7

3.4-12.5

0.6

0.1- 2.8

300

69.7

63.5-75.2

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

298

28.7

22.8-35.6

2.2

0.8- 5.4

3.0

1.3- 6.9

217

66.1

59.3-72.4

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

266

28.1

21.6-35.7

5.7

2.2-13.8

0.9

0.2- 3.6

192

65.3

57.3-72.5

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

323

21.8

16.9-27.7

4.1

1.9- 8.7

0.0

. - .

245

74.1

67.8-79.5

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

492

102

22.6

18.2-27.7

3.6

1.7- 7.4

1.3

0.5- 3.4

372

72.6

67.1-77.4

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

710

163

26.3

22.2-30.9

6.8

4.3-10.5

0.6

0.2- 1.9

514

66.4

61.5-70.9

10,148

1,981

20.7

19.6-21.8

270

3.9

3.3- 4.5

1.3

0.9- 1.8

7,829

74.1

72.9-75.3

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

3,453

765

23.7

21.9-25.7

111

4.8

3.8- 6.1

1.2

0.7- 2.0

2,553

70.2

68.0-72.2

Piedmont

6,148

1,116

18.8

17.5-20.1

157

3.7

3.0- 4.6

1.3

0.8- 2.2

4,839

76.2

74.6-77.6

Western NC

1,257

263

23.9

20.9-27.1

3.5

2.2- 5.5

1.2

0.6- 2.4

951

71.4

68.0-74.6

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

762

149

22.2

18.5-26.3

2.7

1.4- 5.4

1.5

0.6- 3.3

591

73.6

69.2-77.6

Northwest

2,065

433

22.8

20.6-25.3

4.1

3.0- 5.5

1.1

0.6- 2.0

1,554

72.0

69.3-74.4

Charlotte

1,664

275

16.8

14.7-19.1

4.1

2.8- 6.1

1.7

0.7- 4.0

1,336

77.4

74.5-80.1

Greensboro

1,392

263

21.2

18.3-24.5

3.8

2.4- 5.9

1.2

0.5- 3.2

1,087

73.8

70.3-77.0

Southern Regional

1,096

264

26.8

23.0-31.0

3.9

2.4- 6.2

1.8

0.9- 3.6

789

67.5

63.1-71.5

Coastal

540

106

20.7

16.8-25.1

5.8

3.5- 9.5

1.6

0.7- 3.9

411

71.9

67.0-76.4

Wake

1,556

264

16.9

14.6-19.6

3.5

2.2- 5.6

1.0

0.3- 3.9

1,249

78.5

75.4-81.4

Area L

424

21.1

16.5-26.6

7.0

4.4-11.1

0.0

. - .

312

71.9

65.9-77.1

Eastern

1,359

299

24.1

21.3-27.1

4.4

2.9- 6.5

1.0

0.4- 2.7

1,014

70.6

67.3-73.7

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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, Edgecombe, 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.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program

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