BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	510	397	74.2	69.1-78.7	113	25.8	21.3-30.9
GENDER
Male	170	117	65.9	56.9-73.9	53	34.1	26.1-43.1
Female	340	280	81.5	76.1-85.8	60	18.5	14.2-23.9
RACE
White	322	251	74.0	67.8-79.4	71	26.0	20.6-32.2
Other	186	145	74.9	66.1-82.0	41	25.1	18.0-33.9
AGE
18-44	151	109	71.5	62.3-79.2	42	28.5	20.8-37.7
45+	355	284	75.9	69.7-81.1	71	24.1	18.9-30.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	218	71.3	64.3-77.4	71	28.7	22.6-35.7
Some College +	221	179	78.3	70.7-84.4	42	21.7	15.6-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	241	74.9	68.0-80.7	67	25.1	19.3-32.0
$50,000+	117	91	73.8	63.7-82.0	26	26.2	18.0-36.3

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Tobacco Use

Current Smoker*

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	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 II	510	397	74.2	69.1-78.7	113	25.8	21.3-30.9
GENDER
Male	170	117	65.9	56.9-73.9	53	34.1	26.1-43.1
Female	340	280	81.5	76.1-85.8	60	18.5	14.2-23.9
RACE
White	322	251	74.0	67.8-79.4	71	26.0	20.6-32.2
Other	186	145	74.9	66.1-82.0	41	25.1	18.0-33.9
AGE
18-44	151	109	71.5	62.3-79.2	42	28.5	20.8-37.7
45+	355	284	75.9	69.7-81.1	71	24.1	18.9-30.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	218	71.3	64.3-77.4	71	28.7	22.6-35.7
Some College +	221	179	78.3	70.7-84.4	42	21.7	15.6-29.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	241	74.9	68.0-80.7	67	25.1	19.3-32.0
$50,000+	117	91	73.8	63.7-82.0	26	26.2	18.0-36.3