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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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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
-Onslow County 89 27 37.7 22.6-55.7 30 35.1 22.8-49.7 24 21.2 12.6-33.5 8 6.0 2.7-12.7
GENDER
Male 29 10 49.0 25.0-73.5 10 32.4 15.2-56.2 5 12.7 4.1-33.2 4 5.9 2.0-16.6
Female 60 17 24.4 14.5-38.1 20 38.4 24.9-53.9 19 31.1 19.2-46.2 4 6.1 2.0-17.2
RACE
White 73 22 40.0 23.3-59.3 21 30.4 18.1-46.4 22 22.8 13.1-36.7 8 6.8 3.1-14.4
Other 16 5 20.6 7.3-46.1 9 70.0 44.4-87.2 2 9.4 2.3-31.9 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 54 17 40.1 22.2-61.1 18 34.1 20.0-51.7 15 21.0 11.1-36.2 4 4.8 1.7-13.0
45+ 35 10 27.9 14.0-47.9 12 39.2 22.6-58.8 9 21.9 10.9-39.1 4 11.0 3.9-27.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 46 14 40.1 18.9-65.7 13 27.4 13.7-47.3 15 25.9 12.8-45.5 4 6.6 2.2-18.0
Some College + 43 13 34.4 17.7-56.1 17 45.8 27.7-65.0 9 14.7 7.0-28.2 4 5.1 1.7-14.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 17 29.9 16.3-48.2 17 34.3 20.6-51.3 17 25.4 14.1-41.4 8 10.4 4.8-21.1
$50,000+ 19 6 33.3 14.9-58.8 8 47.2 24.7-71.0 5 19.4 7.6-41.3 0 0.0 . - .

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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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