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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 747 143 21.8 18.1-26.0 13 2.7 1.3- 5.5 8 1.5 0.7- 3.4 583 74.0 69.5-78.0
GENDER
Male 299 61 23.3 17.5-30.3 6 1.1 0.4- 2.7 4 2.0 0.7- 5.7 228 73.6 66.5-79.7
Female 448 82 20.4 16.2-25.3 7 4.3 1.8- 9.8 4 1.0 0.3- 3.5 355 74.4 68.6-79.4
RACE
White 654 126 22.2 18.4-26.5 8 2.2 0.9- 5.3 4 0.9 0.3- 2.8 516 74.8 70.2-78.9
African American 37 5 18.8 4.8-51.3 1 3.0 0.4-19.0 0 0.0 . - . 31 78.2 48.0-93.3
Other Minorities 56 12 20.7 10.1-37.7 4 7.4 1.8-25.3 4 7.9 2.4-23.2 36 64.0 45.9-78.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 33 3 11.9 3.4-33.9 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 0 0.0 . - . 28 85.6 65.0-95.0
Non-Hispanic 713 140 22.7 18.9-27.0 11 2.7 1.3- 5.8 8 1.6 0.7- 3.7 554 73.0 68.4-77.1
AGE
18-24 49 12 20.0 9.9-36.2 5 11.9 4.5-27.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 31 66.5 49.2-80.3
25-34 130 36 32.2 23.2-42.8 2 0.5 0.1- 2.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 91 65.7 55.1-75.0
35-44 128 26 23.4 15.6-33.5 3 2.4 0.6- 9.3 3 3.7 1.1-12.0 96 70.5 60.0-79.2
45-54 134 28 21.2 13.9-30.9 2 2.1 0.5- 8.4 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 103 76.5 66.6-84.1
55-64 136 22 17.6 11.3-26.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 1 0.0 0.0- 0.3 112 82.0 73.3-88.3
65-74 108 11 11.7 6.2-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-12.9 96 86.3 76.3-92.5
75+ 60 7 13.7 6.5-26.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 53 86.3 73.5-93.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 103 27 30.6 19.5-44.6 6 8.8 3.5-20.3 2 0.5 0.1- 3.2 68 60.1 46.1-72.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 213 51 27.4 20.2-35.9 4 2.4 0.4-12.2 3 2.0 0.5- 7.2 155 68.2 59.3-76.0
Some Post-H.S. 198 35 15.6 10.7-22.1 3 1.8 0.5- 6.3 2 1.8 0.4- 6.9 158 80.9 73.8-86.4
College Graduate 232 30 16.1 11.1-22.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 201 82.6 75.6-87.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 44 15 34.6 19.4-53.8 4 17.6 6.1-41.1 1 0.1 0.0- 0.8 24 47.7 30.1-65.9
$15,000- 24,999 138 35 28.7 19.9-39.5 3 1.8 0.4- 7.2 4 3.9 1.3-10.5 96 65.7 54.9-75.1
$25,000- 34,999 106 28 30.2 20.7-41.6 2 0.9 0.2- 3.9 0 0.0 . - . 76 68.9 57.5-78.4
$35,000- 49,999 123 25 23.3 15.6-33.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.1 1.0-14.9 96 72.6 61.9-81.2
$50,000-74,999 111 14 12.2 6.8-21.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 0 0.0 . - . 96 85.9 76.3-92.0
$75,000+ 112 10 9.2 4.2-19.0 2 5.4 0.9-27.3 0 0.0 . - . 100 85.4 70.8-93.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 212 49 23.8 17.7-31.2 6 5.7 2.1-14.4 3 1.4 0.2- 7.8 154 69.1 60.6-76.5
No 531 93 21.1 16.6-26.3 7 1.6 0.6- 4.3 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 426 75.8 70.5-80.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 109 22 21.8 14.0-32.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 0 0.0 . - . 86 77.9 67.4-85.7
Non-Veteran 638 121 21.8 17.8-26.4 12 3.1 1.5- 6.3 8 1.7 0.8- 3.9 497 73.4 68.4-77.8

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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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