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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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 None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 10,858 2,144 21.0 20.0-22.0 300 4.0 3.5- 4.7 71 1.3 0.9- 1.8 8,343 73.7 72.5-74.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 266 64 28.1 21.6-35.7 8 5.7 2.2-13.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6 192 65.3 57.3-72.5
GENDER
Male 101 27 32.7 21.8-45.8 3 7.5 1.9-25.2 0 0.0 . - . 71 59.9 46.6-71.9
Female 165 37 23.7 17.4-31.4 5 4.0 1.6- 9.3 2 1.8 0.5- 7.0 121 70.5 62.3-77.6
RACE
White 248 62 29.1 22.4-36.8 7 6.0 2.2-15.2 2 1.0 0.3- 4.1 177 63.9 55.7-71.3
Other 17 2 22.1 4.8-61.3 1 3.3 0.4-20.9 0 0.0 . - . 14 74.6 38.4-93.3
AGE
18-44 94 24 30.8 20.1-44.0 4 8.1 2.3-24.8 0 0.0 . - . 66 61.1 47.6-73.0
45+ 170 39 25.1 18.5-33.0 4 3.3 1.2- 8.7 2 1.9 0.5- 7.2 125 69.8 61.6-76.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 123 35 32.1 22.7-43.2 3 3.3 1.0- 9.9 0 0.0 . - . 85 64.6 53.6-74.3
Some College + 141 29 24.8 16.3-35.8 4 7.3 2.0-23.5 2 1.8 0.4- 6.8 106 66.1 54.1-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 156 40 27.6 19.7-37.2 5 7.0 2.1-20.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 110 64.7 54.3-74.0
$50,000+ 81 15 25.5 14.8-40.3 2 2.8 0.7-10.8 1 1.9 0.3-12.1 63 69.8 55.4-81.2

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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