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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 323 67 21.8 16.9-27.7 11 4.1 1.9- 8.7 0 0.0 . - . 245 74.1 67.8-79.5
GENDER
Male 127 17 16.4 9.8-26.2 6 3.7 1.4- 9.5 0 0.0 . - . 104 79.8 69.9-87.1
Female 196 50 27.2 20.7-34.8 5 4.4 1.3-13.5 0 0.0 . - . 141 68.4 60.0-75.7
RACE
White 289 61 22.3 17.2-28.4 10 4.5 2.0- 9.7 0 0.0 . - . 218 73.2 66.6-79.0
Other 34 6 18.2 5.9-43.9 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 0 0.0 . - . 27 80.6 55.6-93.2
AGE
18-44 130 30 23.4 15.9-33.1 3 4.5 1.3-14.3 0 0.0 . - . 97 72.1 61.7-80.6
45+ 192 37 20.1 14.6-27.1 8 3.6 1.7- 7.4 0 0.0 . - . 147 76.2 69.1-82.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 170 45 27.9 20.5-36.8 7 5.6 2.2-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 118 66.4 57.0-74.7
Some College + 151 22 13.5 8.7-20.2 4 1.9 0.7- 5.3 0 0.0 . - . 125 84.6 77.7-89.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 40 24.0 17.4-32.1 10 6.9 3.1-14.5 0 0.0 . - . 134 69.1 60.4-76.7
$50,000+ 102 22 24.4 15.4-36.4 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 0 0.0 . - . 79 75.1 63.2-84.2

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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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