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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

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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 3,337 884 28.6 26.4-30.9 1,024 31.4 29.2-33.7 969 26.3 24.4-28.4 460 13.7 12.0-15.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 105 25 23.6 13.7-37.6 36 39.3 27.7-52.3 31 24.6 16.0-35.8 13 12.6 5.9-24.9
GENDER
Male 41 7 21.8 8.0-47.0 15 44.5 26.5-64.2 14 28.9 15.5-47.3 5 4.8 1.8-12.1
Female 64 18 25.6 14.8-40.5 21 33.4 21.0-48.7 17 19.7 11.2-32.4 8 21.3 8.9-42.7
RACE
White 98 22 22.4 12.4-37.0 33 39.7 27.7-53.1 30 24.9 16.1-36.5 13 13.0 6.1-25.8
Other 7 3 56.5 21.6-85.9 3 28.3 7.9-64.4 1 15.2 2.1-60.6 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 40 9 24.5 10.3-47.8 16 42.9 25.3-62.4 11 20.4 10.2-36.6 4 12.2 3.4-35.4
45+ 65 16 22.3 13.0-35.5 20 34.6 22.2-49.4 20 30.1 18.2-45.6 9 13.0 6.5-24.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 72 15 21.6 10.0-40.6 25 40.5 26.1-56.8 21 22.0 12.9-34.9 11 15.9 7.0-32.1
Some College + 33 10 28.9 15.1-48.1 11 36.0 20.1-55.7 10 31.6 15.5-53.7 2 3.6 0.9-13.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 85 21 20.4 12.3-31.7 28 41.0 28.1-55.3 26 25.4 15.8-38.1 10 13.3 5.5-28.6
$50,000+ 14 2 11.6 2.5-40.7 5 39.7 17.2-67.6 4 30.2 11.1-60.1 3 18.4 5.6-46.4

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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