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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Tobacco Use Prevention (Asked January--June Only)

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 No adults
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,996 1,013 20.6 19.1-22.1 129 4.9 3.8- 6.2 31 1.2 0.7- 1.9 3,823 73.4 71.6-75.1
-Mtn. AHEC 306 60 21.6 15.8-28.7 8 1.6 0.7- 3.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 237 75.6 68.3-81.7
GENDER
Male 129 25 20.4 11.9-32.8 1 0.2 0.0- 1.4 1 2.4 0.3-15.2 102 76.9 64.3-86.0
Female 177 35 22.8 16.2-31.1 7 3.0 1.3- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 135 74.2 65.8-81.1
RACE
White 273 51 19.7 13.9-27.2 6 1.5 0.6- 3.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.0 215 77.4 69.7-83.6
Other 31 9 44.1 22.3-68.4 2 2.2 0.5- 9.2 0 0.0 . - . 20 53.7 29.9-76.0
AGE
18-44 91 26 30.9 19.8-44.8 4 1.9 0.6- 5.9 0 0.0 . - . 61 67.2 53.5-78.5
45+ 215 34 14.8 10.1-21.3 4 1.4 0.4- 4.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.6 176 81.7 74.1-87.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 121 35 34.5 23.5-47.4 2 0.3 0.1- 1.4 1 2.9 0.4-18.0 83 62.2 49.3-73.6
Some College + 184 25 12.2 7.6-18.8 6 2.5 1.0- 6.0 0 0.0 . - . 153 85.4 78.5-90.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 164 37 21.1 14.8-29.1 6 2.5 1.0- 6.3 1 2.4 0.3-14.8 120 74.0 65.1-81.3
$50,000+ 101 15 18.7 10.9-30.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 0 0.0 . - . 84 80.5 69.2-88.4

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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.


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

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