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

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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 (Excludes Buncombe) 160 35 23.8 16.2-33.6 46 30.6 22.3-40.5 48 29.5 21.2-39.3 31 16.1 10.2-24.4
GENDER
Male 69 11 17.1 8.3-32.0 17 28.3 17.4-42.4 21 29.5 18.4-43.8 20 25.1 15.0-38.9
Female 91 24 31.3 19.9-45.5 29 33.3 21.5-47.6 27 29.4 18.3-43.7 11 6.0 2.9-12.0
RACE
White 137 24 20.3 12.9-30.4 41 33.8 24.6-44.4 44 28.8 20.4-38.8 28 17.2 10.7-26.3
Other 23 11 51.1 22.3-79.1 5 6.2 2.1-17.1 4 34.9 10.9-70.2 3 7.8 2.0-26.3
AGE
18-44 81 22 26.5 16.0-40.5 24 31.0 20.1-44.6 22 28.1 17.4-42.1 13 14.3 7.4-26.0
45+ 79 13 19.1 10.8-31.7 22 29.9 18.8-44.0 26 31.8 20.9-45.1 18 19.1 10.6-32.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 94 15 16.8 8.7-29.9 24 27.4 17.8-39.8 36 38.2 26.8-51.2 19 17.5 10.0-28.9
Some College + 66 20 35.7 22.2-52.0 22 36.1 22.2-52.8 12 14.6 6.5-29.3 12 13.6 6.3-27.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 25 21.3 13.0-33.0 32 30.7 21.2-42.3 41 33.4 23.5-45.0 23 14.6 8.4-24.0
$50,000+ 27 8 33.3 16.3-56.1 9 28.6 12.5-52.8 3 9.9 1.8-39.1 7 28.2 12.0-53.2

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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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