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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 1,257 263 23.9 20.9-27.1 32 3.5 2.2- 5.5 11 1.2 0.6- 2.4 951 71.4 68.0-74.6
GENDER
Male 498 107 24.9 20.2-30.3 14 2.8 1.4- 5.7 4 1.3 0.5- 3.7 373 71.0 65.4-76.0
Female 759 156 22.9 19.4-26.7 18 4.1 2.3- 7.4 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 578 71.9 67.6-75.8
RACE
White 1,128 241 24.7 21.6-28.0 24 3.2 1.9- 5.3 7 0.9 0.4- 2.0 856 71.3 67.7-74.6
African American 48 6 20.6 7.0-47.5 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 41 76.9 51.4-91.3
Other Minorities 80 16 18.2 10.0-30.8 7 7.1 2.5-18.5 4 5.4 1.6-16.4 53 69.4 55.3-80.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 57 8 18.4 8.5-35.3 3 2.4 0.7- 7.5 0 0.0 . - . 46 79.2 62.8-89.6
Non-Hispanic 1,199 255 24.4 21.4-27.7 29 3.6 2.2- 5.7 11 1.3 0.7- 2.7 904 70.7 67.2-74.0
AGE
18-24 77 24 30.1 19.5-43.3 8 11.8 5.4-23.9 1 1.1 0.2- 7.6 44 57.0 43.5-69.6
25-34 200 55 30.4 23.2-38.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.2 142 68.3 60.0-75.5
35-44 215 45 22.9 16.9-30.2 7 4.1 1.7- 9.3 4 3.1 1.1- 8.5 159 69.9 62.1-76.7
45-54 244 62 25.7 19.8-32.6 9 3.9 1.9- 7.7 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 170 69.3 62.3-75.6
55-64 235 42 19.5 14.2-26.1 5 1.9 0.7- 4.8 1 0.0 0.0- 0.2 187 78.6 71.9-84.0
65-74 178 22 13.3 8.6-20.0 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 154 84.7 77.6-89.9
75+ 104 11 13.1 7.2-22.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 93 86.9 77.5-92.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 199 62 33.4 25.1-43.0 9 7.0 3.4-14.2 2 0.3 0.0- 1.9 126 59.2 49.6-68.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 376 86 26.7 21.3-33.0 11 3.1 1.3- 7.5 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 275 68.5 62.0-74.3
Some Post-H.S. 300 61 20.4 15.3-26.5 8 4.0 1.6- 9.6 3 1.5 0.4- 4.8 228 74.2 67.4-80.0
College Graduate 376 54 16.9 12.8-22.0 3 0.6 0.2- 1.8 2 1.2 0.3- 5.3 317 81.4 76.0-85.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 95 30 33.1 22.4-45.9 7 15.8 6.8-32.7 1 0.1 0.0- 0.4 57 51.0 38.2-63.7
$15,000- 24,999 236 63 30.2 23.1-38.4 8 2.8 1.3- 6.1 5 3.0 1.2- 7.4 160 64.0 55.8-71.5
$25,000- 34,999 175 46 28.2 20.9-36.8 4 1.6 0.6- 4.6 0 0.0 . - . 125 70.1 61.5-77.5
$35,000- 49,999 206 44 25.1 18.6-33.1 5 3.1 1.1- 8.2 3 3.0 0.9- 9.6 154 68.8 60.5-76.1
$50,000-74,999 174 25 16.9 11.0-25.0 2 1.8 0.4- 8.0 0 0.0 . - . 147 81.3 72.8-87.5
$75,000+ 197 24 12.3 7.6-19.3 4 3.9 0.8-16.8 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 168 83.1 73.9-89.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 355 97 26.7 21.7-32.3 13 6.5 3.2-12.9 4 1.2 0.3- 4.8 241 65.6 59.1-71.6
No 894 163 22.8 19.2-26.8 19 2.3 1.3- 4.1 7 1.3 0.6- 2.7 705 73.6 69.5-77.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 178 32 19.7 13.6-27.8 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1 0 0.0 . - . 143 79.2 71.1-85.4
Non-Veteran 1,079 231 24.5 21.2-28.0 29 3.8 2.4- 6.1 11 1.4 0.7- 2.8 808 70.3 66.5-73.8

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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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