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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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
-Onslow County 272 61 23.9 18.4-30.6 8 5.1 2.1-11.8 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 202 70.6 63.2-77.0
GENDER
Male 99 15 17.2 10.1-27.7 2 4.7 0.9-21.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 81 77.3 64.8-86.4
Female 173 46 30.4 22.9-39.0 6 5.4 2.3-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 121 64.2 55.4-72.1
RACE
White 217 48 24.6 18.3-32.3 7 3.9 1.7- 8.4 0 0.0 . - . 162 71.5 63.6-78.2
Other 55 13 21.0 11.1-36.1 1 10.1 1.5-45.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 40 67.0 47.4-82.0
AGE
18-44 163 43 26.9 19.7-35.7 7 6.7 2.7-15.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 112 65.9 56.3-74.3
45+ 109 18 16.2 10.0-25.0 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 90 82.9 73.9-89.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 114 27 25.0 16.6-35.8 4 6.1 1.5-21.2 0 0.0 . - . 83 68.9 56.5-79.0
Some College + 158 34 23.0 16.1-31.9 4 4.2 1.5-11.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 119 72.1 62.9-79.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 148 36 23.4 16.4-32.3 5 6.2 2.0-18.1 0 0.0 . - . 107 70.3 60.2-78.8
$50,000+ 97 14 18.1 10.6-29.3 2 3.0 0.7-11.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 80 77.6 66.1-86.0

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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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