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

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,337 884 28.6 26.4-30.9 1,024 31.4 29.2-33.7 969 26.3 24.4-28.4 460 13.7 12.0-15.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 78 14 22.1 12.0-37.0 25 32.2 20.9-46.0 32 37.7 26.0-51.1 7 8.0 3.5-17.3
GENDER
Male 33 8 29.9 13.8-53.2 8 21.1 8.1-44.6 13 38.6 21.3-59.2 4 10.4 3.6-26.6
Female 45 6 13.2 5.3-29.5 17 44.7 29.2-61.3 19 36.8 23.0-53.1 3 5.3 1.4-18.0
RACE
White 71 12 16.8 9.0-29.0 23 33.6 21.6-48.1 30 41.2 28.7-54.9 6 8.5 3.6-18.8
Other 7 2 66.2 23.3-92.6 2 20.6 3.5-64.8 2 9.1 1.6-38.6 1 4.1 0.4-29.1
AGE
18-44 33 5 24.5 9.8-49.1 10 33.7 17.3-55.4 14 32.1 17.4-51.6 4 9.7 3.3-25.3
45+ 45 9 19.1 9.7-34.3 15 30.3 18.0-46.1 18 44.6 28.9-61.5 3 6.0 1.7-19.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 6 20.2 7.8-43.2 8 23.5 10.5-44.6 25 48.7 31.1-66.7 4 7.5 2.6-20.0
Some College + 35 8 25.3 12.7-44.0 17 47.0 30.0-64.8 7 18.8 8.0-38.2 3 8.9 2.4-28.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 11 23.4 11.7-41.1 20 32.7 19.9-48.8 25 34.0 21.7-48.8 7 10.0 4.3-21.3
$50,000+ 10 2 15.5 3.6-47.1 5 48.9 20.1-78.5 3 35.6 11.0-71.1 0 0.0 . - .

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 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: 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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