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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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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 II 103 25 30.6 20.5-43.1 32 27.2 18.8-37.6 35 30.8 21.7-41.8 11 11.3 6.1-20.0
GENDER
Male 48 14 37.4 22.9-54.5 12 22.1 12.0-37.1 16 30.5 18.4-46.1 6 10.0 4.3-21.5
Female 55 11 20.1 9.9-36.5 20 35.3 22.9-50.0 19 31.3 19.5-46.2 5 13.3 5.3-29.7
RACE
White 67 7 9.9 4.0-22.6 21 27.4 17.7-39.7 28 42.8 30.1-56.6 11 19.9 11.0-33.3
Other 36 18 57.7 39.0-74.4 11 27.1 14.1-45.7 7 15.2 6.5-31.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 40 11 36.9 21.2-56.0 14 25.6 14.3-41.4 10 24.2 12.5-41.4 5 13.4 5.5-28.9
45+ 63 14 25.1 13.5-41.7 18 28.7 17.6-43.2 25 36.8 24.3-51.5 6 9.4 3.9-21.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 19 37.1 23.9-52.6 18 24.1 14.5-37.2 20 28.4 17.7-42.2 7 10.4 4.7-21.6
Some College + 39 6 19.3 7.1-42.6 14 32.8 18.6-51.0 15 35.2 20.2-53.7 4 12.7 4.7-30.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 18 40.3 25.4-57.2 17 26.6 15.8-41.3 19 23.0 13.7-36.0 5 10.1 3.9-23.5
$50,000+ 25 3 10.9 3.4-29.7 9 32.4 16.4-53.8 9 42.3 23.5-63.6 4 14.4 5.3-33.7

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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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