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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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
-Buncombe County 270 47 21.2 15.2-28.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 2 1.9 0.5- 7.4 219 75.9 68.1-82.3
GENDER
Male 114 24 21.8 13.1-33.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 2 3.6 0.9-13.3 87 73.6 61.3-83.1
Female 156 23 20.6 13.5-30.3 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9 0 0.0 . - . 132 78.6 69.0-85.9
RACE
White 237 41 20.2 14.7-26.9 1 0.4 0.1- 2.8 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 194 78.4 71.5-84.1
Other 33 6 26.0 9.0-55.3 1 3.2 0.4-19.7 1 5.8 0.8-31.9 25 65.0 39.0-84.4
AGE
18-44 124 28 25.5 16.7-36.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.1 0.8-11.6 94 71.4 60.0-80.7
45+ 145 18 13.7 8.5-21.2 2 2.5 0.6- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 125 83.8 75.7-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 92 18 25.4 14.0-41.7 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 72 70.8 54.9-82.8
Some College + 177 29 18.8 13.0-26.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 1 1.8 0.2-11.4 146 78.9 70.6-85.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 139 33 24.4 17.1-33.6 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1 2 3.4 0.8-12.7 103 71.1 61.3-79.3
$50,000+ 91 8 10.0 4.9-19.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 83 90.0 80.5-95.1

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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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