BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	236	43	17.6	12.1-24.8	48	18.7	13.6-25.2	91	41.6	33.9-49.8	54	22.1	16.4-29.1
GENDER
Male	95	15	16.0	8.8-27.2	17	16.9	10.1-27.0	34	37.5	26.6-49.8	29	29.6	20.2-41.2
Female	141	28	18.9	11.6-29.3	31	20.2	13.4-29.3	57	45.0	34.5-55.9	25	15.9	9.7-24.9
RACE
White	215	40	18.6	12.6-26.5	47	20.5	14.9-27.6	78	38.9	30.9-47.6	50	22.0	16.1-29.3
Other	21	3	10.0	2.8-30.3	1	5.0	0.7-28.5	13	62.1	36.9-82.1	4	22.9	7.6-51.8
AGE
18-44	93	18	19.6	11.5-31.4	18	16.5	9.9-26.2	39	44.9	33.3-57.1	18	19.0	11.5-29.9
45+	143	25	14.8	9.6-22.2	30	21.8	14.9-30.6	52	37.1	28.6-46.6	36	26.3	18.8-35.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	27	19.6	12.1-30.1	21	14.5	8.9-22.5	48	39.8	29.8-50.7	32	26.2	18.0-36.5
Some College +	108	16	15.0	8.2-25.9	27	24.3	15.8-35.4	43	44.0	32.3-56.3	22	16.8	10.3-26.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	34	21.3	14.0-31.2	36	22.1	15.4-30.6	46	33.2	24.4-43.3	37	23.4	16.3-32.4
$50,000+	50	6	10.5	4.5-22.4	8	19.0	9.1-35.5	26	51.9	36.3-67.0	10	18.6	9.5-33.3

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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
-Catawba County	236	43	17.6	12.1-24.8	48	18.7	13.6-25.2	91	41.6	33.9-49.8	54	22.1	16.4-29.1
GENDER
Male	95	15	16.0	8.8-27.2	17	16.9	10.1-27.0	34	37.5	26.6-49.8	29	29.6	20.2-41.2
Female	141	28	18.9	11.6-29.3	31	20.2	13.4-29.3	57	45.0	34.5-55.9	25	15.9	9.7-24.9
RACE
White	215	40	18.6	12.6-26.5	47	20.5	14.9-27.6	78	38.9	30.9-47.6	50	22.0	16.1-29.3
Other	21	3	10.0	2.8-30.3	1	5.0	0.7-28.5	13	62.1	36.9-82.1	4	22.9	7.6-51.8
AGE
18-44	93	18	19.6	11.5-31.4	18	16.5	9.9-26.2	39	44.9	33.3-57.1	18	19.0	11.5-29.9
45+	143	25	14.8	9.6-22.2	30	21.8	14.9-30.6	52	37.1	28.6-46.6	36	26.3	18.8-35.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	27	19.6	12.1-30.1	21	14.5	8.9-22.5	48	39.8	29.8-50.7	32	26.2	18.0-36.5
Some College +	108	16	15.0	8.2-25.9	27	24.3	15.8-35.4	43	44.0	32.3-56.3	22	16.8	10.3-26.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	34	21.3	14.0-31.2	36	22.1	15.4-30.6	46	33.2	24.4-43.3	37	23.4	16.3-32.4
$50,000+	50	6	10.5	4.5-22.4	8	19.0	9.1-35.5	26	51.9	36.3-67.0	10	18.6	9.5-33.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

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