BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	215	32	13.7	9.3-19.7	48	27.3	20.2-35.7	69	29.3	22.9-36.7	66	29.7	23.0-37.3
GENDER
Male	84	10	12.2	6.1-22.9	23	30.4	19.3-44.2	25	28.4	18.9-40.3	26	29.0	19.2-41.4
Female	131	22	15.1	9.9-22.5	25	24.2	16.4-34.4	44	30.3	22.5-39.4	40	30.3	22.2-39.9
RACE
White	172	26	14.3	9.4-21.3	38	27.0	19.1-36.8	57	30.9	23.6-39.3	51	27.8	20.6-36.4
Other	43	6	11.1	3.9-27.4	10	28.4	15.4-46.4	12	23.2	12.3-39.5	15	37.3	22.7-54.7
AGE
18-44	70	10	10.7	5.0-21.3	21	37.4	24.3-52.7	22	29.4	19.0-42.7	17	22.4	13.1-35.7
45+	145	22	15.9	10.2-23.9	27	19.9	13.6-28.2	47	29.3	21.8-38.0	49	34.9	26.6-44.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	99	14	15.5	8.5-26.5	24	27.6	18.5-39.1	30	26.0	17.7-36.4	31	30.9	21.1-42.8
Some College +	116	18	12.2	7.4-19.4	24	27.0	17.2-39.7	39	32.1	23.1-42.6	35	28.7	20.3-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	26	18.3	12.0-27.0	32	24.5	17.3-33.5	43	28.1	20.5-37.2	40	29.2	21.1-38.8
$50,000+	58	4	5.8	2.0-15.9	10	26.9	13.1-47.5	23	37.8	24.6-53.1	21	29.4	18.1-44.0

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	215	32	13.7	9.3-19.7	48	27.3	20.2-35.7	69	29.3	22.9-36.7	66	29.7	23.0-37.3
GENDER
Male	84	10	12.2	6.1-22.9	23	30.4	19.3-44.2	25	28.4	18.9-40.3	26	29.0	19.2-41.4
Female	131	22	15.1	9.9-22.5	25	24.2	16.4-34.4	44	30.3	22.5-39.4	40	30.3	22.2-39.9
RACE
White	172	26	14.3	9.4-21.3	38	27.0	19.1-36.8	57	30.9	23.6-39.3	51	27.8	20.6-36.4
Other	43	6	11.1	3.9-27.4	10	28.4	15.4-46.4	12	23.2	12.3-39.5	15	37.3	22.7-54.7
AGE
18-44	70	10	10.7	5.0-21.3	21	37.4	24.3-52.7	22	29.4	19.0-42.7	17	22.4	13.1-35.7
45+	145	22	15.9	10.2-23.9	27	19.9	13.6-28.2	47	29.3	21.8-38.0	49	34.9	26.6-44.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	99	14	15.5	8.5-26.5	24	27.6	18.5-39.1	30	26.0	17.7-36.4	31	30.9	21.1-42.8
Some College +	116	18	12.2	7.4-19.4	24	27.0	17.2-39.7	39	32.1	23.1-42.6	35	28.7	20.3-38.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	141	26	18.3	12.0-27.0	32	24.5	17.3-33.5	43	28.1	20.5-37.2	40	29.2	21.1-38.8
$50,000+	58	4	5.8	2.0-15.9	10	26.9	13.1-47.5	23	37.8	24.6-53.1	21	29.4	18.1-44.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

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