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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Buncombe 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 6,183 3,035 49.6 47.6-51.5 3,148 50.4 48.5-52.4
Buncombe County 422 231 55.9 50.5-61.2 191 44.1 38.8-49.5
GENDER
Male 164 102 63.3 54.9-70.9 62 36.7 29.1-45.1
Female 258 129 48.7 41.8-55.6 129 51.3 44.4-58.2
RACE
White 378 206 54.9 49.1-60.5 172 45.1 39.5-50.9
Other 40 22 61.9 44.2-76.9 18 38.1 23.1-55.8
AGE
18-44 179 94 54.0 45.4-62.2 85 46.0 37.8-54.6
45+ 241 137 58.0 51.1-64.7 104 42.0 35.3-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 174 104 63.8 55.4-71.5 70 36.2 28.5-44.6
Some College + 246 127 50.5 43.6-57.4 119 49.5 42.6-56.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 148 61.1 54.1-67.7 103 38.9 32.3-45.9
$50,000+ 94 39 45.1 34.3-56.3 55 54.9 43.7-65.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Cumberland 428 194 43.1 35.9-50.7 234 56.9 49.3-64.1
Durham 400 158 36.9 31.2-42.9 242 63.1 57.1-68.8
Forsyth 455 224 49.0 43.6-54.5 231 51.0 45.5-56.4
Gaston 466 231 49.4 44.3-54.6 235 50.6 45.4-55.7
Guilford 415 195 45.2 39.8-50.8 220 54.8 49.2-60.2
Mecklenburg 429 193 42.7 37.3-48.2 236 57.3 51.8-62.7
New Hanover 405 227 54.5 47.6-61.3 178 45.5 38.7-52.4
Onslow 435 234 59.8 53.4-65.8 201 40.2 34.2-46.6
Wake 426 192 43.6 38.2-49.1 234 56.4 50.9-61.8
Western NC 616 308 53.0 48.6-57.4 308 47.0 42.6-51.4
Piedmont NC 668 342 52.3 47.6-57.1 326 47.7 42.9-52.4
Eastern NC 618 306 50.7 45.9-55.4 312 49.3 44.6-54.1

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#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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