BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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
-Buncombe County	255	28	12.4	7.6-19.5	64	27.3	20.6-35.2	102	38.9	31.6-46.7	61	21.4	16.1-27.9
GENDER
Male	103	14	15.2	7.9-27.1	26	28.4	18.3-41.2	40	36.8	26.2-48.8	23	19.7	12.5-29.6
Female	152	14	9.1	4.7-16.9	38	26.1	18.7-35.2	62	41.4	32.4-51.0	38	23.4	16.4-32.2
RACE
White	222	23	12.6	7.4-20.6	57	27.3	20.8-34.9	89	38.3	30.7-46.5	53	21.8	16.1-28.8
Other	33	5	11.2	3.6-30.3	7	27.4	8.6-60.2	13	42.4	22.2-65.5	8	19.0	8.0-38.9
AGE
18-44	100	16	16.5	8.9-28.5	26	29.1	19.0-41.9	36	34.8	24.4-46.9	22	19.5	12.2-29.8
45+	154	12	7.1	4.0-12.5	37	24.5	17.8-32.7	66	44.4	35.8-53.5	39	23.9	17.4-32.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	13	12.9	6.8-23.2	18	28.5	16.0-45.3	28	33.6	21.8-47.9	29	25.0	16.2-36.5
Some College +	166	15	12.2	6.2-22.5	45	26.3	19.2-34.8	74	42.0	33.2-51.4	32	19.6	13.2-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	147	16	11.2	5.4-21.8	36	28.3	19.1-39.9	52	35.7	26.2-46.4	43	24.8	17.3-34.1
$50,000+	76	6	8.4	3.6-18.2	23	33.6	23.0-46.1	38	47.5	35.7-59.6	9	10.5	5.2-20.2

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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
-Buncombe County	255	28	12.4	7.6-19.5	64	27.3	20.6-35.2	102	38.9	31.6-46.7	61	21.4	16.1-27.9
GENDER
Male	103	14	15.2	7.9-27.1	26	28.4	18.3-41.2	40	36.8	26.2-48.8	23	19.7	12.5-29.6
Female	152	14	9.1	4.7-16.9	38	26.1	18.7-35.2	62	41.4	32.4-51.0	38	23.4	16.4-32.2
RACE
White	222	23	12.6	7.4-20.6	57	27.3	20.8-34.9	89	38.3	30.7-46.5	53	21.8	16.1-28.8
Other	33	5	11.2	3.6-30.3	7	27.4	8.6-60.2	13	42.4	22.2-65.5	8	19.0	8.0-38.9
AGE
18-44	100	16	16.5	8.9-28.5	26	29.1	19.0-41.9	36	34.8	24.4-46.9	22	19.5	12.2-29.8
45+	154	12	7.1	4.0-12.5	37	24.5	17.8-32.7	66	44.4	35.8-53.5	39	23.9	17.4-32.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	13	12.9	6.8-23.2	18	28.5	16.0-45.3	28	33.6	21.8-47.9	29	25.0	16.2-36.5
Some College +	166	15	12.2	6.2-22.5	45	26.3	19.2-34.8	74	42.0	33.2-51.4	32	19.6	13.2-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	147	16	11.2	5.4-21.8	36	28.3	19.1-39.9	52	35.7	26.2-46.4	43	24.8	17.3-34.1
$50,000+	76	6	8.4	3.6-18.2	23	33.6	23.0-46.1	38	47.5	35.7-59.6	9	10.5	5.2-20.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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