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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 506 260 55.7 50.0-61.3 246 44.3 38.7-50.0
GENDER
Male 180 119 67.4 58.0-75.5 61 32.6 24.5-42.0
Female 326 141 44.2 37.6-51.1 185 55.8 48.9-62.4
RACE
White 339 187 60.0 53.3-66.5 152 40.0 33.5-46.7
Other 165 73 48.6 38.3-59.1 92 51.4 40.9-61.7
AGE
18-44 129 61 55.1 44.4-65.4 68 44.9 34.6-55.6
45+ 374 198 56.3 50.6-61.9 176 43.7 38.1-49.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 283 152 59.5 51.8-66.8 131 40.5 33.2-48.2
Some College + 223 108 50.6 42.1-59.0 115 49.4 41.0-57.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 298 157 59.4 51.9-66.4 141 40.6 33.6-48.1
$50,000+ 130 63 48.7 38.9-58.7 67 51.3 41.3-61.1

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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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