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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Tobacco Use Prevention

Not including yourself, how many adults who live in your household smoke cigarettes, cigars or pipes?

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  Total
Respond.^
One adult Two adults Three or more adults No adults
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,700 1,923 15.1 14.4-15.9 261 2.7 2.3- 3.1 94 1.0 0.8- 1.3 12,422 81.2 80.3-82.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 352 51 19.9 14.2-27.1 4 1.6 0.4- 5.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9 294 76.8 69.5-82.8
GENDER
Male 131 16 19.0 10.2-32.6 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 2 3.0 0.7-11.4 112 76.0 62.6-85.7
Female 221 35 20.8 15.1-27.8 3 1.1 0.3- 3.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 182 77.7 70.6-83.5
RACE
White 334 49 18.7 14.2-24.2 4 1.7 0.4- 6.5 2 1.0 0.2- 4.2 279 78.6 72.7-83.5
Other 17 2 30.6 6.0-75.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.8 1.2-44.1 14 60.6 23.3-88.7
AGE
18-44 128 24 22.9 15.5-32.4 1 2.8 0.4-17.1 2 3.0 0.6-13.7 101 71.3 60.7-80.0
45+ 224 27 18.1 10.8-28.9 3 0.8 0.3- 2.7 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 193 80.1 69.5-87.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 36 26.2 17.5-37.1 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 2 2.6 0.6-10.0 150 70.3 59.5-79.2
Some College + 161 15 11.2 6.8-18.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 1 0.6 0.1- 3.8 144 85.8 77.4-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 219 40 25.6 17.6-35.7 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.2 176 72.4 62.4-80.6
$50,000+ 62 7 14.1 6.7-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 54 84.5 71.3-92.3

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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