BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	261	40	15.9	11.0-22.5	55	26.1	19.4-34.1	89	30.6	24.5-37.5	77	27.4	21.3-34.4
GENDER
Male	95	17	18.6	10.7-30.3	17	23.2	13.6-36.6	26	23.0	15.1-33.5	35	35.2	24.8-47.3
Female	166	23	13.4	8.3-21.0	38	28.8	20.5-38.9	63	37.6	29.3-46.6	42	20.2	14.5-27.4
RACE
White	201	26	14.9	9.3-23.0	45	27.4	19.8-36.5	67	28.4	21.8-36.1	63	29.3	22.2-37.5
Other	60	14	19.1	10.7-31.9	10	22.0	10.3-40.9	22	37.5	24.5-52.7	14	21.4	11.9-35.3
AGE
18-44	87	15	17.6	9.5-30.2	23	31.7	20.3-45.9	29	27.2	18.0-38.7	20	23.5	14.4-35.9
45+	173	25	14.4	9.5-21.2	32	21.1	14.8-29.2	59	33.6	26.3-41.8	57	30.9	23.8-39.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	14	17.4	8.5-32.4	15	16.5	9.3-27.4	23	28.6	18.1-42.0	36	37.5	25.8-50.9
Some College +	173	26	15.1	9.9-22.5	40	30.9	22.2-41.2	66	31.6	24.4-39.7	41	22.4	16.0-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	26	23.8	15.2-35.3	18	17.4	10.3-27.9	50	35.2	26.1-45.6	37	23.5	16.4-32.6
$50,000+	99	12	10.4	5.5-18.9	31	33.8	23.3-46.1	32	28.7	20.0-39.3	24	27.1	17.5-39.4

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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
-Forsyth County	261	40	15.9	11.0-22.5	55	26.1	19.4-34.1	89	30.6	24.5-37.5	77	27.4	21.3-34.4
GENDER
Male	95	17	18.6	10.7-30.3	17	23.2	13.6-36.6	26	23.0	15.1-33.5	35	35.2	24.8-47.3
Female	166	23	13.4	8.3-21.0	38	28.8	20.5-38.9	63	37.6	29.3-46.6	42	20.2	14.5-27.4
RACE
White	201	26	14.9	9.3-23.0	45	27.4	19.8-36.5	67	28.4	21.8-36.1	63	29.3	22.2-37.5
Other	60	14	19.1	10.7-31.9	10	22.0	10.3-40.9	22	37.5	24.5-52.7	14	21.4	11.9-35.3
AGE
18-44	87	15	17.6	9.5-30.2	23	31.7	20.3-45.9	29	27.2	18.0-38.7	20	23.5	14.4-35.9
45+	173	25	14.4	9.5-21.2	32	21.1	14.8-29.2	59	33.6	26.3-41.8	57	30.9	23.8-39.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	14	17.4	8.5-32.4	15	16.5	9.3-27.4	23	28.6	18.1-42.0	36	37.5	25.8-50.9
Some College +	173	26	15.1	9.9-22.5	40	30.9	22.2-41.2	66	31.6	24.4-39.7	41	22.4	16.0-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	26	23.8	15.2-35.3	18	17.4	10.3-27.9	50	35.2	26.1-45.6	37	23.5	16.4-32.6
$50,000+	99	12	10.4	5.5-18.9	31	33.8	23.3-46.1	32	28.7	20.0-39.3	24	27.1	17.5-39.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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