BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	17,189	8,134	46.2	45.2-47.3	9,055	53.8	52.7-54.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	766	409	52.9	48.0-57.7	357	47.1	42.3-52.0
GENDER
Male	269	174	61.9	53.5-69.7	95	38.1	30.3-46.5
Female	497	235	45.4	39.7-51.3	262	54.6	48.7-60.3
RACE
White	681	367	54.4	49.3-59.4	314	45.6	40.6-50.7
Other	85	42	42.2	27.2-58.8	43	57.8	41.2-72.8
AGE
18-44	251	127	47.9	39.6-56.3	124	52.1	43.7-60.4
45+	512	281	57.7	52.5-62.7	231	42.3	37.3-47.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	211	56.9	49.3-64.2	156	43.1	35.8-50.7
Some College +	399	198	48.7	42.4-54.9	201	51.3	45.1-57.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	483	270	59.1	53.1-64.8	213	40.9	35.2-46.9
$50,000+	161	82	42.2	32.6-52.4	79	57.8	47.6-67.4

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	17,189	8,134	46.2	45.2-47.3	9,055	53.8	52.7-54.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	766	409	52.9	48.0-57.7	357	47.1	42.3-52.0
GENDER
Male	269	174	61.9	53.5-69.7	95	38.1	30.3-46.5
Female	497	235	45.4	39.7-51.3	262	54.6	48.7-60.3
RACE
White	681	367	54.4	49.3-59.4	314	45.6	40.6-50.7
Other	85	42	42.2	27.2-58.8	43	57.8	41.2-72.8
AGE
18-44	251	127	47.9	39.6-56.3	124	52.1	43.7-60.4
45+	512	281	57.7	52.5-62.7	231	42.3	37.3-47.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	367	211	56.9	49.3-64.2	156	43.1	35.8-50.7
Some College +	399	198	48.7	42.4-54.9	201	51.3	45.1-57.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	483	270	59.1	53.1-64.8	213	40.9	35.2-46.9
$50,000+	161	82	42.2	32.6-52.4	79	57.8	47.6-67.4

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

Tobacco Use

Have you smoked at least 100 cigarettes in your entire life?