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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 436 219 48.8 42.1-55.5 217 51.2 44.5-57.9
GENDER
Male 158 89 49.0 38.1-60.0 69 51.0 40.0-61.9
Female 278 130 48.6 40.5-56.7 148 51.4 43.3-59.5
RACE
White 384 194 48.1 41.5-54.7 190 51.9 45.3-58.5
Other 50 24 51.9 31.8-71.4 26 48.1 28.6-68.2
AGE
18-44 104 47 45.9 33.8-58.6 57 54.1 41.4-66.2
45+ 329 171 51.5 45.3-57.6 158 48.5 42.4-54.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 216 127 60.7 50.6-70.0 89 39.3 30.0-49.4
Some College + 220 92 36.4 28.6-44.8 128 63.6 55.2-71.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 222 130 59.8 50.3-68.6 92 40.2 31.4-49.7
$50,000+ 130 46 30.1 22.2-39.4 84 69.9 60.6-77.8

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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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