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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 367 147 34.7 28.8-41.2 220 65.3 58.8-71.2
GENDER
Male 118 65 47.2 36.5-58.2 53 52.8 41.8-63.5
Female 249 82 26.5 20.2-33.9 167 73.5 66.1-79.8
RACE
White 317 135 38.7 31.9-45.9 182 61.3 54.1-68.1
Other 49 12 19.8 9.9-35.5 37 80.2 64.5-90.1
AGE
18-44 144 48 30.2 22.1-39.8 96 69.8 60.2-77.9
45+ 220 99 41.1 33.4-49.3 121 58.9 50.7-66.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 133 61 47.3 36.7-58.2 72 52.7 41.8-63.3
Some College + 233 86 28.1 21.7-35.6 147 71.9 64.4-78.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 141 77 54.2 43.6-64.5 64 45.8 35.5-56.4
$50,000+ 179 54 24.3 17.9-32.1 125 75.7 67.9-82.1

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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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