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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Western NC 1,601 220 17.1 14.8-19.8 34 3.2 2.1- 4.8 11 1.1 0.6- 2.1 1,336 78.6 75.7-81.2
GENDER
Male 596 76 15.8 12.3-20.1 15 4.2 2.3- 7.4 8 1.8 0.8- 3.7 497 78.2 73.5-82.3
Female 1,005 144 18.4 15.4-21.8 19 2.3 1.3- 3.9 3 0.5 0.1- 1.6 839 78.9 75.4-82.0
RACE
White 1,421 187 15.8 13.5-18.4 28 3.4 2.2- 5.3 8 0.9 0.4- 1.9 1,198 79.9 77.0-82.5
African American 72 17 37.4 24.5-52.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 54 60.3 45.5-73.4
Other Minorities 3 1 31.6 3.9-84.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 68.4 15.9-96.1
AGE
18-24 88 26 22.5 14.9-32.6 8 11.2 5.3-22.1 3 5.4 1.8-15.4 51 60.8 48.9-71.6
25-34 204 28 19.1 12.7-27.8 5 5.4 1.8-15.5 3 2.2 0.6- 8.1 168 73.3 63.5-81.2
35-44 290 45 18.5 13.6-24.7 9 3.9 1.8- 8.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 235 77.4 70.9-82.8
45-54 302 50 19.6 13.9-26.9 5 2.5 0.8- 7.4 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 245 76.9 69.4-83.0
55-64 273 48 20.8 15.2-27.8 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 221 76.9 69.8-82.8
65-74 250 16 9.8 5.8-16.1 4 0.7 0.2- 1.9 0 0.0 . - . 230 89.5 83.3-93.6
75+ 188 7 6.8 3.1-14.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 180 92.4 84.7-96.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 292 54 22.4 16.6-29.6 9 3.8 1.8- 8.1 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0 226 71.5 64.0-77.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 473 72 20.1 15.5-25.5 15 4.5 2.5- 7.9 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1 381 73.8 68.0-78.8
Some Post-H.S. 419 57 17.2 13.0-22.5 7 2.2 0.8- 5.6 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 353 80.1 74.5-84.7
College Graduate 413 35 9.0 6.3-12.6 3 2.2 0.5- 9.0 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 374 88.6 83.6-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 207 30 23.0 14.9-33.7 5 3.2 0.9-10.5 2 1.5 0.4- 5.7 170 72.4 61.7-81.0
$15,000- 24,999 297 47 20.8 15.2-27.8 8 4.8 2.2-10.1 4 2.6 0.9- 7.6 238 71.7 64.2-78.2
$25,000- 34,999 221 44 22.8 16.8-30.2 4 2.0 0.6- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 173 75.2 67.7-81.4
$35,000- 49,999 218 31 16.7 11.4-23.9 6 3.1 1.1- 8.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 180 79.2 71.6-85.2
$50,000-74,999 183 26 14.7 9.6-21.8 3 2.1 0.7- 6.3 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0 152 82.2 74.7-87.8
$75,000+ 145 12 9.4 5.0-17.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 131 89.2 81.4-93.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 572 80 19.9 15.5-25.2 14 3.5 1.8- 6.6 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 473 75.3 69.8-80.1
No 1,016 139 15.9 13.3-18.9 20 3.1 1.8- 5.3 6 1.0 0.4- 2.4 851 80.1 76.7-83.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 222 22 14.3 8.5-23.0 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 2 0.7 0.1- 3.5 196 84.7 76.1-90.6
Non-Veteran 1,374 198 17.8 15.3-20.5 32 3.8 2.5- 5.7 9 1.2 0.6- 2.3 1,135 77.3 74.2-80.1
Currently Serving 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 100 . - .

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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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