BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,189	8,134	46.2	45.2-47.3	9,055	53.8	52.7-54.8
-Buncombe County	451	238	51.0	44.9-57.1	213	49.0	42.9-55.1
GENDER
Male	160	89	51.6	41.6-61.6	71	48.4	38.4-58.4
Female	291	149	50.4	43.5-57.2	142	49.6	42.8-56.5
RACE
White	382	205	50.1	43.8-56.3	177	49.9	43.7-56.2
Other	69	33	54.9	37.8-70.9	36	45.1	29.1-62.2
AGE
18-44	169	84	48.5	39.0-58.0	85	51.5	42.0-61.0
45+	280	153	54.4	47.8-60.8	127	45.6	39.2-52.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	108	61.8	51.0-71.5	70	38.2	28.5-49.0
Some College +	270	129	44.3	37.3-51.5	141	55.7	48.5-62.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	151	55.4	47.3-63.2	110	44.6	36.8-52.7
$50,000+	122	48	34.8	26.5-44.3	74	65.2	55.7-73.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,189	8,134	46.2	45.2-47.3	9,055	53.8	52.7-54.8
-Buncombe County	451	238	51.0	44.9-57.1	213	49.0	42.9-55.1
GENDER
Male	160	89	51.6	41.6-61.6	71	48.4	38.4-58.4
Female	291	149	50.4	43.5-57.2	142	49.6	42.8-56.5
RACE
White	382	205	50.1	43.8-56.3	177	49.9	43.7-56.2
Other	69	33	54.9	37.8-70.9	36	45.1	29.1-62.2
AGE
18-44	169	84	48.5	39.0-58.0	85	51.5	42.0-61.0
45+	280	153	54.4	47.8-60.8	127	45.6	39.2-52.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	178	108	61.8	51.0-71.5	70	38.2	28.5-49.0
Some College +	270	129	44.3	37.3-51.5	141	55.7	48.5-62.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	261	151	55.4	47.3-63.2	110	44.6	36.8-52.7
$50,000+	122	48	34.8	26.5-44.3	74	65.2	55.7-73.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?