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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,219 1,774 14.4 13.4-15.5 619 5.9 5.1- 6.8 4,064 26.2 24.9-27.5 6,762 53.5 52.0-55.1
-New Hanover County 410 54 21.7 15.2-30.0 18 3.7 2.1- 6.4 143 26.2 21.0-32.2 195 48.4 40.8-56.1
GENDER
Male 161 21 20.1 11.9-31.9 7 3.5 1.4- 8.6 69 30.6 21.8-41.0 64 45.8 34.2-57.9
Female 249 33 23.2 14.2-35.6 11 3.8 1.9- 7.5 74 22.0 16.7-28.5 131 51.0 41.1-60.7
RACE
White 349 41 20.0 13.3-28.9 10 2.2 1.1- 4.5 132 27.8 22.0-34.5 166 50.0 41.6-58.5
Other 59 13 30.7 14.7-53.2 8 11.1 4.6-24.2 10 17.7 8.3-34.0 28 40.5 25.1-58.1
AGE
18-44 87 19 28.7 17.0-44.1 6 4.2 1.7-10.1 16 13.6 7.0-24.9 46 53.5 39.2-67.3
45+ 316 35 15.8 10.4-23.1 12 3.3 1.8- 5.9 125 37.7 31.8-44.0 144 43.3 36.9-49.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 22 29.1 17.0-45.3 10 6.1 2.7-13.3 46 22.8 15.1-32.9 50 42.0 28.2-57.2
Some College + 282 32 18.1 11.2-28.0 8 2.5 1.2- 5.4 97 27.8 21.3-35.4 145 51.6 42.7-60.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 31 29.0 17.7-43.8 11 6.1 2.9-12.5 61 32.8 22.9-44.5 69 32.0 23.0-42.6
$50,000+ 175 14 11.6 6.1-21.2 6 3.2 1.3- 7.6 66 29.1 22.1-37.3 89 56.0 46.1-65.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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