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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,361 331 28.8 25.4-32.5 372 28.7 25.5-32.2 387 25.1 22.3-28.2 271 17.3 14.6-20.3
Female 1,976 553 28.3 25.8-30.9 652 34.6 31.9-37.4 582 27.8 25.3-30.4 189 9.3 7.8-11.2
RACE
White 2,571 543 22.2 20.0-24.6 784 32.3 29.8-34.9 835 30.0 27.7-32.4 409 15.5 13.7-17.4
African American 554 258 48.5 42.4-54.6 178 33.1 27.8-39.0 90 15.0 11.5-19.3 28 3.4 2.2- 5.3
Asian 10 6 58.4 24.2-86.0 4 41.6 14.0-75.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 82 14 21.1 10.9-37.0 32 36.5 24.8-50.0 28 33.1 21.9-46.7 8 9.3 4.3-18.8
Other Minorities 111 60 54.5 40.6-67.8 23 13.6 8.1-22.0 13 10.0 4.6-20.4 15 21.8 10.2-40.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 123 74 65.7 54.4-75.4 22 16.1 9.1-26.7 15 8.4 4.2-16.0 12 9.9 5.2-18.3
-English Speaking 48 15 28.7 15.7-46.6 16 29.4 16.1-47.5 11 23.7 10.9-43.9 6 18.2 7.2-39.1
-Spanish Speaking 75 59 80.2 66.3-89.3 6 10.8 3.9-26.3 4 2.3 0.8- 6.8 6 6.7 2.7-15.5
Non-Hispanic 3,211 809 26.0 23.8-28.3 1,000 32.4 30.2-34.8 954 27.6 25.6-29.7 448 13.9 12.2-15.8
AGE
18-24 196 76 38.7 30.1-48.0 67 32.3 24.5-41.2 37 19.1 13.2-26.8 16 10.0 4.8-19.6
25-34 597 199 33.2 28.6-38.1 191 33.9 29.2-38.9 144 22.2 18.4-26.4 63 10.8 7.9-14.6
35-44 746 189 27.3 23.4-31.7 236 29.6 25.8-33.8 218 27.6 23.9-31.6 103 15.5 12.4-19.0
45-54 823 189 22.6 19.3-26.3 238 29.4 25.7-33.4 264 32.0 28.2-36.1 132 16.0 13.3-19.3
55-64 583 123 19.1 15.6-23.1 179 33.6 28.9-38.6 186 29.7 25.5-34.3 95 17.7 13.9-22.2
65-74 288 77 27.2 21.4-33.8 86 30.7 24.2-38.0 87 29.2 23.3-35.9 38 13.0 9.0-18.4
75+ 97 31 35.6 25.5-47.1 24 23.3 15.5-33.5 29 29.8 20.8-40.6 13 11.3 6.3-19.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 613 163 30.9 25.4-37.1 160 26.9 22.0-32.3 197 27.3 23.0-32.2 93 14.9 11.4-19.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,272 319 26.6 23.1-30.4 402 32.4 28.8-36.2 397 27.1 24.0-30.4 154 13.9 10.9-17.6
Some Post-H.S. 877 233 28.8 24.9-33.0 295 34.4 30.3-38.7 226 24.7 20.9-28.8 123 12.2 9.9-15.0
College Graduate 573 169 30.0 25.4-35.0 166 30.3 25.7-35.2 148 25.9 21.5-30.7 90 13.9 10.8-17.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 502 152 34.3 28.4-40.7 151 31.7 26.0-37.9 134 22.3 17.9-27.5 65 11.7 8.5-15.9
$15,000- 24,999 753 225 31.9 27.3-36.9 211 29.4 24.9-34.4 224 26.8 22.7-31.4 93 11.9 9.2-15.3
$25,000- 34,999 504 113 20.6 16.3-25.7 169 32.6 27.1-38.6 150 27.4 22.4-33.1 72 19.5 13.3-27.5
$35,000- 49,999 504 120 25.7 20.0-32.4 155 32.5 27.2-38.3 149 27.0 22.3-32.3 80 14.8 11.2-19.2
$50,000-74,999 376 83 23.0 18.1-28.7 115 33.1 26.9-39.9 114 28.0 22.9-33.7 64 16.0 12.1-20.8
$75,000+ 334 82 28.3 22.2-35.3 113 32.2 26.5-38.5 91 27.8 22.1-34.2 48 11.8 8.4-16.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,245 324 26.9 23.5-30.5 332 27.3 23.9-31.0 395 29.8 26.4-33.5 194 16.0 12.7-19.9
No 2,077 554 29.4 26.6-32.4 686 33.4 30.7-36.3 571 24.6 22.3-27.0 266 12.5 10.8-14.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 428 84 20.3 15.4-26.4 137 35.4 29.4-41.9 132 28.3 23.1-34.1 75 15.9 11.9-21.1
Non-Veteran 2,905 800 29.9 27.5-32.4 886 30.8 28.4-33.2 834 26.0 23.9-28.2 385 13.3 11.6-15.3

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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.

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