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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 710 163 26.3 22.2-30.9 30 6.8 4.3-10.5 3 0.6 0.2- 1.9 514 66.4 61.5-70.9
GENDER
Male 280 48 23.4 17.2-31.1 15 8.8 4.8-15.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 216 67.2 59.2-74.3
Female 430 115 29.6 24.8-34.9 15 4.4 2.5- 7.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.2 298 65.4 60.0-70.5
RACE
White 445 98 29.1 23.4-35.5 11 4.4 1.9- 9.9 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 333 65.6 59.0-71.6
African American 221 52 21.0 15.4-27.9 15 10.4 5.7-18.1 0 0.0 . - . 154 68.6 60.5-75.8
Other Minorities 42 13 27.5 15.4-44.3 4 10.0 3.5-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 25 62.5 45.4-76.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 30 13 41.8 23.2-63.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 17 58.2 37.0-76.8
Non-Hispanic 680 150 25.2 21.1-29.9 30 7.2 4.6-11.2 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 497 66.9 61.9-71.6
AGE
18-24 35 13 42.6 25.1-62.1 3 16.1 5.2-40.2 0 0.0 . - . 19 41.3 25.0-59.8
25-34 85 27 34.2 22.8-47.7 2 3.2 0.8-12.0 0 0.0 . - . 56 62.7 49.3-74.3
35-44 124 40 33.1 24.3-43.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 1 0.9 0.1- 5.8 82 64.7 54.3-73.8
45-54 168 45 25.2 18.6-33.1 10 8.8 4.5-16.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 112 64.7 55.8-72.7
55-64 146 20 14.0 8.7-21.7 9 9.1 4.7-16.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 116 76.1 67.2-83.3
65-74 96 11 10.3 5.5-18.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.3 0 0.0 . - . 82 87.7 79.4-93.0
75+ 53 7 13.1 6.0-26.1 2 5.9 1.3-22.6 0 0.0 . - . 44 81.0 66.0-90.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 126 30 25.6 17.3-36.2 9 7.6 3.8-14.8 2 1.4 0.4- 5.7 85 65.3 54.5-74.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 257 67 31.7 24.3-40.2 11 7.8 3.7-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 179 60.5 51.9-68.4
Some Post-H.S. 169 43 25.4 18.0-34.6 7 8.3 3.4-18.9 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 118 65.1 55.0-74.0
College Graduate 157 23 16.9 10.9-25.3 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 0 0.0 . - . 131 81.4 73.0-87.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 68 18 19.8 11.8-31.3 8 18.3 9.1-33.6 0 0.0 . - . 42 61.9 47.6-74.3
$15,000- 24,999 124 28 27.9 17.8-41.0 6 6.3 2.6-14.7 0 0.0 . - . 90 65.8 53.1-76.5
$25,000- 34,999 101 30 30.8 19.9-44.5 5 10.0 3.0-28.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 65 58.2 44.3-71.0
$35,000- 49,999 95 18 22.5 13.9-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 76 76.5 64.8-85.2
$50,000-74,999 109 26 27.5 18.6-38.7 3 3.2 0.8-11.8 0 0.0 . - . 80 69.2 57.9-78.6
$75,000+ 105 16 15.9 9.7-25.1 3 4.1 1.1-13.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 85 77.5 66.8-85.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 247 63 28.5 21.5-36.6 14 11.2 5.8-20.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 169 59.9 51.3-67.8
No 460 100 25.4 20.5-31.2 16 4.8 2.6- 8.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.7 342 69.1 63.2-74.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 104 23 31.0 20.0-44.6 6 8.0 3.4-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 75 61.0 48.1-72.5
Non-Veteran 603 140 25.6 21.2-30.5 24 6.6 3.9-10.9 3 0.7 0.2- 2.3 436 67.2 61.9-72.0

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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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