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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Tobacco Use

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,003 2,578 17.2 16.5-18.0 755 5.3 4.8- 5.8 3,575 23.3 22.5-24.1 8,095 54.2 53.2-55.2
-Mountain AHEC 944 168 17.6 14.8-20.8 56 6.1 4.4- 8.3 235 23.6 20.5-26.9 485 52.8 48.8-56.7
GENDER
Male 345 78 21.0 16.3-26.6 17 6.0 3.5-10.1 99 27.2 22.2-33.0 151 45.7 39.4-52.2
Female 599 90 14.6 11.4-18.4 39 6.1 4.2- 8.8 136 20.3 16.9-24.2 334 59.0 54.2-63.7
RACE
White 808 135 17.0 14.1-20.4 45 5.7 4.0- 8.0 215 25.2 21.9-28.8 413 52.1 47.9-56.3
African American 51 13 21.9 11.8-37.1 4 7.9 2.8-20.0 7 15.1 6.6-30.8 27 55.1 39.0-70.3
Other Minorities 3 1 31.6 3.9-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 44.7 6.8-90.0 1 23.7 2.7-77.6
AGE
18-24 49 13 26.0 14.3-42.5 5 9.1 3.5-21.5 6 9.9 3.9-23.1 25 55.0 38.9-70.2
25-34 126 23 19.5 11.6-31.0 14 7.9 3.6-16.7 25 14.7 9.2-22.7 64 57.9 46.2-68.8
35-44 153 35 21.2 14.6-29.7 13 8.6 4.5-15.9 20 14.6 9.0-22.7 85 55.6 46.1-64.8
45-54 181 38 20.8 14.6-28.8 10 6.2 2.9-12.9 43 20.4 14.4-28.0 90 52.6 43.5-61.4
55-64 162 28 17.7 11.6-26.1 9 6.2 3.0-12.5 51 30.9 23.2-40.0 74 45.1 35.9-54.7
65-74 142 22 13.2 7.9-21.3 4 3.7 1.3-10.2 50 36.1 27.2-46.0 66 47.1 37.3-57.0
75+ 127 9 4.8 1.9-11.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 40 36.9 27.0-48.1 77 57.6 46.6-67.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 143 33 24.6 16.3-35.4 10 5.2 2.6-10.3 35 26.3 18.1-36.5 65 43.8 33.4-54.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 264 56 21.9 16.3-28.7 19 7.4 4.2-12.8 63 20.9 15.8-27.2 126 49.8 42.3-57.3
Some Post-H.S. 254 45 16.5 11.7-22.7 14 8.4 4.7-14.4 68 25.4 19.7-32.1 127 49.7 42.3-57.2
College Graduate 279 33 10.7 7.3-15.4 13 3.0 1.6- 5.6 67 22.4 17.3-28.5 166 63.8 57.1-70.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 120 29 23.9 15.5-35.2 11 7.2 3.3-14.7 31 25.8 17.0-37.0 49 43.1 31.3-55.8
$15,000- 24,999 165 37 24.1 16.5-33.9 10 6.0 2.7-12.7 44 26.5 18.9-35.8 74 43.4 34.2-53.2
$25,000- 34,999 125 26 22.4 14.6-32.9 11 9.6 4.6-18.9 31 25.2 17.2-35.3 57 42.8 32.7-53.5
$35,000- 49,999 129 23 18.5 11.6-28.2 11 10.5 5.3-19.8 31 23.1 15.7-32.6 64 47.9 37.6-58.3
$50,000-74,999 114 13 11.8 6.3-21.0 2 1.4 0.3- 5.4 33 30.8 21.9-41.4 66 56.1 45.3-66.3
$75,000+ 94 8 7.0 3.2-14.6 3 3.5 1.1-10.7 21 20.3 12.9-30.3 62 69.2 58.2-78.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 323 55 17.7 12.9-23.9 25 6.6 4.1-10.5 103 32.6 26.5-39.3 140 43.1 36.4-50.1
No 593 105 17.3 13.8-21.3 29 5.6 3.6- 8.6 127 19.5 16.1-23.3 332 57.6 52.7-62.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 26 18.4 11.6-27.9 5 1.9 0.6- 5.3 49 36.9 28.0-46.8 62 42.8 33.2-53.0
Non-Veteran 797 141 17.2 14.2-20.7 51 7.0 5.0- 9.7 185 20.8 17.7-24.2 420 55.0 50.7-59.2
Currently Serving 4 1 60.2 12.6-94.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.6 1.1-59.8 2 28.2 3.6-80.3

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* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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