BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	857	367	39.5	35.4-43.7	490	60.5	56.3-64.6
GENDER
Male	331	163	44.3	37.7-51.1	168	55.7	48.9-62.3
Female	526	204	34.3	29.9-39.0	322	65.7	61.0-70.1
RACE
White	635	292	42.5	37.9-47.1	343	57.5	52.9-62.1
Other	213	72	32.8	24.7-42.1	141	67.2	57.9-75.3
AGE
18-44	417	137	32.9	27.4-39.0	280	67.1	61.0-72.6
45+	438	229	50.0	44.7-55.3	209	50.0	44.7-55.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	215	109	49.3	40.0-58.8	106	50.7	41.2-60.0
Some College +	640	258	35.6	31.4-39.9	382	64.4	60.1-68.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	347	162	45.0	37.8-52.4	185	55.0	47.6-62.2
$50,000+	396	154	35.6	30.4-41.2	242	64.4	58.8-69.6

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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
-Wake County	857	367	39.5	35.4-43.7	490	60.5	56.3-64.6
GENDER
Male	331	163	44.3	37.7-51.1	168	55.7	48.9-62.3
Female	526	204	34.3	29.9-39.0	322	65.7	61.0-70.1
RACE
White	635	292	42.5	37.9-47.1	343	57.5	52.9-62.1
Other	213	72	32.8	24.7-42.1	141	67.2	57.9-75.3
AGE
18-44	417	137	32.9	27.4-39.0	280	67.1	61.0-72.6
45+	438	229	50.0	44.7-55.3	209	50.0	44.7-55.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	215	109	49.3	40.0-58.8	106	50.7	41.2-60.0
Some College +	640	258	35.6	31.4-39.9	382	64.4	60.1-68.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	347	162	45.0	37.8-52.4	185	55.0	47.6-62.2
$50,000+	396	154	35.6	30.4-41.2	242	64.4	58.8-69.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Tobacco Use

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