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

Tobacco Use

Do you now smoke cigarettes everyday, some days, or not at all?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Everyday Some days Not at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 8,128 2,744 37.0 35.5-38.4 798 12.0 10.9-13.2 4,586 51.0 49.5-52.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 187 68 34.7 26.9-43.5 11 8.6 4.2-16.7 108 56.7 47.6-65.5
GENDER
Male 83 27 30.7 19.7-44.3 7 12.5 5.4-26.6 49 56.8 42.6-70.0
Female 104 41 39.4 29.4-50.3 4 4.0 1.2-12.2 59 56.7 45.7-67.0
RACE
White 176 63 35.5 27.3-44.6 9 5.9 2.9-11.8 104 58.6 49.3-67.3
Other 11 5 23.6 6.9-56.3 2 46.1 13.0-83.0 4 30.3 8.7-66.6
AGE
18-44 52 26 42.0 26.4-59.3 7 17.2 7.4-35.3 19 40.8 24.1-59.9
45+ 135 42 29.9 22.0-39.1 4 2.8 1.0- 7.7 89 67.4 58.0-75.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 86 40 45.5 33.4-58.2 4 9.9 3.3-25.9 42 44.6 32.7-57.0
Some College + 100 28 24.3 16.0-35.1 7 7.3 3.2-15.7 65 68.4 56.6-78.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 129 54 37.6 27.7-48.6 9 10.5 4.8-21.5 66 51.9 40.5-63.2
$50,000+ 38 10 27.6 14.9-45.4 0 0.0 . - . 28 72.4 54.6-85.1

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.

^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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