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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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  Total
Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,994 819 29.4 27.0-31.8 937 31.6 29.2-34.1 823 26.4 24.2-28.7 415 12.6 11.2-14.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 131 28 15.7 9.8-24.3 44 34.2 23.9-46.3 36 32.0 21.9-44.2 23 18.0 11.0-28.1
GENDER
Male 51 7 8.1 3.1-19.6 21 44.7 27.8-63.0 11 29.2 14.8-49.5 12 17.9 8.3-34.7
Female 80 21 23.8 14.2-37.2 23 23.1 13.7-36.4 25 34.9 22.8-49.4 11 18.1 9.7-31.3
RACE
White 109 20 14.1 8.3-23.0 35 33.1 22.5-45.8 33 33.9 23.1-46.7 21 18.9 11.4-29.6
Other 22 8 37.8 13.8-69.9 9 48.6 19.2-79.0 3 6.8 1.8-22.3 2 6.8 1.2-30.7
AGE
18-44 47 8 8.6 3.5-19.7 21 36.5 21.2-55.2 12 36.1 19.7-56.5 6 18.8 8.3-37.0
45+ 84 20 21.8 12.7-34.9 23 32.3 19.5-48.5 24 28.6 17.8-42.5 17 17.4 9.4-29.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 73 14 14.7 7.6-26.7 23 27.2 15.2-43.7 23 43.2 28.5-59.3 13 14.8 7.6-27.0
Some College + 58 14 17.2 8.7-31.2 21 44.6 28.5-62.0 13 15.5 7.4-29.4 10 22.7 11.0-41.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 101 20 12.9 7.1-22.2 34 34.1 22.5-47.9 28 32.3 20.7-46.6 19 20.7 12.3-32.7
$50,000+ 19 6 34.9 14.0-63.8 6 30.5 10.6-62.0 6 33.8 14.1-61.5 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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