BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	367	193	52.0	46.2-57.7	174	48.0	42.3-53.8
GENDER
Male	141	79	54.7	45.5-63.6	62	45.3	36.4-54.5
Female	226	114	49.3	42.2-56.5	112	50.7	43.5-57.8
RACE
White	325	168	50.9	44.8-56.9	157	49.1	43.1-55.2
Other	40	25	61.5	42.6-77.5	15	38.5	22.5-57.4
AGE
18-44	135	72	51.6	42.1-60.9	63	48.4	39.1-57.9
45+	232	121	52.2	45.0-59.3	111	47.8	40.7-55.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	77	58.3	48.4-67.6	55	41.7	32.4-51.6
Some College +	235	116	48.2	41.1-55.3	119	51.8	44.7-58.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	124	60.8	53.2-67.9	85	39.2	32.1-46.8
$50,000+	89	38	44.3	33.5-55.7	51	55.7	44.3-66.5

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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
-Buncombe County	367	193	52.0	46.2-57.7	174	48.0	42.3-53.8
GENDER
Male	141	79	54.7	45.5-63.6	62	45.3	36.4-54.5
Female	226	114	49.3	42.2-56.5	112	50.7	43.5-57.8
RACE
White	325	168	50.9	44.8-56.9	157	49.1	43.1-55.2
Other	40	25	61.5	42.6-77.5	15	38.5	22.5-57.4
AGE
18-44	135	72	51.6	42.1-60.9	63	48.4	39.1-57.9
45+	232	121	52.2	45.0-59.3	111	47.8	40.7-55.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	132	77	58.3	48.4-67.6	55	41.7	32.4-51.6
Some College +	235	116	48.2	41.1-55.3	119	51.8	44.7-58.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	209	124	60.8	53.2-67.9	85	39.2	32.1-46.8
$50,000+	89	38	44.3	33.5-55.7	51	55.7	44.3-66.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Tobacco Use

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