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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Derived Variables and Risk Factors

Smoking Status*

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  Total
Respond.^
Smoke everyday Smoke some days Former smoker Never smoked
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 17,183 2,744 17.1 16.3-17.9 798 5.5 5.0- 6.1 4,586 23.6 22.8-24.4 9,055 53.8 52.8-54.8
-Mountain AHEC 1,193 201 18.9 16.1-22.1 58 5.0 3.4- 7.1 374 28.2 25.1-31.6 560 47.9 44.0-51.8
GENDER
Male 422 87 21.3 16.8-26.6 23 5.8 3.2-10.3 148 31.0 25.8-36.8 164 41.9 35.7-48.5
Female 771 114 16.8 13.4-20.9 35 4.2 2.9- 6.2 226 25.7 22.2-29.6 396 53.2 48.6-57.8
RACE
White 1,040 171 18.8 15.8-22.2 44 4.3 3.1- 6.0 343 29.7 26.4-33.2 482 47.2 43.1-51.2
African American 65 13 15.5 7.8-28.5 5 13.7 3.0-44.6 14 13.5 6.8-25.2 33 57.3 38.5-74.2
Other Minorities 88 17 22.6 12.0-38.5 9 5.1 2.2-11.6 17 23.9 11.5-43.2 45 48.4 32.9-64.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 45 7 12.7 5.1-28.4 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 8 24.8 10.2-48.9 29 61.6 40.6-79.1
Non-Hispanic 1,146 194 19.4 16.5-22.7 57 5.3 3.6- 7.6 365 28.4 25.3-31.6 530 47.0 43.1-50.9
AGE
18-24 59 12 20.1 10.8-34.4 5 6.4 1.4-25.2 9 16.0 7.3-31.4 33 57.4 41.1-72.3
25-34 170 42 27.0 19.6-36.0 14 5.0 2.6- 9.3 37 21.2 15.0-29.1 77 46.8 37.8-56.1
35-44 185 46 25.0 18.1-33.4 18 9.4 5.4-15.8 26 12.2 7.6-19.2 95 53.4 44.5-62.0
45-54 201 53 26.5 19.8-34.4 8 4.5 2.2- 9.2 57 26.9 20.2-34.9 83 42.1 33.9-50.7
55-64 216 27 11.3 7.1-17.6 4 2.3 0.7- 7.1 78 41.1 33.4-49.3 107 45.3 37.6-53.2
65-74 186 12 7.8 4.0-14.8 6 3.0 1.3- 6.7 82 42.9 34.9-51.3 86 46.2 38.0-54.6
75+ 171 9 4.3 2.1- 8.8 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5 83 53.3 44.6-61.8 76 40.4 32.3-49.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 42 24.4 16.8-34.1 12 9.4 3.7-21.6 56 28.6 19.9-39.1 70 37.7 26.7-50.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 353 84 25.3 19.7-31.7 15 3.7 2.0- 6.8 103 26.9 21.4-33.2 151 44.2 37.1-51.5
Some Post-H.S. 305 47 14.6 10.2-20.6 16 4.5 2.6- 7.6 103 33.4 27.2-40.2 139 47.5 40.3-54.9
College Graduate 352 28 12.5 8.1-18.8 15 4.1 2.4- 6.9 111 24.5 20.0-29.7 198 58.9 52.5-65.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 153 34 24.7 15.7-36.6 9 5.0 2.5-10.0 49 26.2 18.5-35.7 61 44.1 32.9-55.9
$15,000- 24,999 243 57 27.3 20.2-35.7 14 4.7 2.6- 8.3 80 33.0 25.5-41.5 92 35.0 26.9-44.1
$25,000- 34,999 166 33 23.0 15.7-32.3 8 5.1 2.1-11.7 46 28.0 19.8-38.0 79 43.9 34.9-53.3
$35,000- 49,999 168 27 22.0 14.8-31.3 8 2.6 1.1- 5.9 47 24.7 17.9-33.1 86 50.8 41.6-59.9
$50,000-74,999 144 16 10.8 6.0-18.4 4 2.4 0.8- 6.9 49 25.8 18.1-35.3 75 61.0 50.2-70.9
$75,000+ 135 15 10.7 5.7-19.1 6 4.2 1.8- 9.5 38 24.9 17.7-33.8 76 60.2 50.2-69.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 399 82 21.6 16.6-27.7 22 6.2 3.8-10.0 146 31.7 26.3-37.7 149 40.4 33.7-47.6
No 761 117 18.4 15.0-22.4 35 4.5 2.6- 7.5 216 25.8 22.1-30.0 393 51.3 46.4-56.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 162 21 16.3 10.3-24.9 5 3.8 1.3-10.7 85 51.4 42.4-60.3 51 28.4 21.2-37.0
Non-Veteran 1,030 180 19.3 16.3-22.9 53 5.1 3.4- 7.6 288 24.6 21.4-28.1 509 50.9 46.7-55.2

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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.

^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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