BRFSS 2005 - Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties: (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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	290	38	11.6	8.0-16.5	64	19.1	14.7-24.4	119	46.5	39.5-53.6	69	22.8	17.5-29.2
GENDER
Male	112	13	9.4	5.2-16.5	23	16.6	10.7-24.8	48	47.9	37.3-58.7	28	26.1	17.5-37.0
Female	178	25	13.7	8.6-21.3	41	21.5	15.6-29.0	71	45.1	36.3-54.2	41	19.6	14.0-26.8
RACE
White	243	32	11.5	7.9-16.5	55	21.1	16.0-27.3	102	47.3	40.1-54.7	54	20.1	14.9-26.5
Other	47	6	12.0	4.4-28.7	9	12.4	6.0-23.7	17	43.5	26.7-61.9	15	32.2	18.2-50.3
AGE
18-44	91	13	9.2	4.5-17.9	13	11.4	6.2-19.9	45	56.7	44.6-68.1	20	22.7	14.0-34.7
45+	199	25	13.6	9.0-20.1	51	25.6	19.5-32.7	74	37.9	30.7-45.8	49	22.9	17.1-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	19	15.2	8.9-24.8	21	14.2	8.9-21.9	43	46.5	35.3-58.1	31	24.1	15.7-35.0
Some College +	176	19	8.6	5.3-13.5	43	23.2	17.1-30.8	76	46.5	38.1-55.1	38	21.7	15.4-29.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	22	12.8	7.7-20.5	27	14.5	9.5-21.4	62	46.7	36.9-56.9	42	26.0	18.2-35.7
$50,000+	93	12	11.4	6.2-19.9	28	28.4	19.7-39.0	41	47.9	36.9-59.1	12	12.4	6.8-21.3

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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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore	290	38	11.6	8.0-16.5	64	19.1	14.7-24.4	119	46.5	39.5-53.6	69	22.8	17.5-29.2
GENDER
Male	112	13	9.4	5.2-16.5	23	16.6	10.7-24.8	48	47.9	37.3-58.7	28	26.1	17.5-37.0
Female	178	25	13.7	8.6-21.3	41	21.5	15.6-29.0	71	45.1	36.3-54.2	41	19.6	14.0-26.8
RACE
White	243	32	11.5	7.9-16.5	55	21.1	16.0-27.3	102	47.3	40.1-54.7	54	20.1	14.9-26.5
Other	47	6	12.0	4.4-28.7	9	12.4	6.0-23.7	17	43.5	26.7-61.9	15	32.2	18.2-50.3
AGE
18-44	91	13	9.2	4.5-17.9	13	11.4	6.2-19.9	45	56.7	44.6-68.1	20	22.7	14.0-34.7
45+	199	25	13.6	9.0-20.1	51	25.6	19.5-32.7	74	37.9	30.7-45.8	49	22.9	17.1-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	19	15.2	8.9-24.8	21	14.2	8.9-21.9	43	46.5	35.3-58.1	31	24.1	15.7-35.0
Some College +	176	19	8.6	5.3-13.5	43	23.2	17.1-30.8	76	46.5	38.1-55.1	38	21.7	15.4-29.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	153	22	12.8	7.7-20.5	27	14.5	9.5-21.4	62	46.7	36.9-56.9	42	26.0	18.2-35.7
$50,000+	93	12	11.4	6.2-19.9	28	28.4	19.7-39.0	41	47.9	36.9-59.1	12	12.4	6.8-21.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore Counties

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