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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Tobacco Indicators

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  Total
Respond.#
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,584 4,377 66.1 64.3-67.9 608 8.9 7.9-10.0 433 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,166 16.9 15.6-18.3
Henderson/ Transylvania 462 315 68.1 62.5-73.2 32 9.2 6.0-13.7 26 5.4 3.5- 8.2 89 17.3 13.6-21.7
GENDER
Male 185 117 60.7 52.2-68.7 16 12.6 7.3-20.9 13 6.2 3.4-11.1 39 20.4 14.6-27.8
Female 277 198 75.7 69.2-81.2 16 5.7 3.3- 9.6 13 4.5 2.5- 8.2 50 14.1 10.2-19.1
RACE
White 423 286 67.1 61.4-72.3 27 8.0 5.0-12.6 25 5.9 3.8- 8.9 85 19.1 15.1-23.8
Other 34 28 80.4 59.5-91.9 5 17.1 6.5-37.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.5 0.3-16.5
AGE
18-44 161 114 71.0 61.7-78.8 21 13.9 8.6-21.7 7 4.1 1.8- 8.9 19 11.0 6.5-18.0
45+ 298 199 65.6 58.6-72.0 11 5.4 2.3-12.2 18 6.4 3.8-10.4 70 22.6 17.5-28.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 187 116 65.4 55.9-73.8 19 13.5 7.8-22.3 8 3.9 1.7- 8.5 44 17.2 11.9-24.2
Some College + 274 199 70.5 63.6-76.6 13 5.7 3.0-10.4 18 6.7 4.0-10.9 44 17.1 12.4-23.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 251 158 64.4 56.2-72.0 22 11.7 7.0-19.1 17 5.6 3.2- 9.6 54 18.2 13.2-24.6
$50,000+ 98 69 69.0 57.6-78.4 3 3.4 1.0-11.1 8 9.3 4.5-18.2 18 18.3 10.9-29.0
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 407 276 64.0 58.0-69.6 44 12.5 8.7-17.7 20 4.5 2.8- 7.2 67 19.0 14.5-24.4
Forsyth 459 286 61.7 56.1-67.0 53 12.0 8.9-15.9 28 7.1 4.2-11.7 92 19.2 15.3-23.9
Guilford 413 282 70.3 64.7-75.3 33 9.1 6.0-13.5 27 5.1 3.3- 7.8 71 15.5 11.9-20.0
Mecklenburg 438 338 77.4 72.2-81.9 29 6.6 4.2-10.2 16 5.0 2.9- 8.8 55 10.9 8.1-14.7
Orange 431 336 72.2 62.9-79.9 28 11.7 5.2-24.2 13 2.8 1.4- 5.5 54 13.3 9.5-18.4
Pitt 411 283 69.7 64.4-74.6 40 11.6 8.8-15.3 29 6.0 3.9- 9.3 59 12.6 9.4-16.7
Randolph 420 258 62.3 55.1-69.0 47 10.1 7.2-13.9 35 8.1 5.6-11.5 80 19.5 13.6-27.1
Robeson 428 252 57.3 51.0-63.4 59 17.7 12.7-24.1 32 7.2 4.8-10.6 85 17.9 13.8-22.8
Wake 423 332 78.5 73.3-82.8 26 5.8 3.8- 8.9 20 5.4 3.2- 9.0 45 10.3 7.3-14.4
Western NC 643 383 58.6 54.0-63.1 60 9.0 6.6-12.1 50 8.6 6.4-11.6 150 23.8 20.0-28.1
Piedmont NC 869 525 62.7 58.4-66.7 92 10.1 8.0-12.8 74 10.3 7.4-14.0 178 16.9 14.3-19.9
Eastern NC 780 511 65.1 61.0-69.1 65 7.6 5.7-10.0 63 9.0 6.8-11.7 141 18.3 15.2-21.8

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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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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