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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 198 38 20.4 13.4-29.7 6 1.7 0.6- 4.5 1 1.8 0.3-11.5 153 76.2 66.6-83.7
GENDER
Male 84 17 18.6 8.8-35.1 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 1 3.4 0.5-20.2 65 77.7 61.1-88.6
Female 114 21 22.3 14.3-33.0 5 3.3 1.1- 9.2 0 0.0 . - . 88 74.4 63.7-82.9
RACE
White 174 34 20.2 12.9-30.2 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 135 76.3 66.1-84.2
Other 23 4 23.9 7.1-56.5 2 3.6 0.8-15.0 0 0.0 . - . 17 72.5 41.3-90.8
AGE
18-44 52 15 30.9 16.1-50.9 3 2.3 0.6- 9.1 0 0.0 . - . 34 66.8 47.2-81.9
45+ 146 23 14.3 8.8-22.3 3 1.3 0.3- 5.4 1 2.8 0.4-17.2 119 81.6 72.1-88.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 22 31.6 18.5-48.4 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 1 4.1 0.6-23.9 56 63.8 47.2-77.6
Some College + 116 16 12.0 6.6-20.9 4 2.6 0.8- 7.8 0 0.0 . - . 96 85.4 76.3-91.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 112 24 18.5 11.8-27.8 5 3.0 1.0- 8.4 1 3.4 0.5-20.1 82 75.1 64.2-83.6
$50,000+ 59 8 17.4 8.5-32.4 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 0 0.0 . - . 50 82.3 67.4-91.3

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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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