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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Use Prevention

States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.84. and the NC tax is 5 cents.
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 pre vention programs for our youth and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?

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  Total
Respond.^		 <$0.25-$0.49 $0.50-$1.00 >$1.00 No tax
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
-Eastern NC 2,999 455 15.7 14.0-17.6 670 23.5 21.4-25.7 976 32.9 30.7-35.3 898 27.9 25.9-30.0
GENDER
Male 1,093 159 14.8 12.2-17.8 239 23.2 19.9-27.0 356 33.7 30.1-37.5 339 28.3 25.1-31.7
Female 1,906 296 16.6 14.6-18.9 431 23.7 21.4-26.2 620 32.2 29.6-34.9 559 27.5 25.1-30.0
RACE
White 2,029 293 14.9 12.9-17.1 490 25.3 22.7-28.2 692 34.0 31.2-37.0 554 25.8 23.4-28.3
African American 737 122 18.7 15.0-23.0 132 18.5 15.1-22.6 208 28.3 24.3-32.6 275 34.5 30.2-39.1
Other Minorities 225 39 13.7 9.4-19.3 47 23.1 16.7-31.1 73 37.9 29.9-46.7 66 25.3 18.8-33.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 117 15 10.8 5.7-19.5 20 15.7 9.4-25.2 64 64.3 53.1-74.1 18 9.2 5.4-15.3
Non-Hispanic 2,878 440 16.1 14.3-18.0 650 24.1 21.9-26.4 910 30.5 28.4-32.7 878 29.3 27.2-31.5
AGE
18-24 171 27 15.3 9.8-23.2 53 33.7 25.1-43.5 55 31.5 23.2-41.2 36 19.5 13.4-27.4
25-34 432 66 14.5 10.7-19.2 91 20.3 16.0-25.3 170 40.1 34.6-45.9 105 25.1 20.4-30.5
35-44 567 81 14.5 11.2-18.5 136 22.9 19.1-27.2 185 34.0 29.4-38.8 165 28.7 24.4-33.3
45-54 605 97 18.2 14.5-22.6 140 23.1 19.1-27.7 180 28.7 24.3-33.5 188 30.0 25.8-34.7
55-64 573 88 15.8 12.4-19.9 117 20.8 16.9-25.2 182 31.1 26.7-35.9 186 32.3 27.8-37.1
65-74 394 62 16.7 12.9-21.3 87 22.3 17.8-27.4 122 32.5 27.4-38.1 123 28.6 23.8-33.9
75+ 244 34 15.3 10.7-21.4 44 19.1 13.9-25.6 78 31.6 25.3-38.7 88 34.0 27.5-41.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 402 62 15.7 11.7-20.6 67 18.0 13.2-24.1 118 37.9 31.0-45.2 155 28.4 23.3-34.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,002 173 18.6 15.3-22.3 203 20.5 17.0-24.5 284 29.0 25.1-33.2 342 31.9 28.2-35.9
Some Post-H.S. 763 118 15.9 12.6-19.8 176 26.2 21.9-31.0 247 29.3 25.4-33.4 222 28.7 24.7-33.0
College Graduate 830 102 11.5 9.2-14.3 223 27.9 24.3-31.8 327 39.7 35.7-43.8 178 20.9 17.8-24.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 385 59 15.0 11.0-20.2 76 19.3 14.8-24.9 106 30.3 24.3-36.9 144 35.4 29.4-41.8
$15,000- 24,999 568 97 16.5 13.0-20.8 127 22.5 18.0-27.9 175 36.6 30.6-43.0 169 24.4 20.1-29.2
$25,000- 34,999 400 70 19.2 14.1-25.4 84 23.0 16.8-30.6 116 27.5 22.2-33.6 130 30.3 24.4-37.0
$35,000- 49,999 446 73 15.8 12.2-20.2 110 25.7 21.0-30.9 142 31.7 26.6-37.2 121 26.9 22.2-32.1
$50,000-74,999 429 66 16.3 11.9-21.9 107 25.5 20.8-30.9 155 32.1 27.2-37.5 101 26.0 21.2-31.4
$75,000+ 428 53 13.2 9.6-17.9 107 24.7 19.9-30.1 178 41.0 35.6-46.7 90 21.1 16.9-25.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 996 165 17.8 14.6-21.4 202 22.1 18.6-26.1 292 29.7 26.0-33.7 337 30.5 26.9-34.2
No 1,985 288 14.9 12.9-17.1 465 24.1 21.5-26.8 676 34.0 31.3-36.9 556 27.0 24.5-29.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 514 76 17.2 13.1-22.2 104 22.9 17.9-28.7 173 32.0 27.4-37.1 161 27.9 23.5-32.8
Non-Veteran 2,483 379 15.4 13.5-17.4 566 23.6 21.4-26.0 803 33.2 30.6-35.8 735 27.8 25.6-30.2

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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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