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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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
-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
GENDER
Male 117 16 18.8 10.1-32.2 4 4.7 1.7-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 97 76.5 63.5-85.9
Female 190 49 28.0 21.2-36.0 8 5.3 2.6-10.6 0 0.0 . - . 133 66.6 58.5-73.9
RACE
White 160 27 24.4 14.9-37.3 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 131 73.4 60.8-83.1
Other 145 38 22.3 15.9-30.3 10 7.7 4.0-14.5 0 0.0 . - . 97 70.0 61.2-77.6
AGE
18-44 100 33 36.0 24.2-49.7 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 66 62.5 48.9-74.3
45+ 206 32 14.6 9.9-21.0 11 7.4 4.0-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 163 78.0 70.7-83.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 171 41 26.5 18.0-37.3 10 7.6 4.0-14.1 0 0.0 . - . 120 65.9 55.5-75.0
Some College + 135 24 18.4 12.1-27.0 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 109 80.5 71.9-86.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 40 22.1 14.4-32.2 9 6.6 3.3-12.6 0 0.0 . - . 134 71.4 61.3-79.7
$50,000+ 82 15 21.1 12.7-33.0 1 1.1 0.2- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 66 77.8 65.9-86.4

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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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