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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 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 1,551 372 24.8 22.1-27.8 511 35.0 31.9-38.2 501 29.5 26.7-32.5 167 10.6 8.8-12.9
African American 317 148 44.6 38.0-51.4 105 36.1 29.7-43.0 48 15.7 11.0-21.9 16 3.6 2.1- 6.1
Asian 6 3 45.9 12.1-83.9 3 54.1 16.1-87.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 48 9 25.6 10.3-50.9 16 25.1 13.5-41.8 21 48.0 29.5-67.1 2 1.3 0.3- 5.5
Other Minorities 47 19 40.6 24.6-59.0 14 22.7 11.9-38.7 10 26.9 11.7-50.7 4 9.8 3.5-24.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 48 20 40.2 25.1-57.5 13 29.9 15.9-49.2 10 20.1 9.6-37.3 5 9.7 3.7-23.3
-English Speaking 31 7 17.6 6.5-39.5 13 47.2 26.2-69.3 7 22.2 8.7-45.8 4 13.0 4.3-33.0
-Spanish Speaking 17 13 79.4 52.9-93.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.5 4.7-44.1 1 4.1 0.6-24.5
Non-Hispanic 1,927 533 27.9 25.3-30.6 638 34.7 32.0-37.6 572 28.1 25.5-30.7 184 9.3 7.7-11.2
AGE
18-24 117 41 31.5 22.6-42.1 47 39.9 29.8-50.9 20 20.2 12.2-31.7 9 8.4 3.6-18.4
25-34 346 111 31.1 25.6-37.2 115 34.6 28.9-40.8 89 25.5 20.5-31.3 31 8.7 5.9-12.8
35-44 441 115 26.7 22.0-31.9 145 31.4 26.7-36.5 141 31.6 26.7-37.0 40 10.3 7.3-14.4
45-54 482 130 27.6 22.9-32.7 152 33.6 28.6-39.1 152 29.7 25.1-34.7 48 9.1 6.7-12.4
55-64 360 90 23.0 18.4-28.5 114 35.2 29.2-41.7 115 30.4 25.1-36.3 41 11.4 7.7-16.4
65-74 173 49 28.6 21.5-36.9 61 35.6 28.0-44.1 48 28.5 21.5-36.7 15 7.4 4.1-12.9
75+ 53 17 35.0 22.3-50.3 16 33.1 20.7-48.4 15 25.3 15.0-39.3 5 6.6 2.6-15.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 305 73 23.0 17.2-30.1 89 30.1 23.6-37.6 108 34.2 27.4-41.7 35 12.6 7.7-19.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 782 200 23.7 20.2-27.5 266 37.0 32.7-41.4 252 30.7 26.9-34.8 64 8.7 6.5-11.6
Some Post-H.S. 554 167 34.7 29.5-40.3 192 34.2 29.3-39.5 147 23.9 19.3-29.2 48 7.2 5.2-10.0
College Graduate 334 113 34.1 28.0-40.8 104 34.3 28.1-41.2 75 20.4 15.9-25.9 42 11.1 7.8-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 322 101 33.3 26.7-40.7 102 32.7 26.3-39.8 86 25.4 19.2-32.8 33 8.6 5.7-12.7
$15,000- 24,999 463 135 26.6 21.5-32.5 134 31.9 26.2-38.2 151 32.7 26.9-39.1 43 8.8 6.1-12.5
$25,000- 34,999 293 74 23.2 17.6-30.0 111 40.8 33.6-48.5 84 25.9 20.4-32.3 24 10.0 5.3-18.2
$35,000- 49,999 293 74 27.1 21.5-33.5 93 32.9 26.9-39.5 92 28.5 23.1-34.7 34 11.4 7.8-16.5
$50,000-74,999 196 45 21.3 15.5-28.5 66 34.3 26.9-42.5 62 30.5 23.4-38.7 23 13.9 8.7-21.7
$75,000+ 182 52 31.4 23.9-40.1 73 39.5 31.5-48.1 38 20.5 14.3-28.5 19 8.6 5.2-14.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 760 203 27.2 23.3-31.6 219 33.3 28.9-38.1 253 29.2 25.4-33.2 85 10.3 7.9-13.2
No 1,208 346 28.8 25.6-32.3 430 35.2 31.8-38.7 328 27.1 23.8-30.6 104 8.9 6.9-11.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 45 15 29.9 17.1-46.9 17 41.7 25.2-60.4 11 20.5 10.4-36.5 2 7.8 1.9-26.9
Non-Veteran 1,930 538 28.2 25.7-30.9 635 34.5 31.7-37.3 570 27.9 25.4-30.6 187 9.4 7.8-11.3

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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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