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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 370 144 34.2 28.7-40.3 226 65.8 59.7-71.3
GENDER
Male 139 61 40.9 31.7-50.8 78 59.1 49.2-68.3
Female 231 83 29.4 22.9-36.7 148 70.6 63.3-77.1
RACE
White 293 113 35.0 28.9-41.6 180 65.0 58.4-71.1
Other 71 27 30.3 19.4-44.0 44 69.7 56.0-80.6
AGE
18-44 98 27 25.4 16.9-36.3 71 74.6 63.7-83.1
45+ 266 115 41.8 35.3-48.5 151 58.2 51.5-64.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 85 47 44.1 30.8-58.3 38 55.9 41.7-69.2
Some College + 283 97 31.4 25.3-38.2 186 68.6 61.8-74.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 106 50 39.6 28.7-51.6 56 60.4 48.4-71.3
$50,000+ 205 69 31.9 25.1-39.6 136 68.1 60.4-74.9

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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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