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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 410 215 51.6 43.9-59.2 195 48.4 40.8-56.1
GENDER
Male 161 97 54.2 42.1-65.8 64 45.8 34.2-57.9
Female 249 118 49.0 39.3-58.9 131 51.0 41.1-60.7
RACE
White 349 183 50.0 41.5-58.4 166 50.0 41.6-58.5
Other 59 31 59.5 41.9-74.9 28 40.5 25.1-58.1
AGE
18-44 87 41 46.5 32.7-60.8 46 53.5 39.2-67.3
45+ 316 172 56.7 50.1-63.1 144 43.3 36.9-49.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 128 78 58.0 42.8-71.8 50 42.0 28.2-57.2
Some College + 282 137 48.4 39.6-57.3 145 51.6 42.7-60.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 172 103 68.0 57.4-77.0 69 32.0 23.0-42.6
$50,000+ 175 86 44.0 34.5-53.9 89 56.0 46.1-65.5

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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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