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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

Tobacco Use

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,574 7,410 46.2 45.0-47.3 8,164 53.8 52.7-55.0
-Northeast Partnership I 435 205 45.4 39.4-51.5 230 54.6 48.5-60.6
GENDER
Male 155 98 55.1 44.0-65.7 57 44.9 34.3-56.0
Female 280 107 37.2 30.6-44.3 173 62.8 55.7-69.4
RACE
White 209 112 56.4 48.2-64.3 97 43.6 35.7-51.8
Other 224 92 36.7 29.2-45.0 132 63.3 55.0-70.8
AGE
18-44 107 35 31.4 21.8-43.1 72 68.6 56.9-78.2
45+ 323 170 55.1 48.9-61.2 153 44.9 38.8-51.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 260 127 46.7 38.5-55.0 133 53.3 45.0-61.5
Some College + 172 77 43.9 35.6-52.6 95 56.1 47.4-64.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 282 134 49.2 42.1-56.3 148 50.8 43.7-57.9
$50,000+ 77 34 43.6 31.7-56.4 43 56.4 43.6-68.3

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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, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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