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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Tobacco Use

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

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 15,574 7,410 46.2 45.0-47.3 8,164 53.8 52.7-55.0
-Mtn. AHEC 925 478 49.8 45.3-54.2 447 50.2 45.8-54.7
GENDER
Male 345 206 56.3 49.3-63.1 139 43.7 36.9-50.7
Female 580 272 44.0 38.6-49.5 308 56.0 50.5-61.4
RACE
White 823 425 50.1 45.5-54.8 398 49.9 45.2-54.5
Other 98 53 47.8 34.1-61.8 45 52.2 38.2-65.9
AGE
18-44 242 119 45.4 37.3-53.8 123 54.6 46.2-62.7
45+ 682 358 52.8 48.2-57.4 324 47.2 42.6-51.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 391 228 54.5 47.1-61.8 163 45.5 38.2-52.9
Some College + 529 248 45.9 40.6-51.4 281 54.1 48.6-59.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 561 317 55.8 50.1-61.4 244 44.2 38.6-49.9
$50,000+ 234 100 40.8 33.5-48.5 134 59.2 51.5-66.5

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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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