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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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 13,224 6,462 46.5 44.9-48.0 6,762 53.5 52.0-55.1
-Mecklenburg County 613 277 42.3 37.2-47.6 336 57.7 52.4-62.8
GENDER
Male 231 129 51.0 43.1-58.9 102 49.0 41.1-56.9
Female 382 148 34.5 28.2-41.3 234 65.5 58.7-71.8
RACE
White 424 198 47.0 41.0-53.1 226 53.0 46.9-59.0
Other 178 73 34.4 26.1-43.7 105 65.6 56.3-73.9
AGE
18-44 191 71 35.8 27.9-44.6 120 64.2 55.4-72.1
45+ 414 201 48.5 42.9-54.1 213 51.5 45.9-57.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 148 80 51.0 39.6-62.4 68 49.0 37.6-60.4
Some College + 463 195 38.9 33.4-44.6 268 61.1 55.4-66.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 231 120 44.9 35.8-54.4 111 55.1 45.6-64.2
$50,000+ 283 113 39.3 32.8-46.1 170 60.7 53.9-67.2

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^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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