BRFSS 2005 - Cumberland 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
-Cumberland County	247	23	9.0	5.6-14.2	61	28.5	21.7-36.6	84	32.6	25.9-40.1	79	29.9	23.1-37.7
GENDER
Male	88	7	8.1	3.6-17.4	25	31.4	20.8-44.4	34	35.3	24.8-47.3	22	25.2	15.4-38.5
Female	159	16	9.9	5.7-16.6	36	25.6	17.7-35.5	50	29.9	22.1-39.2	57	34.5	26.2-44.0
RACE
White	151	11	7.3	3.7-13.9	40	32.2	22.9-43.2	53	32.6	24.3-42.3	47	27.9	20.0-37.4
Other	95	11	10.6	5.2-20.4	21	23.9	14.9-36.0	31	32.8	22.6-44.9	32	32.7	21.7-46.0
AGE
18-44	116	12	10.8	5.7-19.4	33	29.3	19.9-40.8	42	34.2	24.6-45.2	29	25.8	16.7-37.6
45+	128	11	6.7	3.6-12.2	28	28.3	19.0-39.9	41	30.8	22.5-40.6	48	34.1	25.2-44.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	9	8.6	4.1-17.2	17	21.4	12.1-34.9	30	35.6	24.1-49.1	32	34.4	22.1-49.2
Some College +	159	14	9.2	5.0-16.5	44	32.9	24.1-43.1	54	30.8	23.1-39.8	47	27.1	19.9-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	15	10.4	5.7-18.3	36	29.3	20.1-40.7	43	28.2	20.1-38.0	49	32.0	22.6-43.3
$50,000+	82	7	8.0	3.4-17.5	21	29.1	18.7-42.3	33	36.5	25.9-48.6	21	26.4	17.0-38.5

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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
-Cumberland County	247	23	9.0	5.6-14.2	61	28.5	21.7-36.6	84	32.6	25.9-40.1	79	29.9	23.1-37.7
GENDER
Male	88	7	8.1	3.6-17.4	25	31.4	20.8-44.4	34	35.3	24.8-47.3	22	25.2	15.4-38.5
Female	159	16	9.9	5.7-16.6	36	25.6	17.7-35.5	50	29.9	22.1-39.2	57	34.5	26.2-44.0
RACE
White	151	11	7.3	3.7-13.9	40	32.2	22.9-43.2	53	32.6	24.3-42.3	47	27.9	20.0-37.4
Other	95	11	10.6	5.2-20.4	21	23.9	14.9-36.0	31	32.8	22.6-44.9	32	32.7	21.7-46.0
AGE
18-44	116	12	10.8	5.7-19.4	33	29.3	19.9-40.8	42	34.2	24.6-45.2	29	25.8	16.7-37.6
45+	128	11	6.7	3.6-12.2	28	28.3	19.0-39.9	41	30.8	22.5-40.6	48	34.1	25.2-44.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	9	8.6	4.1-17.2	17	21.4	12.1-34.9	30	35.6	24.1-49.1	32	34.4	22.1-49.2
Some College +	159	14	9.2	5.0-16.5	44	32.9	24.1-43.1	54	30.8	23.1-39.8	47	27.1	19.9-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	15	10.4	5.7-18.3	36	29.3	20.1-40.7	43	28.2	20.1-38.0	49	32.0	22.6-43.3
$50,000+	82	7	8.0	3.4-17.5	21	29.1	18.7-42.3	33	36.5	25.9-48.6	21	26.4	17.0-38.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cumberland County

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