BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (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
-New Hanover County	447	222	45.6	40.0-51.2	225	54.4	48.8-60.0
GENDER
Male	160	97	51.1	41.8-60.4	63	48.9	39.6-58.2
Female	287	125	40.3	33.8-47.1	162	59.7	52.9-66.2
RACE
White	380	197	49.0	42.8-55.2	183	51.0	44.8-57.2
Other	67	25	30.1	19.2-43.8	42	69.9	56.2-80.8
AGE
18-44	150	60	33.4	25.3-42.5	90	66.6	57.5-74.7
45+	295	161	56.4	49.9-62.7	134	43.6	37.3-50.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	147	74	40.8	31.6-50.8	73	59.2	49.2-68.4
Some College +	300	148	48.3	41.6-55.1	152	51.7	44.9-58.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	115	47.0	38.8-55.4	103	53.0	44.6-61.2
$50,000+	163	75	47.0	38.4-55.7	88	53.0	44.3-61.6

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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
-New Hanover County	447	222	45.6	40.0-51.2	225	54.4	48.8-60.0
GENDER
Male	160	97	51.1	41.8-60.4	63	48.9	39.6-58.2
Female	287	125	40.3	33.8-47.1	162	59.7	52.9-66.2
RACE
White	380	197	49.0	42.8-55.2	183	51.0	44.8-57.2
Other	67	25	30.1	19.2-43.8	42	69.9	56.2-80.8
AGE
18-44	150	60	33.4	25.3-42.5	90	66.6	57.5-74.7
45+	295	161	56.4	49.9-62.7	134	43.6	37.3-50.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	147	74	40.8	31.6-50.8	73	59.2	49.2-68.4
Some College +	300	148	48.3	41.6-55.1	152	51.7	44.9-58.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	115	47.0	38.8-55.4	103	53.0	44.6-61.2
$50,000+	163	75	47.0	38.4-55.7	88	53.0	44.3-61.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Tobacco Use

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