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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne Counties**

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On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*

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Respond.^
<10 cigaretts/per day 10-20 cigarettes/per day 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day More than 20 cigarettes/per day
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,337 884 28.6 26.4-30.9 1,024 31.4 29.2-33.7 969 26.3 24.4-28.4 460 13.7 12.0-15.5
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 107 31 28.6 18.7-41.2 35 32.9 22.3-45.6 25 16.4 9.9-25.9 16 22.1 9.7-42.9
GENDER
Male 37 13 32.6 16.3-54.6 8 22.4 10.0-42.8 4 7.0 2.1-21.3 12 38.0 16.3-65.9
Female 70 18 24.4 15.0-37.1 27 44.1 31.4-57.6 21 26.4 16.4-39.7 4 5.1 1.9-13.4
RACE
White 77 15 17.9 10.2-29.7 28 43.5 31.1-56.8 21 20.5 12.5-31.7 13 18.0 10.2-29.9
Other 30 16 45.4 20.8-72.5 7 16.2 6.1-36.6 4 9.9 2.7-30.1 3 28.5 6.0-71.5
AGE
18-44 42 15 35.7 18.5-57.4 13 27.6 13.7-47.8 10 13.3 5.7-27.9 4 23.5 5.5-61.9
45+ 65 16 20.9 12.1-33.7 22 38.6 26.0-53.0 15 19.8 11.0-33.0 12 20.6 11.4-34.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 22 32.2 18.8-49.2 18 27.6 15.9-43.4 15 15.2 7.6-28.1 9 25.1 8.9-53.3
Some College + 43 9 20.8 9.7-39.0 17 44.5 28.1-62.3 10 19.0 9.8-33.6 7 15.6 7.2-30.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 74 21 26.9 15.8-41.7 21 28.8 17.1-44.3 19 16.7 9.0-28.8 13 27.6 11.8-52.2
$50,000+ 22 6 33.7 12.9-63.6 9 42.1 21.1-66.4 5 18.3 7.0-39.7 2 6.0 1.3-23.1

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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