BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	512	57	9.3	6.9-12.4	118	24.2	19.8-29.2	237	47.2	41.9-52.6	100	19.3	15.6-23.6
GENDER
Male	193	23	9.1	5.7-14.0	48	26.9	19.8-35.5	83	46.3	37.9-54.9	39	17.7	12.7-24.2
Female	319	34	9.6	6.6-13.7	70	21.4	16.8-27.0	154	48.1	41.7-54.6	61	20.9	15.9-26.9
RACE
White	355	40	10.3	7.3-14.4	93	26.7	21.4-32.8	165	46.5	40.3-52.7	57	16.5	12.5-21.5
Other	155	17	7.6	4.4-12.7	25	19.7	12.7-29.4	71	48.4	38.5-58.3	42	24.3	17.3-33.1
AGE
18-44	198	23	9.4	6.0-14.4	41	23.1	16.5-31.5	99	49.3	40.9-57.7	35	18.2	12.8-25.3
45+	309	34	9.4	6.5-13.6	76	25.0	19.9-31.0	135	45.2	38.9-51.7	64	20.4	15.8-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	123	18	11.7	6.8-19.2	20	19.5	10.7-32.7	51	46.0	33.9-58.5	34	22.9	15.3-32.7
Some College +	387	39	8.5	6.0-12.0	98	26.1	21.3-31.5	184	47.3	41.7-53.1	66	18.1	14.0-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	208	30	10.8	7.2-15.9	46	22.9	16.3-31.2	88	45.2	36.4-54.3	44	21.1	15.1-28.6
$50,000+	235	20	7.6	4.6-12.2	64	29.9	23.1-37.7	120	48.8	41.4-56.3	31	13.6	9.3-19.5

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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
-Mecklenburg County	512	57	9.3	6.9-12.4	118	24.2	19.8-29.2	237	47.2	41.9-52.6	100	19.3	15.6-23.6
GENDER
Male	193	23	9.1	5.7-14.0	48	26.9	19.8-35.5	83	46.3	37.9-54.9	39	17.7	12.7-24.2
Female	319	34	9.6	6.6-13.7	70	21.4	16.8-27.0	154	48.1	41.7-54.6	61	20.9	15.9-26.9
RACE
White	355	40	10.3	7.3-14.4	93	26.7	21.4-32.8	165	46.5	40.3-52.7	57	16.5	12.5-21.5
Other	155	17	7.6	4.4-12.7	25	19.7	12.7-29.4	71	48.4	38.5-58.3	42	24.3	17.3-33.1
AGE
18-44	198	23	9.4	6.0-14.4	41	23.1	16.5-31.5	99	49.3	40.9-57.7	35	18.2	12.8-25.3
45+	309	34	9.4	6.5-13.6	76	25.0	19.9-31.0	135	45.2	38.9-51.7	64	20.4	15.8-25.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	123	18	11.7	6.8-19.2	20	19.5	10.7-32.7	51	46.0	33.9-58.5	34	22.9	15.3-32.7
Some College +	387	39	8.5	6.0-12.0	98	26.1	21.3-31.5	184	47.3	41.7-53.1	66	18.1	14.0-23.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	208	30	10.8	7.2-15.9	46	22.9	16.3-31.2	88	45.2	36.4-54.3	44	21.1	15.1-28.6
$50,000+	235	20	7.6	4.6-12.2	64	29.9	23.1-37.7	120	48.8	41.4-56.3	31	13.6	9.3-19.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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