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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,399 973 29.2 27.1-31.4 2,426 70.8 68.6-72.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 78 25 29.7 19.6-42.2 53 70.3 57.8-80.4
GENDER
Male 33 8 18.4 8.5-35.4 25 81.6 64.6-91.5
Female 45 17 42.4 27.2-59.1 28 57.6 40.9-72.8
RACE
White 71 22 29.0 18.7-42.0 49 71.0 58.0-81.3
Other 7 3 35.2 7.1-79.5 4 64.8 20.5-92.9
AGE
18-44 33 8 21.7 10.3-40.3 25 78.3 59.7-89.7
45+ 45 17 39.5 25.0-56.2 28 60.5 43.8-75.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 43 13 27.4 15.1-44.6 30 72.6 55.4-84.9
Some College + 35 12 33.6 19.1-52.0 23 66.4 48.0-80.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 19 28.1 17.2-42.3 44 71.9 57.7-82.8
$50,000+ 10 4 31.4 10.9-63.0 6 68.6 37.0-89.1

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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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