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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,457 1,774 31.0 29.0-33.1 619 12.7 11.0-14.6 4,064 56.3 54.1-58.5
-New Hanover County 215 54 42.1 31.6-53.3 18 7.1 4.1-12.2 143 50.8 40.5-61.0
GENDER
Male 97 21 37.1 23.6-52.9 7 6.5 2.6-15.3 69 56.4 41.5-70.2
Female 118 33 47.3 32.6-62.6 11 7.8 3.8-15.2 74 44.9 31.8-58.7
RACE
White 183 41 39.9 28.6-52.4 10 4.4 2.1- 8.9 132 55.7 43.9-66.8
Other 31 13 51.6 27.3-75.1 8 18.6 7.4-39.6 10 29.8 13.2-54.2
AGE
18-44 41 19 61.7 41.8-78.3 6 9.0 3.5-21.2 16 29.3 15.0-49.2
45+ 172 35 27.8 19.1-38.6 12 5.8 3.2-10.4 125 66.4 56.2-75.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 78 22 50.2 33.4-67.0 10 10.5 4.6-22.1 46 39.3 25.5-55.1
Some College + 137 32 37.4 24.8-51.9 8 5.2 2.4-11.0 97 57.4 43.8-70.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 103 31 42.7 27.2-59.8 11 9.0 4.2-18.4 61 48.2 32.9-63.9
$50,000+ 86 14 26.5 14.9-42.6 6 7.2 3.0-16.6 66 66.3 51.4-78.5

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

^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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