BRFSS 2005 - Johnston 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
-Johnston County	199	32	15.0	9.8-22.5	38	15.0	10.3-21.3	75	40.6	31.5-50.4	54	29.4	21.0-39.4
GENDER
Male	70	7	7.7	3.0-18.2	8	6.2	2.8-13.1	32	49.5	34.1-65.1	23	36.6	22.6-53.3
Female	129	25	22.7	14.4-33.8	30	24.2	16.5-34.0	43	31.3	23.1-40.8	31	21.9	14.7-31.3
RACE
White	172	28	15.3	9.5-23.7	37	16.7	11.4-23.9	64	40.6	30.6-51.3	43	27.4	18.5-38.6
Other	27	4	13.3	4.8-32.1	1	4.2	0.6-24.5	11	40.6	21.8-62.7	11	41.9	22.5-64.1
AGE
18-44	87	12	11.4	5.5-22.2	17	13.9	8.0-23.1	36	44.8	31.7-58.8	22	29.8	18.2-44.8
45+	111	20	21.1	13.0-32.5	21	16.9	10.7-25.8	38	33.0	23.8-43.8	32	28.9	19.6-40.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	95	13	9.5	5.1-17.0	16	11.4	6.4-19.5	33	36.0	23.5-50.6	33	43.2	29.3-58.3
Some College +	104	19	20.2	11.7-32.7	22	18.4	11.3-28.4	42	44.9	32.7-57.7	21	16.5	9.9-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	17	13.3	7.3-22.8	22	15.4	9.1-25.1	33	36.7	24.0-51.6	32	34.6	22.1-49.6
$50,000+	69	12	19.8	9.9-35.6	13	16.5	9.3-27.5	29	40.8	28.4-54.5	15	22.9	12.6-37.9

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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
-Johnston County	199	32	15.0	9.8-22.5	38	15.0	10.3-21.3	75	40.6	31.5-50.4	54	29.4	21.0-39.4
GENDER
Male	70	7	7.7	3.0-18.2	8	6.2	2.8-13.1	32	49.5	34.1-65.1	23	36.6	22.6-53.3
Female	129	25	22.7	14.4-33.8	30	24.2	16.5-34.0	43	31.3	23.1-40.8	31	21.9	14.7-31.3
RACE
White	172	28	15.3	9.5-23.7	37	16.7	11.4-23.9	64	40.6	30.6-51.3	43	27.4	18.5-38.6
Other	27	4	13.3	4.8-32.1	1	4.2	0.6-24.5	11	40.6	21.8-62.7	11	41.9	22.5-64.1
AGE
18-44	87	12	11.4	5.5-22.2	17	13.9	8.0-23.1	36	44.8	31.7-58.8	22	29.8	18.2-44.8
45+	111	20	21.1	13.0-32.5	21	16.9	10.7-25.8	38	33.0	23.8-43.8	32	28.9	19.6-40.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	95	13	9.5	5.1-17.0	16	11.4	6.4-19.5	33	36.0	23.5-50.6	33	43.2	29.3-58.3
Some College +	104	19	20.2	11.7-32.7	22	18.4	11.3-28.4	42	44.9	32.7-57.7	21	16.5	9.9-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	104	17	13.3	7.3-22.8	22	15.4	9.1-25.1	33	36.7	24.0-51.6	32	34.6	22.1-49.6
$50,000+	69	12	19.8	9.9-35.6	13	16.5	9.3-27.5	29	40.8	28.4-54.5	15	22.9	12.6-37.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston County

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