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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 919 119 12.4 10.0-15.3 71 8.1 6.0-10.8 14 2.9 1.4- 5.9 523 51.9 47.4-56.3 192 24.7 20.7-29.1
-Buncombe County 25 6 20.3 7.7-43.6 2 6.4 1.4-25.2 3 20.2 5.4-52.9 10 35.6 17.3-59.5 4 17.4 5.1-45.4
GENDER
Male 9 1 17.1 2.5-62.6 1 9.9 1.3-47.2 1 6.6 0.9-36.3 5 58.4 26.0-84.9 1 8.0 1.1-41.5
Female 16 5 23.0 7.8-51.5 1 3.5 0.4-22.6 2 31.9 7.5-73.1 5 16.0 5.1-40.2 3 25.6 5.9-65.4
RACE
White 18 5 17.4 6.2-40.1 1 2.6 0.3-17.4 2 24.1 5.3-64.0 8 36.2 15.1-64.3 2 19.7 4.5-56.3
Other 7 1 27.4 4.1-76.9 1 15.9 2.1-62.6 1 10.5 1.3-50.8 2 34.3 7.5-77.0 2 11.8 2.3-43.2
AGE
18-44 13 2 16.4 3.7-50.1 1 6.4 0.9-35.3 3 28.3 7.6-65.3 4 26.1 8.8-56.7 3 22.8 6.0-57.6
45+ 12 4 30.0 10.1-62.2 1 6.5 0.9-36.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 59.2 28.1-84.3 1 4.3 0.5-26.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 14 3 24.3 6.9-58.2 1 3.5 0.5-21.9 1 6.3 0.9-34.7 7 59.6 30.9-83.0 2 6.3 1.4-24.5
Some College + 11 3 15.6 3.8-46.5 1 10.0 1.3-48.8 2 36.5 8.2-78.6 3 7.4 1.8-25.8 2 30.6 6.8-72.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 20 5 24.5 8.9-51.9 2 8.7 1.9-32.0 2 8.7 2.1-29.8 7 34.7 15.2-61.2 4 23.4 7.1-55.0
$50,000+ 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 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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