BRFSS 2005 - Durham 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
-Durham County	273	26	10.8	6.4-17.6	64	19.6	14.9-25.5	125	51.0	43.5-58.4	58	18.6	13.7-24.8
GENDER
Male	94	5	4.6	1.7-11.6	24	20.5	13.1-30.5	49	58.8	46.9-69.7	16	16.2	8.9-27.5
Female	179	21	16.0	8.9-27.1	40	18.9	13.2-26.3	76	44.4	35.6-53.7	42	20.6	14.7-28.3
RACE
White	165	14	5.9	3.2-10.8	42	23.0	16.5-31.2	79	53.4	44.2-62.3	30	17.7	11.4-26.4
Other	106	12	16.8	8.4-30.7	22	15.6	9.5-24.5	45	48.2	36.1-60.5	27	19.4	12.3-29.3
AGE
18-44	143	9	10.8	5.0-21.8	34	18.8	12.9-26.7	76	55.3	45.1-65.1	24	15.1	9.3-23.5
45+	130	17	10.7	6.3-17.8	30	21.1	14.1-30.4	49	43.2	33.3-53.8	34	24.9	17.1-34.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	76	9	14.5	5.5-33.1	13	14.9	7.8-26.5	29	43.3	28.7-59.2	25	27.3	16.4-41.8
Some College +	197	17	8.9	5.1-15.1	51	22.0	16.2-29.0	96	54.7	46.7-62.6	33	14.4	9.8-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	16	11.4	6.5-19.3	26	18.5	11.8-27.9	58	54.3	43.6-64.5	31	15.8	10.4-23.2
$50,000+	111	6	4.3	1.7-10.4	32	23.1	15.8-32.4	57	52.5	41.7-63.1	16	20.1	11.7-32.4

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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
-Durham County	273	26	10.8	6.4-17.6	64	19.6	14.9-25.5	125	51.0	43.5-58.4	58	18.6	13.7-24.8
GENDER
Male	94	5	4.6	1.7-11.6	24	20.5	13.1-30.5	49	58.8	46.9-69.7	16	16.2	8.9-27.5
Female	179	21	16.0	8.9-27.1	40	18.9	13.2-26.3	76	44.4	35.6-53.7	42	20.6	14.7-28.3
RACE
White	165	14	5.9	3.2-10.8	42	23.0	16.5-31.2	79	53.4	44.2-62.3	30	17.7	11.4-26.4
Other	106	12	16.8	8.4-30.7	22	15.6	9.5-24.5	45	48.2	36.1-60.5	27	19.4	12.3-29.3
AGE
18-44	143	9	10.8	5.0-21.8	34	18.8	12.9-26.7	76	55.3	45.1-65.1	24	15.1	9.3-23.5
45+	130	17	10.7	6.3-17.8	30	21.1	14.1-30.4	49	43.2	33.3-53.8	34	24.9	17.1-34.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	76	9	14.5	5.5-33.1	13	14.9	7.8-26.5	29	43.3	28.7-59.2	25	27.3	16.4-41.8
Some College +	197	17	8.9	5.1-15.1	51	22.0	16.2-29.0	96	54.7	46.7-62.6	33	14.4	9.8-20.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	16	11.4	6.5-19.3	26	18.5	11.8-27.9	58	54.3	43.6-64.5	31	15.8	10.4-23.2
$50,000+	111	6	4.3	1.7-10.4	32	23.1	15.8-32.4	57	52.5	41.7-63.1	16	20.1	11.7-32.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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