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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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 (Excludes Buncombe) 492 102 22.6 18.2-27.7 12 3.6 1.7- 7.4 6 1.3 0.5- 3.4 372 72.6 67.1-77.4
GENDER
Male 189 38 24.2 17.1-33.0 5 1.1 0.4- 2.7 2 1.2 0.2- 5.6 144 73.6 64.7-80.9
Female 303 64 21.3 16.4-27.2 7 5.7 2.4-12.9 4 1.3 0.4- 4.7 228 71.7 64.6-77.8
RACE
White 432 91 23.6 18.9-29.1 8 3.0 1.2- 7.2 3 0.8 0.2- 3.3 330 72.6 66.7-77.7
Other 60 11 16.2 7.2-32.3 4 7.2 1.8-24.8 3 4.0 0.9-15.5 42 72.6 55.0-85.2
AGE
18-44 188 47 26.0 18.9-34.7 10 6.6 3.0-14.1 3 1.8 0.5- 6.1 128 65.5 56.3-73.7
45+ 303 55 19.2 14.5-25.0 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 3 0.7 0.1- 3.5 243 79.7 73.9-84.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 231 63 30.0 22.8-38.3 10 5.9 2.6-13.2 4 1.2 0.3- 4.9 154 62.9 54.2-70.8
Some College + 261 39 14.8 10.4-20.6 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 218 82.8 76.7-87.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 73 30.0 23.5-37.3 9 3.9 1.6- 9.0 5 2.1 0.7- 5.8 194 64.0 56.5-70.9
$50,000+ 136 18 12.9 7.5-21.3 3 4.9 1.2-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 115 82.2 71.4-89.5

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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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