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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,219 1,774 14.4 13.4-15.5 619 5.9 5.1- 6.8 4,064 26.2 24.9-27.5 6,762 53.5 52.0-55.1
-Wake County 604 60 10.0 7.2-13.7 17 5.7 2.7-11.5 164 23.6 19.5-28.3 363 60.7 55.0-66.1
GENDER
Male 232 24 10.6 6.2-17.5 3 6.2 1.9-19.0 76 25.2 19.0-32.6 129 58.0 48.7-66.7
Female 372 36 9.3 6.5-13.3 14 5.2 2.6- 9.8 88 22.0 16.8-28.2 234 63.5 57.0-69.6
RACE
White 461 45 10.3 7.0-15.0 9 1.8 0.9- 3.6 138 26.0 21.3-31.3 269 61.9 56.0-67.4
Other 138 15 9.5 5.0-17.2 8 14.3 6.0-30.7 25 17.5 10.6-27.3 90 58.7 45.9-70.5
AGE
18-44 221 24 10.9 6.7-17.2 8 8.1 3.5-17.9 33 15.9 10.6-23.2 156 65.0 55.9-73.1
45+ 374 36 8.8 6.1-12.3 9 2.2 1.1- 4.5 130 35.0 29.7-40.7 199 54.0 48.3-59.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 24 13.0 7.8-20.8 6 15.5 5.9-35.0 40 26.0 16.4-38.6 59 45.5 31.6-60.2
Some College + 475 36 8.9 5.7-13.6 11 2.3 1.1- 4.7 124 22.8 18.5-27.6 304 66.0 60.4-71.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 37 16.7 11.3-24.1 10 14.4 5.6-32.5 52 27.8 19.4-38.0 77 41.1 30.9-52.1
$50,000+ 341 18 7.5 4.1-13.3 6 2.1 0.8- 5.3 94 24.5 19.3-30.7 223 65.8 59.0-72.0

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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