BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	245	33	13.6	8.8-20.4	58	23.3	17.1-30.8	93	37.5	30.1-45.7	61	25.6	18.8-33.7
GENDER
Male	97	14	16.5	8.9-28.5	21	25.1	15.5-37.9	35	32.9	22.7-45.0	27	25.6	15.7-38.7
Female	148	19	10.4	6.2-16.9	37	21.3	15.2-29.0	58	42.7	33.0-53.1	34	25.6	17.7-35.6
RACE
White	214	29	14.3	8.9-22.0	54	22.9	16.7-30.5	83	40.1	31.8-49.0	48	22.7	15.8-31.5
Other	30	4	10.0	3.3-26.8	4	25.7	9.3-53.8	10	23.7	11.2-43.3	12	40.6	21.8-62.7
AGE
18-44	103	14	13.7	7.3-24.2	29	25.6	16.6-37.4	39	37.5	26.7-49.7	21	23.2	13.9-36.1
45+	142	19	13.4	7.7-22.5	29	19.9	13.7-27.9	54	37.6	29.0-47.1	40	29.1	21.4-38.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	11	8.4	4.3-15.6	21	23.4	14.0-36.4	38	37.0	25.6-49.9	35	31.3	20.6-44.4
Some College +	140	22	17.3	10.2-27.9	37	23.2	15.8-32.9	55	38.0	28.4-48.6	26	21.5	13.6-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	21	19.4	11.0-32.0	23	20.7	12.7-32.1	41	36.1	25.5-48.2	32	23.8	15.9-34.0
$50,000+	87	9	9.3	4.6-17.7	28	30.1	19.7-43.1	36	37.4	26.6-49.8	14	23.2	12.9-38.1

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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
-Cabarrus County	245	33	13.6	8.8-20.4	58	23.3	17.1-30.8	93	37.5	30.1-45.7	61	25.6	18.8-33.7
GENDER
Male	97	14	16.5	8.9-28.5	21	25.1	15.5-37.9	35	32.9	22.7-45.0	27	25.6	15.7-38.7
Female	148	19	10.4	6.2-16.9	37	21.3	15.2-29.0	58	42.7	33.0-53.1	34	25.6	17.7-35.6
RACE
White	214	29	14.3	8.9-22.0	54	22.9	16.7-30.5	83	40.1	31.8-49.0	48	22.7	15.8-31.5
Other	30	4	10.0	3.3-26.8	4	25.7	9.3-53.8	10	23.7	11.2-43.3	12	40.6	21.8-62.7
AGE
18-44	103	14	13.7	7.3-24.2	29	25.6	16.6-37.4	39	37.5	26.7-49.7	21	23.2	13.9-36.1
45+	142	19	13.4	7.7-22.5	29	19.9	13.7-27.9	54	37.6	29.0-47.1	40	29.1	21.4-38.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	105	11	8.4	4.3-15.6	21	23.4	14.0-36.4	38	37.0	25.6-49.9	35	31.3	20.6-44.4
Some College +	140	22	17.3	10.2-27.9	37	23.2	15.8-32.9	55	38.0	28.4-48.6	26	21.5	13.6-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	117	21	19.4	11.0-32.0	23	20.7	12.7-32.1	41	36.1	25.5-48.2	32	23.8	15.9-34.0
$50,000+	87	9	9.3	4.6-17.7	28	30.1	19.7-43.1	36	37.4	26.6-49.8	14	23.2	12.9-38.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus County

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