BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (Current Smoker*)

	Total Respond.^	No	Yes
North Carolina	17,183	13,641	77.4	76.5-78.3	3,542	22.6	21.7-23.5
-Northeast Partnership I	517	395	72.9	67.1-78.0	122	27.1	22.0-32.9
GENDER
Male	183	129	67.5	57.5-76.1	54	32.5	23.9-42.5
Female	334	266	78.3	72.7-83.1	68	21.7	16.9-27.3
RACE
White	238	174	64.9	55.1-73.5	64	35.1	26.5-44.9
Other	274	217	79.6	73.3-84.7	57	20.4	15.3-26.7
AGE
18-44	142	90	61.3	49.6-71.8	52	38.7	28.2-50.4
45+	373	304	80.0	74.5-84.5	69	20.0	15.5-25.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	320	240	70.3	62.3-77.3	80	29.7	22.7-37.7
Some College +	195	153	77.2	69.5-83.4	42	22.8	16.6-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	332	250	71.1	63.1-77.9	82	28.9	22.1-36.9
$50,000+	92	65	66.9	55.2-76.9	27	33.1	23.1-44.8

Back to Derived Variables and Risk Factors.

*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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.

View results for a demographic group:	Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:

	Total Respond.^	No			Yes
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,183	13,641	77.4	76.5-78.3	3,542	22.6	21.7-23.5
-Northeast Partnership I	517	395	72.9	67.1-78.0	122	27.1	22.0-32.9
GENDER
Male	183	129	67.5	57.5-76.1	54	32.5	23.9-42.5
Female	334	266	78.3	72.7-83.1	68	21.7	16.9-27.3
RACE
White	238	174	64.9	55.1-73.5	64	35.1	26.5-44.9
Other	274	217	79.6	73.3-84.7	57	20.4	15.3-26.7
AGE
18-44	142	90	61.3	49.6-71.8	52	38.7	28.2-50.4
45+	373	304	80.0	74.5-84.5	69	20.0	15.5-25.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	320	240	70.3	62.3-77.3	80	29.7	22.7-37.7
Some College +	195	153	77.2	69.5-83.4	42	22.8	16.6-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	332	250	71.1	63.1-77.9	82	28.9	22.1-36.9
$50,000+	92	65	66.9	55.2-76.9	27	33.1	23.1-44.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*