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

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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 567 314 51.6 45.9-57.2 253 48.4 42.8-54.1
GENDER
Male 218 138 59.4 50.4-67.9 80 40.6 32.1-49.6
Female 349 176 44.7 37.7-51.9 173 55.3 48.1-62.3
RACE
White 504 273 51.3 45.3-57.2 231 48.7 42.8-54.7
Other 62 41 57.6 37.6-75.4 21 42.4 24.6-62.4
AGE
18-44 137 79 48.4 37.4-59.6 58 51.6 40.4-62.6
45+ 429 234 53.5 47.7-59.2 195 46.5 40.8-52.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 262 154 53.7 44.5-62.6 108 46.3 37.4-55.5
Some College + 301 158 49.7 42.6-56.8 143 50.3 43.2-57.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 366 223 59.8 52.7-66.5 143 40.2 33.5-47.3
$50,000+ 126 53 38.3 28.7-48.9 73 61.7 51.1-71.3

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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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