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

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,908 2,578 37.6 36.2-39.1 755 11.5 10.5-12.6 3,575 50.9 49.4-52.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 176 73 36.9 28.5-46.0 16 9.8 5.4-17.1 87 53.3 43.7-62.7
GENDER
Male 88 30 27.3 17.9-39.3 8 10.4 4.7-21.7 50 62.3 49.1-73.9
Female 88 43 54.2 42.8-65.1 8 8.7 4.2-17.3 37 37.1 27.1-48.3
RACE
White 166 72 42.7 34.4-51.4 15 10.9 6.0-19.0 79 46.4 38.0-55.0
Other 9 1 0.9 0.1- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 8 99.1 92.6-99.9
AGE
18-44 59 30 43.3 30.0-57.7 9 19.0 9.0-35.8 20 37.7 25.0-52.3
45+ 117 43 33.6 23.6-45.3 7 5.2 2.2-12.0 67 61.2 49.1-72.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 102 48 39.8 28.1-52.7 8 7.6 3.4-15.9 46 52.7 39.3-65.7
Some College + 74 25 32.1 21.8-44.5 8 13.6 5.7-28.9 41 54.3 41.4-66.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 124 59 42.5 31.7-54.2 11 7.9 4.1-14.9 54 49.5 37.5-61.6
$50,000+ 19 5 21.8 8.8-44.7 2 8.8 2.2-29.8 12 69.4 46.2-85.6

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.

^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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