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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Current Smoker*

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  Total
Respond.^
No Yes
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,219 10,826 79.7 78.4-80.9 2,393 20.3 19.1-21.6
-Wake County 604 527 84.3 78.8-88.6 77 15.7 11.4-21.2
GENDER
Male 232 205 83.2 72.9-90.1 27 16.8 9.9-27.1
Female 372 322 85.5 80.3-89.5 50 14.5 10.5-19.7
RACE
White 461 407 87.9 83.1-91.4 54 12.1 8.6-16.9
Other 138 115 76.2 62.0-86.3 23 23.8 13.7-38.0
AGE
18-44 221 189 81.0 71.9-87.6 32 19.0 12.4-28.1
45+ 374 329 89.0 85.1-92.0 45 11.0 8.0-14.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 99 71.5 55.8-83.3 30 28.5 16.7-44.2
Some College + 475 428 88.8 83.9-92.3 47 11.2 7.7-16.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 129 68.8 55.5-79.6 47 31.2 20.4-44.5
$50,000+ 341 317 90.4 84.5-94.2 24 9.6 5.8-15.5

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.

^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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