BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (States add a special tax to cigarettes. The national average is $0.84. and the NC tax is 5 cents. <br>How much additional tax on a pack of cigarettes would you be willing to support if a considerable portion of the money raised was used to fund smoking pr evention programs for our youth and provide treatment options for tobacco users who want to quit?)

	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49	$0.50-$1.00	>$1.00	No tax
North Carolina	9,491	1,384	14.4	13.4-15.3	2,073	22.5	21.4-23.8	3,435	37.1	35.8-38.5	2,599	26.0	24.8-27.2
-New Hanover County	267	38	14.6	10.2-20.5	58	24.5	18.2-32.2	111	38.7	31.9-45.9	60	22.2	16.7-28.7
GENDER
Male	99	11	12.0	6.2-22.0	23	29.6	19.1-42.9	41	33.9	24.5-44.7	24	24.5	16.0-35.7
Female	168	27	17.3	11.5-25.1	35	19.4	13.9-26.5	70	43.6	34.8-52.8	36	19.8	13.8-27.4
RACE
White	231	35	16.0	11.0-22.7	52	26.6	19.5-35.2	98	38.3	31.1-46.0	46	19.1	13.9-25.8
Other	36	3	7.2	2.2-20.8	6	13.1	4.9-30.7	13	40.9	23.5-60.8	14	38.9	21.8-59.3
AGE
18-44	101	14	14.2	7.9-24.2	27	29.6	19.1-42.9	39	34.7	24.6-46.4	21	21.5	13.3-32.7
45+	164	24	15.2	9.8-23.0	31	19.8	13.7-27.8	72	43.2	34.9-52.0	37	21.7	15.4-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	85	17	21.0	12.2-33.6	13	13.4	6.2-26.6	31	37.2	25.5-50.5	24	28.5	18.2-41.6
Some College +	182	21	11.3	7.0-17.7	45	30.5	22.2-40.2	80	39.5	31.5-48.1	36	18.8	13.0-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	17	12.2	7.0-20.5	29	23.4	15.0-34.7	52	39.0	29.2-49.7	33	25.4	17.3-35.5
$50,000+	100	16	20.0	11.9-31.7	23	23.0	15.1-33.3	48	42.2	32.2-52.9	13	14.8	8.4-24.8

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^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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	Total Respond.^	<$0.25-$0.49			$0.50-$1.00			>$1.00			No tax
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	9,491	1,384	14.4	13.4-15.3	2,073	22.5	21.4-23.8	3,435	37.1	35.8-38.5	2,599	26.0	24.8-27.2
-New Hanover County	267	38	14.6	10.2-20.5	58	24.5	18.2-32.2	111	38.7	31.9-45.9	60	22.2	16.7-28.7
GENDER
Male	99	11	12.0	6.2-22.0	23	29.6	19.1-42.9	41	33.9	24.5-44.7	24	24.5	16.0-35.7
Female	168	27	17.3	11.5-25.1	35	19.4	13.9-26.5	70	43.6	34.8-52.8	36	19.8	13.8-27.4
RACE
White	231	35	16.0	11.0-22.7	52	26.6	19.5-35.2	98	38.3	31.1-46.0	46	19.1	13.9-25.8
Other	36	3	7.2	2.2-20.8	6	13.1	4.9-30.7	13	40.9	23.5-60.8	14	38.9	21.8-59.3
AGE
18-44	101	14	14.2	7.9-24.2	27	29.6	19.1-42.9	39	34.7	24.6-46.4	21	21.5	13.3-32.7
45+	164	24	15.2	9.8-23.0	31	19.8	13.7-27.8	72	43.2	34.9-52.0	37	21.7	15.4-29.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	85	17	21.0	12.2-33.6	13	13.4	6.2-26.6	31	37.2	25.5-50.5	24	28.5	18.2-41.6
Some College +	182	21	11.3	7.0-17.7	45	30.5	22.2-40.2	80	39.5	31.5-48.1	36	18.8	13.0-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	131	17	12.2	7.0-20.5	29	23.4	15.0-34.7	52	39.0	29.2-49.7	33	25.4	17.3-35.5
$50,000+	100	16	20.0	11.9-31.7	23	23.0	15.1-33.3	48	42.2	32.2-52.9	13	14.8	8.4-24.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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