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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 8,177 983 13.7 12.7-14.7 136 2.2 1.8- 2.7 49 0.9 0.6- 1.4 7,009 83.2 82.1-84.2
GENDER
Male 3,027 311 11.7 10.3-13.2 55 2.2 1.7- 3.0 22 1.2 0.7- 2.1 2,639 84.9 83.2-86.4
Female 5,150 672 15.6 14.3-16.9 81 2.2 1.7- 2.9 27 0.7 0.4- 1.0 4,370 81.5 80.1-82.9
RACE
White 6,342 774 14.0 12.9-15.1 99 2.2 1.7- 2.8 33 0.7 0.4- 1.0 5,436 83.2 81.9-84.3
African American 1,310 155 14.2 11.9-16.9 16 1.4 0.8- 2.5 7 0.9 0.4- 2.1 1,132 83.4 80.6-85.9
Other Minorities 70 6 9.6 4.0-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 64 90.4 79.0-96.0
AGE
18-24 408 83 25.1 19.9-31.1 22 5.8 3.5- 9.7 5 1.4 0.6- 3.4 298 67.7 61.4-73.4
25-34 1,340 192 13.7 11.7-16.0 26 2.7 1.8- 4.2 12 1.9 0.9- 3.9 1,110 81.7 78.9-84.2
35-44 1,598 221 14.6 12.6-16.8 25 1.9 1.2- 2.9 6 0.6 0.2- 1.8 1,346 83.0 80.5-85.2
45-54 1,534 212 15.5 13.3-17.9 41 3.1 2.1- 4.3 11 0.7 0.4- 1.4 1,270 80.7 78.1-83.1
55-64 1,384 174 13.6 11.4-16.1 18 1.7 1.0- 3.2 6 0.7 0.3- 1.7 1,186 83.9 81.2-86.3
65-74 1,050 77 8.9 6.9-11.3 2 0.4 0.1- 1.5 5 0.6 0.2- 1.7 966 90.2 87.6-92.2
75+ 818 21 3.5 2.1- 5.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 2 0.1 0.0- 0.4 794 96.3 94.0-97.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,281 179 16.6 14.0-19.4 37 4.1 2.8- 5.9 21 2.9 1.6- 5.3 1,044 76.4 73.0-79.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,256 361 18.3 16.3-20.5 45 2.5 1.8- 3.6 13 1.0 0.5- 1.9 1,837 78.1 75.8-80.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,983 256 15.9 13.9-18.2 33 2.6 1.7- 3.9 12 0.8 0.4- 1.5 1,682 80.7 78.2-82.9
College Graduate 2,644 186 7.4 6.2- 8.7 20 0.9 0.5- 1.5 3 0.1 0.0- 0.5 2,435 91.6 90.2-92.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 836 89 15.3 12.1-19.3 18 3.4 2.0- 5.9 6 1.2 0.5- 2.8 723 80.1 75.8-83.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,266 179 17.9 15.2-20.9 28 3.6 2.3- 5.6 14 1.9 1.0- 3.9 1,045 76.6 73.1-79.7
$25,000- 34,999 900 129 17.6 14.6-21.2 14 2.0 1.1- 3.5 10 1.3 0.6- 2.5 747 79.1 75.4-82.4
$35,000- 49,999 1,066 144 14.5 12.1-17.3 23 2.7 1.7- 4.1 6 0.9 0.3- 2.2 893 81.9 78.9-84.6
$50,000-74,999 1,060 144 14.3 11.9-17.0 13 1.3 0.7- 2.4 1 0.1 0.0- 0.7 902 84.3 81.5-86.8
$75,000+ 1,304 143 10.8 8.9-13.1 13 1.4 0.7- 2.6 4 0.4 0.2- 1.2 1,144 87.4 84.9-89.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,444 327 16.4 14.6-18.4 46 3.0 2.1- 4.3 21 1.7 0.9- 3.1 2,050 78.9 76.5-81.1
No 5,636 645 12.7 11.6-13.8 87 1.9 1.5- 2.5 24 0.6 0.4- 1.0 4,880 84.8 83.6-86.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 968 98 11.6 9.3-14.3 9 1.3 0.6- 2.8 4 0.6 0.2- 1.5 857 86.6 83.7-89.0
Non-Veteran 7,181 883 14.0 13.0-15.1 126 2.4 1.9- 2.9 45 1.0 0.7- 1.5 6,127 82.6 81.4-83.7
Currently Serving 26 2 12.4 3.1-38.2 1 6.0 0.8-32.0 0 0.0 . - . 23 81.7 56.5-93.8

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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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