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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 94 21 25.4 16.0-37.8 28 27.4 18.2-39.0 27 30.8 19.8-44.5 18 16.5 9.4-27.2
GENDER
Male 42 9 23.9 11.7-42.7 9 19.2 9.2-35.7 12 35.4 19.3-55.5 12 21.5 10.8-38.3
Female 52 12 27.6 15.8-43.5 19 39.2 25.4-55.0 15 24.1 14.0-38.2 6 9.1 3.6-21.2
RACE
White 75 12 16.7 8.7-29.5 23 30.5 19.6-44.2 25 35.8 23.4-50.3 15 17.0 9.8-27.9
Other 17 8 46.8 21.3-74.2 4 16.8 5.5-41.0 2 19.9 3.6-62.3 3 16.5 3.5-51.9
AGE
18-44 36 11 29.7 15.8-48.6 9 21.6 10.5-39.2 12 38.3 21.4-58.6 4 10.4 3.1-29.6
45+ 57 10 20.1 10.5-35.1 18 33.4 21.3-48.3 15 21.0 12.3-33.6 14 25.4 14.9-39.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 55 16 32.2 19.2-48.6 17 26.8 15.7-41.7 13 27.1 14.1-45.7 9 14.0 7.0-25.8
Some College + 39 5 12.4 4.7-29.2 11 28.5 14.6-48.1 14 37.8 20.9-58.4 9 21.3 8.5-44.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 71 16 25.7 15.0-40.2 21 26.3 16.2-39.7 21 31.7 18.9-47.9 13 16.4 8.4-29.6
$50,000+ 13 1 11.0 1.6-49.2 4 33.0 12.2-63.7 5 39.8 16.6-68.8 3 16.1 4.7-42.6

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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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