BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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
-Northeast Partnership II	510	256	50.9	45.5-56.2	254	49.1	43.8-54.5
GENDER
Male	170	112	64.7	55.3-73.1	58	35.3	26.9-44.7
Female	340	144	38.8	33.0-44.8	196	61.2	55.2-67.0
RACE
White	322	184	58.1	51.7-64.2	138	41.9	35.8-48.3
Other	186	71	41.7	32.8-51.1	115	58.3	48.9-67.2
AGE
18-44	151	67	44.1	35.0-53.7	84	55.9	46.3-65.0
45+	355	188	55.9	49.7-61.9	167	44.1	38.1-50.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	152	54.2	47.0-61.2	137	45.8	38.8-53.0
Some College +	221	104	46.1	38.2-54.3	117	53.9	45.7-61.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	157	51.1	44.1-58.2	151	48.9	41.8-55.9
$50,000+	117	60	54.2	44.1-64.1	57	45.8	35.9-55.9

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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
-Northeast Partnership II	510	256	50.9	45.5-56.2	254	49.1	43.8-54.5
GENDER
Male	170	112	64.7	55.3-73.1	58	35.3	26.9-44.7
Female	340	144	38.8	33.0-44.8	196	61.2	55.2-67.0
RACE
White	322	184	58.1	51.7-64.2	138	41.9	35.8-48.3
Other	186	71	41.7	32.8-51.1	115	58.3	48.9-67.2
AGE
18-44	151	67	44.1	35.0-53.7	84	55.9	46.3-65.0
45+	355	188	55.9	49.7-61.9	167	44.1	38.1-50.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	289	152	54.2	47.0-61.2	137	45.8	38.8-53.0
Some College +	221	104	46.1	38.2-54.3	117	53.9	45.7-61.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	308	157	51.1	44.1-58.2	151	48.9	41.8-55.9
$50,000+	117	60	54.2	44.1-64.1	57	45.8	35.9-55.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Tobacco Use

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