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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,337 884 28.6 26.4-30.9 1,024 31.4 29.2-33.7 969 26.3 24.4-28.4 460 13.7 12.0-15.5
-Mountain AHEC 240 62 28.6 21.7-36.6 72 30.0 23.3-37.7 68 27.7 21.0-35.6 38 13.7 9.2-19.9
GENDER
Male 99 23 22.6 14.1-34.1 26 27.6 18.6-38.8 26 28.6 19.1-40.5 24 21.2 13.3-32.1
Female 141 39 34.9 24.8-46.5 46 32.6 23.2-43.7 42 26.8 18.2-37.6 14 5.7 3.1-10.3
RACE
White 201 43 24.9 17.9-33.5 64 33.6 26.0-42.1 61 26.9 20.1-35.0 33 14.7 9.6-21.8
African American 15 11 79.6 51.5-93.5 2 6.5 1.5-24.7 2 13.9 3.2-44.3 0 0.0 . - .
Other Minorities 24 8 38.3 15.9-67.1 6 10.4 3.1-29.7 5 40.4 16.1-70.5 5 10.9 3.8-27.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 3 60.2 23.9-87.9 2 19.3 3.8-59.0 1 9.3 1.2-47.1 2 11.3 2.3-40.6
Non-Hispanic 232 59 27.2 20.4-35.2 70 30.5 23.6-38.4 67 28.5 21.6-36.7 36 13.8 9.1-20.3
AGE
18-24 15 9 54.0 26.1-79.6 5 32.9 12.5-62.7 1 13.1 1.9-54.2 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 54 14 21.3 11.2-36.6 17 33.5 20.6-49.4 16 32.3 19.0-49.2 7 13.0 5.1-29.3
35-44 59 16 32.5 19.7-48.5 16 24.1 13.5-39.2 17 26.8 15.3-42.7 10 16.6 8.2-30.8
45-54 58 12 24.4 13.6-39.8 20 31.7 19.4-47.2 18 31.3 19.2-46.8 8 12.6 6.0-24.5
55-64 27 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 9 35.0 16.8-58.9 10 38.2 18.9-62.2 7 26.3 8.9-56.7
65-74 17 7 38.9 17.6-65.4 3 20.8 5.0-56.9 3 20.4 6.0-51.0 4 19.9 6.1-49.0
75+ 10 3 35.4 11.6-69.7 2 23.0 5.8-59.1 3 16.0 4.2-45.4 2 25.6 6.6-62.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 48 11 23.2 11.3-41.7 8 15.9 7.0-32.2 14 36.7 20.9-56.0 15 24.2 13.3-39.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 93 16 17.7 9.4-31.0 37 40.3 28.7-53.1 32 30.7 20.5-43.3 8 11.2 4.8-24.2
Some Post-H.S. 59 21 50.3 34.1-66.4 17 28.1 15.8-44.9 13 14.2 7.2-26.2 8 7.4 3.2-16.3
College Graduate 40 14 32.4 17.9-51.2 10 26.6 12.8-47.2 9 26.9 12.8-48.0 7 14.1 5.4-32.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 41 12 33.0 15.7-56.6 10 21.4 9.2-42.2 12 35.5 16.5-60.6 7 10.0 3.9-23.7
$15,000- 24,999 66 16 33.0 19.7-49.7 14 25.3 14.1-41.3 25 30.1 18.5-45.0 11 11.6 5.6-22.4
$25,000- 34,999 40 7 16.0 6.3-35.3 15 38.4 22.1-57.8 11 30.0 15.5-50.1 7 15.6 6.1-34.5
$35,000- 49,999 31 8 15.5 6.6-32.4 11 37.6 20.6-58.3 9 34.0 17.0-56.4 3 12.9 3.2-39.8
$50,000-74,999 19 4 23.5 8.5-50.3 7 40.2 18.4-66.8 2 12.8 2.1-49.9 6 23.5 9.7-46.9
$75,000+ 20 9 54.2 28.4-77.9 7 19.9 7.8-42.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.7 3 24.7 6.8-59.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 98 26 27.8 18.0-40.3 27 30.7 19.9-44.1 30 32.4 21.4-45.7 15 9.1 5.0-15.9
No 142 36 29.0 20.2-39.7 45 29.6 21.5-39.3 38 25.2 17.3-35.2 23 16.2 9.9-25.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 6 22.0 9.1-44.4 7 32.0 14.8-56.1 6 25.9 10.2-51.9 4 20.0 6.4-47.7
Non-Veteran 217 56 29.3 21.9-38.0 65 29.8 22.7-38.0 62 28.0 20.9-36.4 34 12.9 8.4-19.3

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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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