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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,128 2,744 37.0 35.5-38.4 798 12.0 10.9-13.2 4,586 51.0 49.5-52.5
-Onslow County 199 74 41.5 32.2-51.4 20 16.0 7.9-29.8 105 42.5 33.6-51.9
GENDER
Male 74 17 32.1 19.1-48.7 13 25.5 11.6-47.2 44 42.4 28.4-57.7
Female 125 57 52.2 42.1-62.1 7 5.1 2.3-10.8 61 42.7 33.2-52.8
RACE
White 167 62 41.7 31.5-52.6 16 16.1 7.3-31.9 89 42.2 32.5-52.6
Other 32 12 40.2 23.4-59.5 4 14.9 5.4-35.0 16 45.0 27.8-63.3
AGE
18-44 91 44 49.5 35.9-63.1 13 19.8 8.6-39.3 34 30.7 20.9-42.8
45+ 107 30 25.5 17.5-35.7 7 8.3 3.7-17.5 70 66.2 55.4-75.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 99 42 45.7 31.6-60.5 8 18.8 6.4-43.9 49 35.5 24.1-48.9
Some College + 100 32 36.8 25.0-50.3 12 12.8 6.9-22.6 56 50.4 38.2-62.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 131 51 46.8 36.0-57.9 12 10.5 5.7-18.5 68 42.7 32.8-53.3
$50,000+ 43 14 31.3 18.2-48.3 5 14.5 5.9-31.7 24 54.1 37.6-69.8

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

^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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