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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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
-Wake County 604 241 39.3 33.9-45.0 363 60.7 55.0-66.1
GENDER
Male 232 103 42.0 33.3-51.3 129 58.0 48.7-66.7
Female 372 138 36.5 30.4-43.0 234 63.5 57.0-69.6
RACE
White 461 192 38.1 32.6-44.0 269 61.9 56.0-67.4
Other 138 48 41.3 29.5-54.1 90 58.7 45.9-70.5
AGE
18-44 221 65 35.0 26.9-44.1 156 65.0 55.9-73.1
45+ 374 175 46.0 40.4-51.7 199 54.0 48.3-59.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 129 70 54.5 39.8-68.4 59 45.5 31.6-60.2
Some College + 475 171 34.0 28.8-39.6 304 66.0 60.4-71.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 99 58.9 47.9-69.1 77 41.1 30.9-52.1
$50,000+ 341 118 34.2 28.0-41.0 223 65.8 59.0-72.0

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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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