BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	255	47	18.5	13.2-25.4	64	25.1	19.1-32.3	87	34.3	27.4-42.0	57	22.0	16.4-29.0
GENDER
Male	94	16	15.1	8.4-25.9	24	26.7	17.2-38.9	34	36.4	25.6-48.8	20	21.8	13.4-33.4
Female	161	31	22.0	14.7-31.6	40	23.5	17.1-31.5	53	32.2	24.3-41.2	37	22.3	15.6-30.8
RACE
White	184	39	21.8	14.9-30.6	51	27.6	20.2-36.5	59	31.7	23.7-41.0	35	18.9	12.5-27.4
Other	70	8	11.1	5.1-22.3	13	19.5	10.7-32.8	27	39.8	27.5-53.4	22	29.7	19.2-43.0
AGE
18-44	90	19	23.6	14.4-36.3	22	23.7	14.7-35.7	36	38.8	27.3-51.6	13	14.0	7.1-25.6
45+	164	28	14.0	9.2-20.6	42	26.7	19.3-35.6	51	30.5	23.0-39.2	43	28.8	21.1-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	100	18	19.8	11.2-32.4	18	18.4	10.4-30.5	30	29.9	19.8-42.3	34	32.0	21.8-44.3
Some College +	155	29	17.6	11.6-26.0	46	29.9	22.0-39.3	57	37.5	28.6-47.3	23	15.0	9.2-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	27	22.5	14.2-33.6	30	23.0	14.9-33.6	40	33.6	23.7-45.3	32	20.9	14.1-29.8
$50,000+	92	14	13.3	7.2-23.3	28	33.0	22.5-45.5	37	35.6	25.4-47.3	13	18.0	9.5-31.7

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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
-Guilford County	255	47	18.5	13.2-25.4	64	25.1	19.1-32.3	87	34.3	27.4-42.0	57	22.0	16.4-29.0
GENDER
Male	94	16	15.1	8.4-25.9	24	26.7	17.2-38.9	34	36.4	25.6-48.8	20	21.8	13.4-33.4
Female	161	31	22.0	14.7-31.6	40	23.5	17.1-31.5	53	32.2	24.3-41.2	37	22.3	15.6-30.8
RACE
White	184	39	21.8	14.9-30.6	51	27.6	20.2-36.5	59	31.7	23.7-41.0	35	18.9	12.5-27.4
Other	70	8	11.1	5.1-22.3	13	19.5	10.7-32.8	27	39.8	27.5-53.4	22	29.7	19.2-43.0
AGE
18-44	90	19	23.6	14.4-36.3	22	23.7	14.7-35.7	36	38.8	27.3-51.6	13	14.0	7.1-25.6
45+	164	28	14.0	9.2-20.6	42	26.7	19.3-35.6	51	30.5	23.0-39.2	43	28.8	21.1-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	100	18	19.8	11.2-32.4	18	18.4	10.4-30.5	30	29.9	19.8-42.3	34	32.0	21.8-44.3
Some College +	155	29	17.6	11.6-26.0	46	29.9	22.0-39.3	57	37.5	28.6-47.3	23	15.0	9.2-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	27	22.5	14.2-33.6	30	23.0	14.9-33.6	40	33.6	23.7-45.3	32	20.9	14.1-29.8
$50,000+	92	14	13.3	7.2-23.3	28	33.0	22.5-45.5	37	35.6	25.4-47.3	13	18.0	9.5-31.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

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