BRFSS 2005 - Onslow 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
-Onslow County	209	29	10.8	7.1-16.1	42	17.0	11.7-24.1	73	40.1	30.7-50.4	65	32.1	24.4-40.9
GENDER
Male	73	9	7.3	3.5-14.6	12	13.2	6.6-24.6	20	41.3	25.4-59.3	32	38.2	24.9-53.5
Female	136	20	14.2	8.7-22.3	30	20.7	13.6-30.2	53	39.0	30.0-48.8	33	26.1	18.1-36.0
RACE
White	164	27	12.2	7.8-18.5	31	14.3	9.3-21.4	56	41.3	30.3-53.2	50	32.2	23.4-42.5
Other	44	2	4.6	1.1-17.9	10	28.4	13.9-49.2	17	35.3	21.2-52.6	15	31.7	18.5-48.8
AGE
18-44	108	13	8.1	4.3-14.6	20	15.6	9.2-25.3	43	45.1	32.5-58.4	32	31.2	21.4-43.2
45+	100	16	17.1	10.2-27.1	22	20.2	12.7-30.6	30	29.1	20.4-39.6	32	33.6	24.1-44.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	10	7.8	3.9-15.2	16	13.8	7.2-24.8	26	35.9	20.5-55.0	38	42.5	28.4-57.9
Some College +	119	19	13.3	8.0-21.3	26	19.7	12.5-29.7	47	43.7	32.9-55.1	27	23.3	15.5-33.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	19	11.5	7.0-18.4	21	14.5	8.3-24.0	46	40.5	30.1-52.0	43	33.4	24.2-44.0
$50,000+	57	6	8.8	3.8-19.0	17	32.4	20.3-47.3	19	30.9	19.8-44.9	15	27.9	17.1-42.1

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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
-Onslow County	209	29	10.8	7.1-16.1	42	17.0	11.7-24.1	73	40.1	30.7-50.4	65	32.1	24.4-40.9
GENDER
Male	73	9	7.3	3.5-14.6	12	13.2	6.6-24.6	20	41.3	25.4-59.3	32	38.2	24.9-53.5
Female	136	20	14.2	8.7-22.3	30	20.7	13.6-30.2	53	39.0	30.0-48.8	33	26.1	18.1-36.0
RACE
White	164	27	12.2	7.8-18.5	31	14.3	9.3-21.4	56	41.3	30.3-53.2	50	32.2	23.4-42.5
Other	44	2	4.6	1.1-17.9	10	28.4	13.9-49.2	17	35.3	21.2-52.6	15	31.7	18.5-48.8
AGE
18-44	108	13	8.1	4.3-14.6	20	15.6	9.2-25.3	43	45.1	32.5-58.4	32	31.2	21.4-43.2
45+	100	16	17.1	10.2-27.1	22	20.2	12.7-30.6	30	29.1	20.4-39.6	32	33.6	24.1-44.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	90	10	7.8	3.9-15.2	16	13.8	7.2-24.8	26	35.9	20.5-55.0	38	42.5	28.4-57.9
Some College +	119	19	13.3	8.0-21.3	26	19.7	12.5-29.7	47	43.7	32.9-55.1	27	23.3	15.5-33.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	129	19	11.5	7.0-18.4	21	14.5	8.3-24.0	46	40.5	30.1-52.0	43	33.4	24.2-44.0
$50,000+	57	6	8.8	3.8-19.0	17	32.4	20.3-47.3	19	30.9	19.8-44.9	15	27.9	17.1-42.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow County

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