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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 926 122 16.8 13.8-20.3 19 2.5 1.3- 4.7 5 0.6 0.2- 1.5 780 80.0 76.3-83.3
GENDER
Male 333 45 16.7 12.2-22.5 6 2.6 0.9- 7.8 4 1.1 0.4- 3.0 278 79.6 73.3-84.7
Female 593 77 16.9 13.2-21.5 13 2.5 1.3- 4.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 502 80.4 75.8-84.3
RACE
White 792 97 15.1 12.2-18.7 13 2.6 1.3- 5.2 3 0.3 0.1- 1.2 679 81.9 78.0-85.2
African American 50 13 42.2 26.5-59.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.0 0.4-18.7 36 54.7 37.8-70.7
Other Minorities 3 1 31.6 3.9-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 68.4 15.9-96.1
AGE
18-24 48 12 16.7 8.8-29.5 4 7.1 2.2-20.5 0 0.0 . - . 32 76.1 61.7-86.4
25-34 123 16 20.1 11.7-32.3 3 5.5 1.1-22.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 103 73.5 60.1-83.7
35-44 150 21 17.2 10.9-26.0 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 123 79.8 70.9-86.4
45-54 177 28 19.5 12.6-29.0 3 2.2 0.6- 7.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 145 77.4 67.9-84.8
55-64 158 26 19.9 12.8-29.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 2 1.5 0.4- 5.9 129 77.4 67.7-84.8
65-74 142 12 12.5 6.9-21.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 0 0.0 . - . 128 87.1 78.1-92.8
75+ 123 7 9.4 4.2-19.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 115 89.6 79.4-95.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 135 26 24.9 15.9-36.8 5 3.9 1.4-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 104 71.2 59.5-80.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 260 36 18.4 12.9-25.5 8 3.6 1.6- 7.7 3 1.4 0.4- 4.3 213 76.6 69.3-82.6
Some Post-H.S. 250 30 17.3 11.8-24.7 4 0.7 0.2- 2.4 2 0.8 0.1- 3.7 214 81.2 73.8-86.9
College Graduate 277 28 10.0 6.7-14.6 2 2.6 0.5-12.9 0 0.0 . - . 247 87.4 80.8-92.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 117 18 22.5 13.0-36.1 4 2.2 0.6- 7.4 2 2.5 0.6- 9.5 93 72.8 59.6-83.0
$15,000- 24,999 161 22 19.5 12.2-29.8 2 1.5 0.2- 9.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 136 78.7 68.3-86.3
$25,000- 34,999 124 25 24.8 16.6-35.4 3 1.8 0.5- 6.3 0 0.0 . - . 96 73.4 62.8-81.8
$35,000- 49,999 127 19 17.9 10.8-28.1 3 2.7 0.7- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 105 79.4 69.0-87.0
$50,000-74,999 114 13 12.8 7.0-22.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 99 85.2 75.4-91.5
$75,000+ 93 9 8.8 4.4-16.8 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 1 1.1 0.1- 7.2 82 89.1 80.6-94.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 318 42 19.7 13.9-27.1 8 2.4 1.1- 5.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.9 265 76.8 69.4-82.8
No 596 79 15.7 12.4-19.7 11 2.7 1.1- 6.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.4 504 81.3 76.8-85.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 140 15 12.8 7.0-22.2 2 0.4 0.1- 1.7 2 1.1 0.2- 5.2 121 85.7 76.4-91.7
Non-Veteran 782 107 17.8 14.5-21.7 17 3.0 1.6- 5.7 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6 655 78.7 74.5-82.4
Currently Serving 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 100 . - .

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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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