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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Tobacco Use

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 15,569 2,424 17.0 16.1-17.9 709 5.1 4.6- 5.6 4,272 24.1 23.2-25.0 8,164 53.9 52.7-55.0
-Mtn. AHEC 925 161 17.9 14.7-21.7 33 3.6 2.4- 5.5 284 28.2 24.5-32.1 447 50.2 45.8-54.7
GENDER
Male 345 61 19.5 14.3-25.9 16 4.8 2.7- 8.3 129 32.1 26.3-38.6 139 43.7 36.9-50.7
Female 580 100 16.6 13.0-21.0 17 2.6 1.5- 4.7 155 24.7 20.4-29.6 308 56.0 50.5-61.4
RACE
White 823 138 17.9 14.5-21.9 27 3.7 2.3- 5.7 260 28.5 24.7-32.7 398 49.9 45.2-54.5
Other 98 23 19.0 10.3-32.2 6 3.5 1.3- 9.6 24 25.3 14.7-39.9 45 52.2 38.2-65.9
AGE
18-44 242 54 20.7 14.9-27.9 13 3.7 2.0- 7.0 52 21.0 15.1-28.5 123 54.6 46.2-62.7
45+ 682 107 16.0 12.7-20.0 20 3.6 2.1- 6.1 231 33.2 29.1-37.6 324 47.2 42.6-51.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 391 85 24.2 18.4-31.0 18 4.2 2.4- 7.3 125 26.2 20.8-32.4 163 45.5 38.2-52.9
Some College + 529 76 13.1 9.9-17.1 15 3.2 1.7- 5.9 157 29.6 24.9-34.8 281 54.1 48.6-59.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 561 116 22.0 17.5-27.3 23 4.2 2.5- 7.0 178 29.6 24.8-35.0 244 44.2 38.6-49.9
$50,000+ 234 31 12.2 8.1-18.2 5 1.7 0.6- 4.8 64 26.8 20.5-34.2 134 59.2 51.5-66.5

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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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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