BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	473	225	49.2	43.3-55.0	248	50.8	45.0-56.7
GENDER
Male	165	101	57.9	47.9-67.4	64	42.1	32.6-52.1
Female	308	124	41.2	34.9-47.8	184	58.8	52.2-65.1
RACE
White	391	189	49.4	43.2-55.6	202	50.6	44.4-56.8
Other	79	35	48.2	33.2-63.5	44	51.8	36.5-66.8
AGE
18-44	155	73	48.1	38.2-58.1	82	51.9	41.9-61.8
45+	318	152	50.2	43.9-56.4	166	49.8	43.6-56.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	262	137	55.0	47.0-62.8	125	45.0	37.2-53.0
Some College +	211	88	42.1	33.9-50.8	123	57.9	49.2-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	307	169	56.5	49.2-63.5	138	43.5	36.5-50.8
$50,000+	98	38	38.7	28.7-49.8	60	61.3	50.2-71.3

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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
-Rowan County	473	225	49.2	43.3-55.0	248	50.8	45.0-56.7
GENDER
Male	165	101	57.9	47.9-67.4	64	42.1	32.6-52.1
Female	308	124	41.2	34.9-47.8	184	58.8	52.2-65.1
RACE
White	391	189	49.4	43.2-55.6	202	50.6	44.4-56.8
Other	79	35	48.2	33.2-63.5	44	51.8	36.5-66.8
AGE
18-44	155	73	48.1	38.2-58.1	82	51.9	41.9-61.8
45+	318	152	50.2	43.9-56.4	166	49.8	43.6-56.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	262	137	55.0	47.0-62.8	125	45.0	37.2-53.0
Some College +	211	88	42.1	33.9-50.8	123	57.9	49.2-66.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	307	169	56.5	49.2-63.5	138	43.5	36.5-50.8
$50,000+	98	38	38.7	28.7-49.8	60	61.3	50.2-71.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Tobacco Use

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