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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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

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  Total
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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 66 15 32.4 18.8-49.7 18 21.1 12.1-34.1 25 38.5 25.0-54.2 8 8.0 3.4-17.4
GENDER
Male 32 7 34.4 17.2-56.9 8 18.2 8.2-35.7 12 38.1 21.1-58.5 5 9.3 3.4-22.9
Female 34 8 27.8 12.3-51.6 10 27.5 13.6-47.8 13 39.6 21.5-61.0 3 5.1 1.3-17.7
RACE
White 39 10 30.1 14.1-53.1 9 17.6 8.4-33.3 15 41.6 24.1-61.5 5 10.7 3.8-26.5
Other 26 5 36.2 15.8-63.1 9 26.2 11.3-49.6 9 32.8 14.4-58.5 3 4.8 1.2-17.0
AGE
18-44 27 11 53.6 32.2-73.7 5 11.3 4.3-26.6 8 26.4 12.0-48.6 3 8.8 2.5-26.0
45+ 38 4 6.7 2.2-18.7 13 34.1 17.9-55.0 16 52.0 32.0-71.3 5 7.3 2.6-18.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 42 9 35.7 18.6-57.5 11 19.3 9.3-35.9 18 38.0 21.8-57.5 4 6.9 2.2-20.0
Some College + 24 6 25.3 9.5-52.1 7 24.8 10.5-48.3 7 39.6 18.7-65.2 4 10.3 3.1-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 46 11 32.1 16.8-52.6 13 21.9 11.2-38.4 16 37.1 21.4-56.2 6 8.9 3.3-21.8
$50,000+ 10 3 41.7 11.9-79.1 4 24.0 7.0-57.0 2 29.4 6.9-70.0 1 4.9 0.6-30.1

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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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