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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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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
-Northeastern Partnership 259 73 29.7 22.3-38.2 72 23.8 18.1-30.5 80 30.9 23.5-39.4 34 15.7 10.1-23.5
GENDER
Male 117 26 27.1 17.2-40.0 34 22.1 14.8-31.6 35 33.2 22.5-45.8 22 17.6 10.0-29.1
Female 142 47 33.9 25.1-43.9 38 26.5 18.9-35.8 45 27.1 19.8-35.8 12 12.5 6.4-23.1
RACE
White 169 30 20.4 12.4-31.7 46 22.7 16.1-31.1 63 35.7 26.1-46.6 30 21.2 13.4-31.8
African American 75 37 50.9 36.6-65.0 22 26.5 16.4-39.8 13 20.6 10.4-36.7 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5
Other Minorities 14 6 46.1 19.6-75.0 3 22.3 6.1-56.1 4 20.5 6.0-50.9 1 11.1 1.6-49.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 2 30.5 6.4-73.9 2 17.0 3.3-55.0 1 37.6 6.4-84.1 1 14.9 1.9-61.7
Non-Hispanic 253 71 29.6 22.2-38.3 70 24.1 18.3-31.0 79 30.5 23.2-38.9 33 15.7 10.0-23.8
AGE
18-24 14 4 30.4 9.8-63.8 3 14.4 4.2-39.1 5 44.9 19.2-73.7 2 10.3 2.3-36.1
25-34 44 15 33.0 18.8-51.3 15 27.3 15.4-43.7 9 19.2 9.3-35.7 5 20.4 6.8-47.7
35-44 57 16 30.0 17.7-46.2 17 27.8 16.7-42.4 16 25.0 14.7-39.3 8 17.2 8.1-32.9
45-54 73 22 29.9 18.6-44.3 17 22.2 13.4-34.6 27 37.5 25.8-50.8 7 10.4 4.8-21.2
55-64 42 5 11.9 4.3-28.6 13 31.7 17.0-51.2 16 31.4 18.2-48.6 8 25.1 11.8-45.5
65-74 21 8 41.8 21.1-65.9 3 7.9 2.3-24.1 6 26.6 11.7-49.8 4 23.6 8.4-51.0
75+ 7 3 51.2 16.8-84.5 3 33.2 8.7-72.1 1 15.6 2.1-61.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 55 16 36.2 21.5-54.0 14 15.3 8.1-27.0 17 34.2 19.6-52.6 8 14.3 6.7-27.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 107 31 30.3 18.8-44.9 33 25.7 16.9-37.2 28 25.8 15.3-40.1 15 18.2 9.1-33.0
Some Post-H.S. 64 14 21.3 11.2-36.6 16 25.8 15.1-40.4 26 41.3 26.7-57.5 8 11.7 5.2-24.1
College Graduate 33 12 35.6 18.3-57.6 9 24.3 12.1-42.7 9 24.0 11.7-43.0 3 16.2 4.9-42.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 17 43.2 25.3-63.1 18 33.4 19.2-51.3 5 7.1 2.7-17.7 7 16.3 6.7-34.7
$15,000- 24,999 56 19 40.1 22.9-60.1 14 24.9 13.5-41.4 15 15.8 8.3-28.0 8 19.2 9.0-36.2
$25,000- 34,999 37 11 26.6 12.3-48.3 8 14.9 6.0-32.4 13 37.7 17.5-63.3 5 20.9 5.7-53.5
$35,000- 49,999 26 5 21.1 8.2-44.3 7 32.6 15.2-56.4 11 29.3 15.0-49.4 3 17.1 4.6-46.7
$50,000-74,999 31 4 14.8 4.3-40.6 10 34.5 18.7-54.7 12 36.0 19.8-56.1 5 14.6 5.9-31.8
$75,000+ 27 9 32.3 16.7-53.1 6 23.5 10.0-45.9 8 30.5 15.2-51.7 4 13.8 5.0-32.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 107 29 19.7 12.4-29.8 30 27.2 17.4-39.8 33 29.7 17.5-45.6 15 23.5 11.8-41.2
No 150 44 35.3 25.4-46.6 40 21.4 15.0-29.7 47 31.7 22.9-42.1 19 11.6 7.0-18.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 39 5 12.1 4.7-27.6 14 35.1 19.1-55.5 14 29.9 16.1-48.6 6 22.9 6.9-54.2
Non-Veteran 218 68 33.8 25.3-43.5 58 21.6 15.9-28.6 64 30.2 22.0-40.0 28 14.4 9.4-21.3

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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.

** 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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