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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,183 2,744 17.1 16.3-17.9 798 5.5 5.0- 6.1 4,586 23.6 22.8-24.4 9,055 53.8 52.8-54.8
-Northeastern Partnership 1,186 212 21.4 18.2-25.0 67 7.8 5.7-10.7 337 25.7 22.7-28.9 570 45.1 41.4-48.8
GENDER
Male 420 96 27.4 21.8-33.7 33 9.4 5.9-14.6 152 29.6 24.6-35.1 139 33.6 28.1-39.7
Female 766 116 15.4 12.6-18.7 34 6.2 4.2- 9.1 185 21.8 18.7-25.3 431 56.6 52.4-60.7
RACE
White 698 137 24.8 20.3-30.0 38 8.2 5.3-12.5 229 29.3 25.3-33.6 294 37.7 33.2-42.4
African American 428 60 15.2 11.2-20.4 26 7.1 4.4-11.3 98 22.2 17.3-28.0 244 55.5 49.2-61.6
Other Minorities 53 13 22.4 11.8-38.5 3 8.7 2.7-24.6 8 13.3 6.1-26.6 29 55.5 39.7-70.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 37 4 16.6 5.0-42.9 3 11.7 3.7-31.4 8 14.0 6.0-29.3 22 57.7 37.6-75.5
Non-Hispanic 1,149 208 21.7 18.4-25.3 64 7.6 5.5-10.5 329 26.4 23.3-29.7 548 44.3 40.6-48.1
AGE
18-24 37 9 31.8 16.8-51.9 6 17.7 6.7-39.0 2 6.4 1.4-25.2 20 44.1 27.3-62.4
25-34 129 36 32.2 22.6-43.7 10 8.6 4.3-16.4 17 12.2 7.2-20.0 66 47.0 36.8-57.4
35-44 179 49 26.3 19.2-34.9 11 7.5 4.0-13.7 32 20.9 14.4-29.2 87 45.3 36.6-54.2
45-54 269 57 22.6 17.3-29.0 21 8.7 5.1-14.3 71 27.6 21.2-35.1 120 41.2 34.2-48.5
55-64 244 35 14.7 10.1-20.9 14 7.0 3.9-12.5 73 28.7 22.6-35.7 122 49.6 42.3-56.9
65-74 177 19 9.3 5.6-15.0 3 1.8 0.5- 5.6 81 49.1 40.5-57.7 74 39.8 31.7-48.4
75+ 144 7 5.3 2.3-11.7 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 59 42.8 34.0-52.1 77 50.4 41.3-59.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 243 50 24.0 17.5-32.0 12 4.6 2.1- 9.7 70 26.1 19.3-34.4 111 45.3 37.1-53.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 438 85 24.9 19.1-31.7 28 10.2 6.1-16.4 118 22.7 18.5-27.7 207 42.2 36.1-48.5
Some Post-H.S. 261 53 22.2 16.0-29.9 16 8.5 4.9-14.4 76 27.2 20.9-34.7 116 42.1 34.4-50.2
College Graduate 242 24 10.4 6.7-15.9 11 5.6 2.7-11.3 73 29.6 23.3-36.8 134 54.4 47.0-61.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 197 38 17.8 12.3-25.1 12 7.3 3.2-16.0 54 23.7 17.4-31.4 93 51.2 42.0-60.2
$15,000- 24,999 231 49 25.3 18.4-33.8 12 10.7 4.8-22.1 68 25.8 18.4-34.8 102 38.2 30.2-46.9
$25,000- 34,999 155 28 26.5 16.0-40.4 11 9.0 4.5-17.1 34 16.5 11.1-23.9 82 48.0 37.0-59.2
$35,000- 49,999 137 21 15.5 9.5-24.1 6 5.0 2.1-11.6 46 34.0 25.6-43.5 64 45.5 36.2-55.2
$50,000-74,999 132 29 22.9 15.4-32.6 7 7.4 3.2-16.0 40 31.5 22.8-41.7 56 38.3 29.1-48.5
$75,000+ 130 17 16.7 10.3-26.0 10 7.2 3.8-13.3 40 30.2 22.1-39.9 63 45.9 36.3-55.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 477 88 23.8 18.0-30.7 25 5.7 3.7- 8.8 159 30.4 25.7-35.5 205 40.1 34.7-45.8
No 678 114 19.5 15.8-23.8 41 9.0 6.0-13.2 173 23.6 19.8-27.9 350 47.9 43.0-52.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 163 30 26.8 17.8-38.3 11 6.4 3.4-11.7 77 41.1 32.1-50.6 45 25.7 18.4-34.7
Non-Veteran 1,016 179 20.2 16.9-23.9 56 8.2 5.7-11.5 259 22.9 19.8-26.3 522 48.8 44.7-52.9

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* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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