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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 97 19 19.3 11.6-30.5 26 20.7 13.3-30.9 39 43.3 31.5-55.9 13 16.6 9.0-28.8
GENDER
Male 30 7 23.5 10.3-45.1 5 15.1 5.5-35.3 14 45.4 25.3-67.1 4 16.0 5.3-39.2
Female 67 12 16.2 8.7-28.1 21 25.1 15.9-37.3 25 41.6 28.8-55.7 9 17.1 8.2-32.3
RACE
White 89 15 14.3 8.1-24.0 24 20.5 12.9-31.2 37 46.4 33.8-59.5 13 18.7 10.1-32.0
Other 8 4 59.4 24.0-87.2 2 22.3 4.8-62.2 2 18.3 3.9-55.3 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 46 10 19.8 9.7-36.4 13 22.6 12.2-37.9 15 40.4 24.1-59.1 8 17.2 7.8-33.9
45+ 51 9 18.7 9.1-34.6 13 18.2 9.6-31.7 24 47.3 32.0-63.2 5 15.8 5.6-37.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 53 9 18.9 8.9-35.8 13 22.0 11.8-37.3 22 37.0 23.4-53.0 9 22.2 10.7-40.3
Some College + 44 10 19.9 9.9-36.0 13 19.2 10.2-33.2 17 51.3 33.2-69.1 4 9.5 3.1-25.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 15 22.5 12.9-36.4 19 22.4 13.5-34.9 31 41.9 29.5-55.4 8 13.2 5.9-26.8
$50,000+ 17 2 8.1 1.8-29.7 5 17.4 6.1-40.8 5 43.1 16.2-74.8 5 31.4 10.9-63.1

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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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