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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

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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%)
North Carolina 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
-Northeast Partnership I 113 32 21.9 14.5-31.6 35 31.1 21.1-43.3 26 19.2 12.3-28.8 20 27.8 15.6-44.5
GENDER
Male 48 7 11.9 5.3-24.7 19 34.4 19.7-52.8 8 14.4 6.6-28.7 14 39.3 20.8-61.4
Female 65 25 36.1 24.2-50.1 16 26.5 15.4-41.5 18 26.1 16.3-39.0 6 11.3 4.8-24.7
RACE
White 62 9 10.3 4.9-20.3 20 31.7 18.3-49.0 17 18.8 10.6-31.2 16 39.2 21.5-60.2
Other 50 23 40.6 26.2-56.9 14 29.3 16.5-46.5 9 20.1 9.7-36.9 4 10.0 3.0-28.6
AGE
18-44 49 14 19.7 10.3-34.4 16 33.9 18.8-53.2 11 16.5 8.1-30.9 8 29.9 11.9-57.4
45+ 63 18 24.9 14.9-38.5 18 26.4 15.5-41.3 15 22.8 13.2-36.5 12 25.8 14.4-42.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 74 20 21.9 12.8-34.9 26 32.1 19.5-47.8 14 13.9 7.4-24.7 14 32.1 16.2-53.6
Some College + 39 12 21.8 11.6-37.0 9 29.1 15.1-48.7 12 30.7 17.1-48.9 6 18.4 7.3-39.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 79 24 24.3 14.8-37.2 26 30.7 18.8-45.8 14 13.5 7.1-24.1 15 31.5 16.0-52.6
$50,000+ 24 6 16.9 7.1-35.1 6 35.2 17.1-58.9 7 24.3 11.2-45.2 5 23.6 9.8-46.7

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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.

** 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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