BRFSS 2005 - Davidson 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
-Davidson County	252	48	21.2	15.0-29.1	48	22.0	15.6-30.1	91	36.3	28.4-45.1	65	20.5	15.3-26.9
GENDER
Male	101	18	18.7	10.5-31.1	21	23.3	14.1-36.1	29	33.7	21.7-48.2	33	24.3	16.0-35.1
Female	151	30	24.3	16.4-34.5	27	20.4	13.1-30.3	62	39.6	31.0-49.0	32	15.7	10.9-22.2
RACE
White	216	45	25.7	18.4-34.7	39	21.1	14.4-29.7	72	30.2	23.4-38.1	60	23.0	17.4-29.8
Other	35	3	4.3	1.0-16.6	9	26.2	11.4-49.5	18	58.1	34.4-78.5	5	11.4	2.9-35.5
AGE
18-44	98	22	25.0	15.6-37.7	19	23.4	14.1-36.4	35	36.0	24.2-49.7	22	15.5	9.2-25.0
45+	154	26	15.8	10.4-23.2	29	20.0	13.7-28.2	56	36.9	28.5-46.1	43	27.3	20.1-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	141	31	23.5	14.9-35.0	21	20.3	11.9-32.5	48	38.2	26.9-50.9	41	18.1	12.4-25.6
Some College +	111	17	17.6	10.5-27.8	27	24.7	16.7-35.0	43	33.4	24.6-43.6	24	24.3	15.5-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	32	22.6	14.8-32.8	27	21.5	13.1-33.2	53	41.3	30.1-53.6	32	14.6	9.7-21.4
$50,000+	74	11	13.3	6.7-24.5	16	21.7	13.0-34.0	26	35.1	22.4-50.3	21	29.9	18.7-44.2

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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
-Davidson County	252	48	21.2	15.0-29.1	48	22.0	15.6-30.1	91	36.3	28.4-45.1	65	20.5	15.3-26.9
GENDER
Male	101	18	18.7	10.5-31.1	21	23.3	14.1-36.1	29	33.7	21.7-48.2	33	24.3	16.0-35.1
Female	151	30	24.3	16.4-34.5	27	20.4	13.1-30.3	62	39.6	31.0-49.0	32	15.7	10.9-22.2
RACE
White	216	45	25.7	18.4-34.7	39	21.1	14.4-29.7	72	30.2	23.4-38.1	60	23.0	17.4-29.8
Other	35	3	4.3	1.0-16.6	9	26.2	11.4-49.5	18	58.1	34.4-78.5	5	11.4	2.9-35.5
AGE
18-44	98	22	25.0	15.6-37.7	19	23.4	14.1-36.4	35	36.0	24.2-49.7	22	15.5	9.2-25.0
45+	154	26	15.8	10.4-23.2	29	20.0	13.7-28.2	56	36.9	28.5-46.1	43	27.3	20.1-36.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	141	31	23.5	14.9-35.0	21	20.3	11.9-32.5	48	38.2	26.9-50.9	41	18.1	12.4-25.6
Some College +	111	17	17.6	10.5-27.8	27	24.7	16.7-35.0	43	33.4	24.6-43.6	24	24.3	15.5-35.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	144	32	22.6	14.8-32.8	27	21.5	13.1-33.2	53	41.3	30.1-53.6	32	14.6	9.7-21.4
$50,000+	74	11	13.3	6.7-24.5	16	21.7	13.0-34.0	26	35.1	22.4-50.3	21	29.9	18.7-44.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Davidson County

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