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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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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
-Western NC 399 17 6.1 3.5-10.4 62 12.1 8.9-16.1 214 55.6 49.5-61.6 69 19.7 15.2-25.2 37 6.5 4.4- 9.4
GENDER
Male 169 8 7.1 3.3-14.8 27 12.1 7.8-18.2 89 55.6 46.4-64.3 30 18.5 12.4-26.6 15 6.7 3.8-11.7
Female 230 9 4.9 2.4- 9.9 35 12.0 7.9-17.8 125 55.7 47.8-63.5 39 21.1 15.0-28.9 22 6.2 3.9- 9.7
RACE
White 347 15 5.7 3.2-10.1 52 11.6 8.4-15.8 199 58.3 51.8-64.4 59 19.7 14.9-25.6 22 4.7 2.9- 7.4
African American 22 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.5 4.3-35.3 6 39.2 18.7-64.4 5 18.2 6.9-40.1 7 29.1 12.6-53.9
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
AGE
18-24 33 1 3.4 0.5-20.5 3 3.5 1.1-11.1 19 64.9 46.0-80.1 10 28.2 14.6-47.3 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 59 2 6.7 1.4-26.0 9 9.5 3.8-22.1 37 62.1 44.7-76.9 7 17.0 7.5-34.0 4 4.7 1.6-12.7
35-44 96 7 10.2 4.3-22.4 9 11.3 5.3-22.2 52 47.8 35.8-60.0 24 28.7 18.6-41.4 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6
45-54 88 3 4.7 1.1-18.6 17 17.7 10.1-29.0 49 57.3 44.3-69.4 13 15.0 7.7-27.1 6 5.3 2.2-12.0
55-64 66 3 4.1 1.1-13.9 14 15.1 8.4-25.6 33 57.8 43.6-70.8 8 13.2 5.6-27.8 8 9.9 4.6-19.9
65-74 45 1 5.9 0.8-31.4 8 11.0 5.2-21.9 21 51.6 34.4-68.5 6 15.1 5.9-33.4 9 16.4 7.1-33.4
75+ 12 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.7 2.2-44.4 3 26.2 7.7-60.3 1 6.9 0.9-37.8 6 55.2 23.4-83.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 96 3 4.7 1.4-14.7 19 16.2 9.1-27.3 46 55.5 43.1-67.3 13 14.4 8.0-24.6 15 9.2 5.1-16.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 133 9 9.0 4.1-18.8 21 11.4 7.1-17.9 75 59.5 49.0-69.2 19 12.9 7.3-21.6 9 7.2 3.4-14.4
Some Post-H.S. 101 3 5.6 1.6-17.4 14 9.4 4.9-17.5 51 47.9 36.0-60.0 25 32.6 21.9-45.6 8 4.5 2.1- 9.6
College Graduate 68 2 2.8 0.6-11.2 8 11.6 5.1-24.3 42 61.5 47.2-74.1 12 20.7 11.4-34.6 4 3.5 1.2- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 68 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 15 16.2 9.2-26.9 36 52.1 37.1-66.7 10 21.5 10.4-39.3 6 9.3 3.6-21.7
$15,000- 24,999 93 3 4.7 1.0-18.4 10 5.0 2.2-10.6 50 62.3 49.7-73.4 18 18.4 11.2-28.9 12 9.7 4.8-18.4
$25,000- 34,999 68 6 9.5 4.1-20.5 10 14.6 7.1-27.8 33 48.7 34.5-63.1 16 24.7 13.9-40.1 3 2.4 0.6- 9.0
$35,000- 49,999 61 4 11.7 4.0-29.4 10 14.8 7.0-28.6 35 56.1 40.9-70.2 9 14.7 7.2-27.7 3 2.7 0.8- 8.6
$50,000-74,999 29 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.0 3.5-34.3 19 70.4 47.0-86.5 4 12.8 3.1-40.1 2 4.8 1.1-18.7
$75,000+ 16 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.6 0.6-27.6 9 47.2 21.3-74.7 5 44.8 18.8-73.9 1 3.4 0.4-21.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 156 9 8.0 4.0-15.5 33 13.9 9.3-20.1 79 56.1 46.3-65.4 21 16.6 10.2-25.8 14 5.5 2.9-10.0
No 239 8 5.0 2.1-11.5 29 11.2 7.2-17.0 132 55.2 47.2-62.9 48 21.9 16.0-29.2 22 6.7 4.1-10.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 49 0 0.0 . - . 9 11.3 5.5-21.7 26 58.3 41.4-73.4 6 12.2 5.2-26.1 8 18.3 8.6-34.7
Non-Veteran 348 17 7.1 4.1-12.0 53 12.3 8.9-16.8 187 55.1 48.5-61.5 62 20.8 15.8-26.9 29 4.8 3.2- 7.1
Currently Serving 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 84.0 24.8-98.8 1 16.0 1.2-75.2 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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