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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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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
-Gaston County 109 31 22.2 13.8-33.6 31 40.1 25.7-56.5 36 29.9 20.0-42.1 11 7.8 4.0-14.8
GENDER
Male 34 10 21.2 8.5-43.7 10 50.0 25.0-75.0 11 25.0 11.5-46.2 3 3.8 1.1-12.3
Female 75 21 23.0 14.6-34.4 21 31.6 20.5-45.3 25 34.0 22.8-47.4 8 11.3 5.3-22.5
RACE
White 91 22 18.4 10.3-30.7 27 42.6 26.5-60.3 31 29.9 19.2-43.5 11 9.1 4.6-17.3
Other 18 9 45.2 22.1-70.5 4 25.4 8.9-54.3 5 29.5 11.2-58.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 53 18 25.2 13.6-42.0 17 46.8 27.3-67.3 14 22.7 12.0-38.8 4 5.3 1.7-15.6
45+ 55 13 16.4 9.2-27.6 14 27.4 15.8-43.2 21 43.0 29.3-57.8 7 13.2 6.2-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 20 22.8 12.5-38.0 19 34.4 17.9-55.9 24 33.6 20.7-49.5 7 9.2 4.0-19.8
Some College + 39 11 21.0 9.6-39.9 12 50.3 27.1-73.3 12 23.3 11.3-42.0 4 5.4 1.8-14.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 23 22.1 13.0-34.8 20 38.3 21.3-58.8 23 32.5 19.8-48.4 7 7.2 3.1-15.8
$50,000+ 19 3 22.3 5.9-57.0 7 36.4 16.8-61.8 8 38.8 18.8-63.5 1 2.5 0.3-16.4

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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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