BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.84. and the NC tax is 5 cents. <br>How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes would you be willing to support if a considerable portion of the money raised was used to fund smoking pr evention programs for our youth and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?)

	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49	$0.50-$1.00	>$1.00	No tax
North Carolina	9,491	1,384	14.4	13.4-15.3	2,073	22.5	21.4-23.8	3,435	37.1	35.8-38.5	2,599	26.0	24.8-27.2
-Alamance County	265	40	12.9	8.9-18.1	48	16.6	12.1-22.4	92	41.4	34.4-48.8	85	29.1	23.2-35.8
GENDER
Male	88	12	9.7	5.1-17.5	12	14.0	7.7-24.3	36	48.6	36.7-60.7	28	27.7	18.4-39.4
Female	177	28	15.0	9.7-22.6	36	18.4	12.7-25.9	56	36.5	28.2-45.7	57	30.1	22.9-38.4
RACE
White	207	33	13.5	9.1-19.5	40	17.5	12.4-24.2	72	40.0	32.2-48.4	62	29.0	22.2-36.8
Other	58	7	11.3	4.8-24.5	8	14.2	6.6-27.9	20	45.1	30.6-60.5	23	29.4	18.6-43.2
AGE
18-44	98	14	12.4	6.8-21.5	17	14.7	8.7-23.8	41	48.1	37.1-59.2	26	24.9	17.0-35.0
45+	167	26	13.4	8.9-19.8	31	18.7	12.8-26.6	51	34.2	26.0-43.4	59	33.7	25.8-42.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	17	10.4	6.2-17.1	17	14.0	8.3-22.6	36	44.3	33.2-56.1	41	31.3	22.0-42.3
Some College +	152	23	15.0	9.3-23.3	31	19.0	12.7-27.4	55	38.9	30.2-48.4	43	27.1	19.9-35.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	158	28	16.1	10.4-24.1	27	14.2	9.2-21.1	47	36.9	27.9-46.9	56	32.8	24.9-41.8
$50,000+	72	8	9.8	4.5-20.1	19	25.7	15.9-38.9	28	41.1	28.9-54.5	17	23.3	13.7-36.8

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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.

** 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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	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49			$0.50-$1.00			>$1.00			No tax
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	9,491	1,384	14.4	13.4-15.3	2,073	22.5	21.4-23.8	3,435	37.1	35.8-38.5	2,599	26.0	24.8-27.2
-Alamance County	265	40	12.9	8.9-18.1	48	16.6	12.1-22.4	92	41.4	34.4-48.8	85	29.1	23.2-35.8
GENDER
Male	88	12	9.7	5.1-17.5	12	14.0	7.7-24.3	36	48.6	36.7-60.7	28	27.7	18.4-39.4
Female	177	28	15.0	9.7-22.6	36	18.4	12.7-25.9	56	36.5	28.2-45.7	57	30.1	22.9-38.4
RACE
White	207	33	13.5	9.1-19.5	40	17.5	12.4-24.2	72	40.0	32.2-48.4	62	29.0	22.2-36.8
Other	58	7	11.3	4.8-24.5	8	14.2	6.6-27.9	20	45.1	30.6-60.5	23	29.4	18.6-43.2
AGE
18-44	98	14	12.4	6.8-21.5	17	14.7	8.7-23.8	41	48.1	37.1-59.2	26	24.9	17.0-35.0
45+	167	26	13.4	8.9-19.8	31	18.7	12.8-26.6	51	34.2	26.0-43.4	59	33.7	25.8-42.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	111	17	10.4	6.2-17.1	17	14.0	8.3-22.6	36	44.3	33.2-56.1	41	31.3	22.0-42.3
Some College +	152	23	15.0	9.3-23.3	31	19.0	12.7-27.4	55	38.9	30.2-48.4	43	27.1	19.9-35.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	158	28	16.1	10.4-24.1	27	14.2	9.2-21.1	47	36.9	27.9-46.9	56	32.8	24.9-41.8
$50,000+	72	8	9.8	4.5-20.1	19	25.7	15.9-38.9	28	41.1	28.9-54.5	17	23.3	13.7-36.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

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