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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 105 32 32.5 21.9-45.2 26 24.9 16.2-36.3 30 24.6 16.7-34.8 17 18.0 11.0-28.0
GENDER
Male 43 13 41.0 24.6-59.6 7 14.0 6.1-29.0 11 21.3 11.4-36.4 12 23.7 13.0-39.3
Female 62 19 22.3 13.5-34.5 19 38.0 24.1-54.2 19 28.6 17.5-43.0 5 11.1 4.4-25.4
RACE
White 71 14 16.1 9.0-27.3 19 28.3 17.3-42.8 24 30.7 20.1-43.7 14 24.9 14.9-38.6
Other 33 17 57.7 36.8-76.1 7 20.0 8.6-39.9 6 15.3 6.2-33.1 3 7.0 2.2-20.5
AGE
18-44 49 15 35.8 20.8-54.3 15 30.1 17.4-46.8 12 20.2 11.0-34.3 7 13.8 6.2-28.0
45+ 56 17 27.2 16.6-41.1 11 16.8 8.7-29.8 18 31.5 19.7-46.4 10 24.6 13.7-40.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 21 40.0 25.3-56.8 16 22.2 12.5-36.2 19 24.0 14.4-37.1 8 13.8 6.7-26.3
Some College + 41 11 20.1 10.5-35.0 10 29.4 15.2-49.3 11 25.7 13.5-43.2 9 24.8 12.7-42.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 26 38.9 25.4-54.3 21 29.2 18.0-43.6 21 21.5 13.2-33.1 7 10.5 4.8-21.2
$50,000+ 22 4 13.9 5.0-33.5 3 11.3 3.5-31.2 5 27.9 12.1-52.2 10 46.8 26.4-68.3

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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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