BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	15,004	6,909	45.8	44.8-46.8	8,095	54.2	53.2-55.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	360	176	51.3	44.8-57.6	184	48.7	42.4-55.2
GENDER
Male	136	88	65.0	54.8-73.9	48	35.0	26.1-45.2
Female	224	88	37.1	30.5-44.2	136	62.9	55.8-69.5
RACE
White	341	166	49.2	43.2-55.2	175	50.8	44.8-56.8
Other	18	9	68.8	39.1-88.3	9	31.2	11.7-60.9
AGE
18-44	132	59	46.1	36.6-55.8	73	53.9	44.2-63.4
45+	228	117	54.4	46.0-62.5	111	45.6	37.5-54.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	102	54.7	45.7-63.4	95	45.3	36.6-54.3
Some College +	163	74	46.5	38.0-55.1	89	53.5	44.9-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	124	56.7	48.4-64.6	100	43.3	35.4-51.6
$50,000+	62	19	31.6	20.6-45.1	43	68.4	54.9-79.4

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	15,004	6,909	45.8	44.8-46.8	8,095	54.2	53.2-55.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	360	176	51.3	44.8-57.6	184	48.7	42.4-55.2
GENDER
Male	136	88	65.0	54.8-73.9	48	35.0	26.1-45.2
Female	224	88	37.1	30.5-44.2	136	62.9	55.8-69.5
RACE
White	341	166	49.2	43.2-55.2	175	50.8	44.8-56.8
Other	18	9	68.8	39.1-88.3	9	31.2	11.7-60.9
AGE
18-44	132	59	46.1	36.6-55.8	73	53.9	44.2-63.4
45+	228	117	54.4	46.0-62.5	111	45.6	37.5-54.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	102	54.7	45.7-63.4	95	45.3	36.6-54.3
Some College +	163	74	46.5	38.0-55.1	89	53.5	44.9-62.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	224	124	56.7	48.4-64.6	100	43.3	35.4-51.6
$50,000+	62	19	31.6	20.6-45.1	43	68.4	54.9-79.4

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

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?