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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 586 76 17.0 13.3-21.5 16 3.5 1.8- 6.6 4 0.6 0.2- 1.7 490 78.9 74.1-83.0
GENDER
Male 205 27 16.6 11.1-24.1 6 4.4 1.6-11.4 3 0.9 0.3- 3.2 169 78.1 69.9-84.5
Female 381 49 17.4 12.8-23.3 10 2.7 1.3- 5.6 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 321 79.6 73.7-84.5
RACE
White 492 61 15.6 11.9-20.1 10 3.6 1.7- 7.2 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 418 80.4 75.4-84.6
Other 91 15 29.6 16.3-47.7 5 2.3 0.8- 6.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 70 66.5 49.0-80.4
AGE
18-44 199 33 19.4 13.3-27.3 9 6.3 2.7-14.2 2 0.6 0.1- 2.9 155 73.7 64.9-80.9
45+ 382 43 15.9 11.4-21.7 7 1.7 0.7- 4.3 2 0.6 0.1- 2.3 330 81.8 75.9-86.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 276 41 20.3 14.5-27.7 13 5.5 2.9-10.0 3 1.1 0.4- 3.5 219 73.1 65.5-79.5
Some College + 306 33 13.8 9.5-19.6 3 1.8 0.3- 9.9 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 269 84.3 77.8-89.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 338 54 21.1 15.8-27.7 11 3.3 1.6- 6.9 3 0.8 0.2- 2.7 270 74.8 68.0-80.5
$50,000+ 121 10 10.0 5.2-18.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 110 89.3 80.9-94.3

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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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