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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 1,361 331 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
RACE
White 1,020 171 19.8 16.4-23.7 273 29.7 26.0-33.8 334 30.5 26.9-34.2 242 20.0 17.2-23.2
African American 237 110 51.0 42.1-59.8 73 31.2 23.6-40.0 42 14.5 9.9-20.7 12 3.3 1.7- 6.4
Asian 4 3 67.5 16.8-95.5 1 32.5 4.5-83.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 34 5 16.8 6.4-37.5 16 47.4 29.5-66.0 7 18.9 8.3-37.6 6 16.9 7.5-33.7
Other Minorities 64 41 59.1 40.7-75.3 9 10.7 5.1-21.0 3 4.4 1.1-16.3 11 25.8 11.2-48.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 75 54 73.2 59.2-83.7 9 11.9 5.0-25.8 5 4.9 1.4-15.4 7 10.0 4.5-20.8
-English Speaking 17 8 40.4 17.7-68.0 3 10.7 3.0-32.0 4 25.2 7.2-59.6 2 23.7 6.2-59.3
-Spanish Speaking 58 46 80.3 64.6-90.1 6 12.2 4.5-29.3 1 0.4 0.1- 3.2 5 7.0 2.7-17.1
Non-Hispanic 1,284 276 24.3 21.0-28.0 362 30.4 27.0-34.0 382 27.2 24.2-30.5 264 18.0 15.2-21.2
AGE
18-24 79 35 44.0 30.9-57.9 20 26.6 16.3-40.3 17 18.3 10.7-29.4 7 11.2 3.9-27.8
25-34 251 88 34.7 27.9-42.1 76 33.3 26.5-41.0 55 19.7 14.6-26.0 32 12.3 7.9-18.6
35-44 305 74 27.9 22.0-34.7 91 28.2 22.6-34.6 77 24.2 19.1-30.2 63 19.7 15.0-25.5
45-54 341 59 18.1 13.7-23.6 86 25.7 20.6-31.5 112 34.0 28.2-40.4 84 22.2 17.5-27.6
55-64 223 33 14.9 10.1-21.5 65 31.9 24.9-39.7 71 28.9 22.6-36.2 54 24.3 18.0-31.9
65-74 115 28 26.0 17.7-36.4 25 26.4 17.0-38.6 39 29.8 21.1-40.3 23 17.8 11.2-27.0
75+ 44 14 36.1 21.7-53.5 8 13.9 6.6-26.9 14 34.2 20.7-50.8 8 15.9 7.5-30.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 308 90 35.9 28.1-44.6 71 24.8 18.3-32.6 89 23.0 17.7-29.3 58 16.3 11.8-22.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 490 119 29.1 23.5-35.3 136 28.6 23.2-34.6 145 24.1 19.6-29.2 90 18.3 13.3-24.7
Some Post-H.S. 323 66 22.6 17.2-29.1 103 34.5 28.0-41.5 79 25.5 19.8-32.1 75 17.5 13.4-22.5
College Graduate 239 56 26.7 20.2-34.2 62 26.9 20.7-34.1 73 30.3 23.7-37.9 48 16.1 11.5-22.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 180 51 35.3 25.7-46.3 49 30.5 21.4-41.5 48 19.0 13.4-26.1 32 15.1 9.6-23.1
$15,000- 24,999 290 90 36.6 29.4-44.4 77 27.2 20.6-34.9 73 21.5 16.1-28.1 50 14.8 10.5-20.4
$25,000- 34,999 211 39 18.4 12.5-26.2 58 25.8 18.6-34.7 66 28.6 21.0-37.7 48 27.2 17.5-39.6
$35,000- 49,999 211 46 24.7 16.1-35.9 62 32.2 24.4-41.1 57 25.9 19.0-34.2 46 17.2 11.9-24.3
$50,000-74,999 180 38 24.2 17.3-32.7 49 32.2 23.4-42.5 52 26.2 19.6-34.2 41 17.4 12.3-24.0
$75,000+ 152 30 25.8 17.2-36.9 40 26.4 19.0-35.5 53 33.5 24.9-43.3 29 14.3 9.2-21.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 485 121 26.5 21.4-32.3 113 21.7 17.0-27.3 142 30.5 25.0-36.6 109 21.3 15.7-28.2
No 869 208 29.9 25.6-34.6 256 32.0 28.0-36.4 243 22.6 19.5-26.1 162 15.4 12.8-18.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 383 69 19.6 14.4-26.1 120 35.0 28.7-41.8 121 28.9 23.4-35.1 73 16.6 12.2-22.0
Non-Veteran 975 262 31.7 27.6-36.0 251 26.8 23.1-30.8 264 23.9 20.7-27.5 198 17.6 14.4-21.2

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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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