BRFSS 2005 - Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties: (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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	244	40	13.7	9.7-19.1	56	20.7	15.5-27.2	68	33.2	25.1-42.4	80	32.4	25.2-40.5
GENDER
Male	95	17	13.7	8.1-22.3	19	16.7	10.2-26.0	25	39.1	26.6-53.1	34	30.6	21.1-42.0
Female	149	23	13.8	8.9-20.7	37	25.8	18.2-35.1	43	25.8	18.6-34.5	46	34.7	24.8-46.1
RACE
White	164	23	11.6	7.3-17.9	41	22.7	16.1-31.0	48	31.2	21.9-42.4	52	34.5	25.5-44.7
Other	80	17	18.9	11.0-30.5	15	15.9	9.0-26.7	20	37.8	23.5-54.6	28	27.4	17.4-40.2
AGE
18-44	90	13	9.8	5.2-17.8	19	17.6	10.4-28.1	29	38.8	26.0-53.3	29	33.9	22.5-47.4
45+	154	27	17.9	12.0-25.7	37	24.0	17.2-32.3	39	27.3	18.6-38.2	51	30.8	23.1-39.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	19	11.0	6.6-18.0	29	15.9	10.4-23.5	37	41.0	28.9-54.4	46	32.1	22.2-43.8
Some College +	113	21	17.2	10.9-26.3	27	27.0	18.4-37.7	31	23.0	15.6-32.5	34	32.8	23.2-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	26	15.9	10.2-23.9	27	15.8	10.2-23.6	35	35.7	24.0-49.4	43	32.7	23.1-43.9
$50,000+	81	13	14.3	7.9-24.5	22	29.5	19.3-42.3	27	34.1	22.5-48.0	19	22.1	13.4-34.1

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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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson	244	40	13.7	9.7-19.1	56	20.7	15.5-27.2	68	33.2	25.1-42.4	80	32.4	25.2-40.5
GENDER
Male	95	17	13.7	8.1-22.3	19	16.7	10.2-26.0	25	39.1	26.6-53.1	34	30.6	21.1-42.0
Female	149	23	13.8	8.9-20.7	37	25.8	18.2-35.1	43	25.8	18.6-34.5	46	34.7	24.8-46.1
RACE
White	164	23	11.6	7.3-17.9	41	22.7	16.1-31.0	48	31.2	21.9-42.4	52	34.5	25.5-44.7
Other	80	17	18.9	11.0-30.5	15	15.9	9.0-26.7	20	37.8	23.5-54.6	28	27.4	17.4-40.2
AGE
18-44	90	13	9.8	5.2-17.8	19	17.6	10.4-28.1	29	38.8	26.0-53.3	29	33.9	22.5-47.4
45+	154	27	17.9	12.0-25.7	37	24.0	17.2-32.3	39	27.3	18.6-38.2	51	30.8	23.1-39.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	131	19	11.0	6.6-18.0	29	15.9	10.4-23.5	37	41.0	28.9-54.4	46	32.1	22.2-43.8
Some College +	113	21	17.2	10.9-26.3	27	27.0	18.4-37.7	31	23.0	15.6-32.5	34	32.8	23.2-44.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	26	15.9	10.2-23.9	27	15.8	10.2-23.6	35	35.7	24.0-49.4	43	32.7	23.1-43.9
$50,000+	81	13	14.3	7.9-24.5	22	29.5	19.3-42.3	27	34.1	22.5-48.0	19	22.1	13.4-34.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson Counties

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