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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,122 844 29.2 27.2-31.4 988 31.1 29.1-33.2 896 27.8 25.9-29.8 394 11.9 10.5-13.3
-Mountain AHEC 207 54 27.8 20.6-36.3 62 31.9 24.4-40.5 68 29.6 22.7-37.7 23 10.6 6.7-16.5
GENDER
Male 89 21 31.6 20.7-45.1 23 29.3 18.8-42.6 31 27.5 18.3-39.1 14 11.6 6.3-20.4
Female 118 33 23.3 15.9-32.9 39 35.0 25.2-46.2 37 32.1 22.6-43.4 9 9.6 4.7-18.6
RACE
White 168 39 25.1 17.7-34.3 53 32.2 24.4-41.2 53 30.1 22.6-38.9 23 12.6 8.0-19.3
African American 15 6 37.3 15.7-65.5 3 14.7 4.4-39.0 6 48.0 22.4-74.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 18 8 52.4 27.6-76.1 4 16.2 5.6-38.8 5 21.5 7.7-47.3 1 9.9 1.4-45.7
25-34 35 14 42.0 21.6-65.6 13 41.5 20.8-65.7 8 16.4 6.8-34.5 0 0.0 . - .
35-44 46 15 33.9 19.1-52.8 12 28.9 15.8-46.9 12 23.2 12.2-39.8 7 14.0 6.2-28.6
45-54 43 7 14.7 6.4-30.3 12 28.2 15.1-46.3 16 36.8 21.4-55.4 8 20.4 9.4-38.5
55-64 34 6 15.9 6.5-33.7 13 41.7 23.8-62.0 12 34.2 17.8-55.4 3 8.3 2.6-23.3
65-74 23 3 12.0 3.2-35.8 5 30.5 11.9-58.6 12 49.1 26.4-72.3 3 8.4 2.1-27.5
75+ 8 1 12.6 1.6-56.4 3 26.4 5.9-67.0 3 51.8 15.5-86.2 1 9.3 1.1-47.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 39 8 21.4 8.8-43.2 10 34.6 16.7-58.1 18 35.5 19.7-55.1 3 8.6 2.5-25.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 69 17 27.8 16.2-43.3 19 25.1 15.1-38.8 26 37.1 24.4-51.8 7 10.0 4.1-22.5
Some Post-H.S. 52 14 30.0 16.7-47.9 19 39.9 25.1-56.8 12 19.7 9.7-36.0 7 10.4 4.5-22.3
College Graduate 46 14 31.3 18.0-48.7 14 30.7 17.5-48.1 12 23.4 12.8-38.8 6 14.6 6.3-30.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 9 32.8 15.7-56.1 11 33.3 17.5-54.2 13 26.3 12.9-46.2 4 7.5 2.4-21.0
$15,000- 24,999 47 11 22.1 10.4-40.9 10 25.1 10.7-48.2 18 35.9 21.2-53.7 8 17.0 7.6-33.7
$25,000- 34,999 35 14 42.3 24.0-62.9 11 30.1 15.3-50.5 6 18.1 6.6-41.2 4 9.5 3.4-23.8
$35,000- 49,999 29 7 31.0 14.0-55.4 12 41.8 22.8-63.5 6 11.7 4.4-27.9 4 15.5 5.1-38.2
$50,000-74,999 13 2 9.8 2.1-35.2 6 57.8 28.2-82.7 4 26.1 7.9-59.5 1 6.2 0.8-34.5
$75,000+ 11 3 26.6 8.0-60.3 6 59.6 28.7-84.4 1 10.1 1.4-47.2 1 3.7 0.5-23.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 75 19 18.9 11.1-30.3 18 28.2 16.2-44.4 27 38.4 25.6-53.1 11 14.5 7.3-26.6
No 129 34 32.1 22.5-43.4 43 34.0 24.8-44.7 40 25.0 17.3-34.6 12 8.9 4.7-16.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 31 4 8.9 2.8-24.8 12 42.7 22.2-66.1 9 34.1 16.5-57.4 6 14.3 5.7-31.9
Non-Veteran 175 50 31.8 23.6-41.4 49 29.0 21.4-38.0 59 29.1 21.8-37.7 17 10.0 5.9-16.6
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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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