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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
Smoking light cigarettes is safer than smoking regular cigarettes.*

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  Total
Respond.^
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No Opinion
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,249 156 5.6 4.5- 6.8 495 14.2 12.8-15.7 1,779 55.6 53.4-57.8 563 17.8 16.1-19.5 256 6.9 5.9- 8.0
-Mountain AHEC 218 11 7.7 3.9-14.6 28 8.6 5.5-13.2 118 56.1 47.8-64.1 40 21.0 15.1-28.6 21 6.6 3.9-11.0
GENDER
Male 91 4 8.7 3.2-21.7 13 8.1 4.3-14.5 45 53.4 40.9-65.4 20 22.2 13.7-33.9 9 7.7 3.7-15.5
Female 127 7 6.5 2.8-14.2 15 9.1 4.7-16.9 73 59.2 48.5-69.1 20 19.7 12.5-29.8 12 5.5 2.8-10.5
RACE
White 175 9 7.0 3.3-14.3 22 8.0 5.0-12.7 103 59.1 50.1-67.5 32 21.4 14.9-29.8 9 4.5 2.2- 9.1
African American 16 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.4 0.7-30.7 6 51.8 26.0-76.7 4 18.8 6.1-44.9 5 24.0 8.3-52.4
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 18 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.3 1.2-20.2 11 65.5 39.1-84.9 5 29.1 11.5-56.6 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 36 2 10.8 2.3-38.2 5 6.5 2.1-18.3 22 55.5 32.7-76.1 5 22.9 9.0-47.4 2 4.3 1.0-17.1
35-44 47 5 14.8 5.5-34.4 4 8.4 2.7-23.1 23 44.7 28.8-61.9 12 29.0 16.2-46.4 3 3.0 0.9- 9.2
45-54 47 2 7.0 1.2-31.3 5 10.4 3.7-25.8 29 63.7 46.2-78.2 9 15.4 7.4-29.4 2 3.6 0.9-13.8
55-64 35 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 7 11.0 4.6-23.9 19 61.7 42.1-78.2 5 17.5 6.4-39.7 3 8.4 2.6-24.2
65-74 26 1 9.1 1.3-43.0 3 6.1 1.7-19.8 13 56.4 33.0-77.2 3 14.0 3.5-42.3 6 14.4 4.8-36.3
75+ 9 0 0.0 . - . 2 15.3 2.6-54.4 1 12.2 1.5-55.1 1 9.0 1.1-46.5 5 63.5 25.6-89.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 42 0 0.0 . - . 7 10.8 3.6-27.9 21 65.1 46.4-80.2 5 12.6 4.5-30.3 9 11.5 5.1-23.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 72 7 13.5 5.6-29.1 8 8.9 4.1-18.1 38 50.2 36.1-64.2 12 17.6 8.9-31.9 7 9.8 4.2-21.2
Some Post-H.S. 57 3 9.1 2.7-26.9 7 5.8 2.4-13.3 31 56.7 40.8-71.4 13 26.4 14.9-42.3 3 2.0 0.5- 7.3
College Graduate 46 1 2.8 0.4-17.3 6 10.0 4.3-21.8 28 56.4 39.7-71.7 10 29.0 15.9-46.9 1 1.8 0.3-11.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 1 1.6 0.2-11.0 4 6.0 2.0-16.9 25 69.2 48.9-84.1 4 14.9 4.9-37.6 4 8.2 2.4-24.6
$15,000- 24,999 47 3 8.7 2.0-31.2 5 3.4 1.1-10.4 19 48.7 30.8-66.9 12 25.0 13.3-42.0 8 14.1 6.0-29.7
$25,000- 34,999 37 3 7.6 2.4-21.7 7 16.5 6.8-34.9 17 49.1 30.2-68.3 8 23.9 10.6-45.3 2 2.9 0.5-15.2
$35,000- 49,999 33 2 14.1 3.6-41.6 3 5.5 1.7-16.6 20 54.2 34.0-73.2 7 24.3 11.3-44.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.7
$50,000-74,999 14 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.2 1.2-32.5 9 69.3 34.4-90.6 2 20.2 3.6-63.3 1 3.3 0.4-21.0
$75,000+ 11 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.9 0.9-37.1 6 56.4 26.1-82.6 4 36.7 13.3-68.6 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 80 5 7.7 3.0-18.6 14 9.9 5.3-17.5 42 62.1 48.7-73.9 8 11.7 5.5-23.0 11 8.6 4.1-17.1
No 134 6 7.8 3.1-18.2 14 8.1 4.3-14.7 73 52.7 42.2-62.9 32 26.3 18.2-36.4 9 5.1 2.3-10.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 31 0 0.0 . - . 6 9.7 3.9-22.3 14 55.3 33.8-75.0 6 17.7 7.3-36.9 5 17.3 6.4-38.9
Non-Veteran 186 11 9.2 4.6-17.3 22 8.4 5.1-13.8 103 55.8 46.7-64.4 34 21.9 15.2-30.3 16 4.8 2.7- 8.3
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 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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