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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 278 30 15.7 9.6-24.7 2 0.7 0.2- 2.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 245 83.0 74.1-89.3
GENDER
Male 116 13 15.3 7.6-28.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 0 0.0 . - . 102 84.0 71.0-91.9
Female 162 17 16.1 7.8-30.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 143 82.0 68.4-90.6
RACE
White 234 22 12.1 6.5-21.5 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 0 0.0 . - . 211 87.5 78.2-93.2
Other 43 8 28.1 12.5-51.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 1 2.6 0.4-16.7 33 67.8 45.3-84.2
AGE
18-44 130 15 19.1 10.0-33.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 0 0.0 . - . 114 80.3 66.1-89.5
45+ 145 14 10.3 5.5-18.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 129 87.4 78.6-92.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 57 11 25.6 12.3-45.8 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 0 0.0 . - . 45 73.2 53.3-86.7
Some College + 220 18 11.4 5.6-21.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 200 87.3 77.2-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 87 15 28.6 15.7-46.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2- 9.8 71 69.9 52.6-82.9
$50,000+ 158 13 6.6 3.7-11.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 0 0.0 . - . 144 92.7 87.4-95.9

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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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