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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 80 25 31.5 20.2-45.5 24 34.6 22.5-49.2 20 25.0 14.3-39.9 11 8.9 4.3-17.5
GENDER
Male 28 8 31.8 15.1-55.1 9 40.4 21.1-63.1 4 12.6 4.5-30.2 7 15.2 6.2-32.8
Female 52 17 31.2 17.8-48.6 15 29.9 16.6-47.6 16 35.4 19.2-55.9 4 3.5 1.2- 9.8
RACE
White 57 16 31.1 17.3-49.3 14 28.1 14.7-47.0 18 31.9 17.5-50.9 9 8.9 4.2-18.0
Other 23 9 32.3 16.0-54.6 10 48.9 28.0-70.2 2 9.9 2.5-32.3 2 8.8 1.7-35.2
AGE
18-44 29 12 40.1 21.2-62.5 10 34.7 17.1-57.9 7 25.2 9.6-51.7 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 51 13 22.4 12.3-37.2 14 34.6 20.4-52.1 13 24.8 14.0-40.2 11 18.2 9.1-33.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 11 33.1 17.7-53.4 13 38.8 21.9-58.8 9 17.5 8.6-32.4 7 10.6 4.2-24.5
Some College + 40 14 29.3 15.6-48.1 11 29.1 15.0-48.9 11 35.1 16.5-59.6 4 6.5 2.1-18.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 17 33.7 18.9-52.4 15 30.4 17.0-48.1 10 27.3 12.4-49.8 6 8.7 3.1-22.2
$50,000+ 20 4 19.2 6.4-45.4 6 41.7 17.9-70.1 8 32.0 14.4-57.0 2 7.1 1.6-27.0

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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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