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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt 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
-Pitt County 73 25 41.8 28.6-56.4 20 23.7 14.4-36.4 18 22.1 13.5-34.1 10 12.4 6.3-23.0
GENDER
Male 30 10 42.8 25.0-62.8 6 20.0 8.6-40.0 7 18.8 8.6-36.3 7 18.3 8.2-36.0
Female 43 15 40.7 22.6-61.8 14 27.7 14.8-45.6 11 25.8 13.5-43.8 3 5.8 1.6-18.5
RACE
White 51 10 18.4 8.5-35.5 15 28.3 16.3-44.4 16 32.8 20.0-48.7 10 20.5 10.6-35.9
Other 22 15 77.5 55.0-90.7 5 16.6 5.8-39.3 2 5.9 1.4-21.8 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 29 12 53.0 32.5-72.6 7 19.7 8.2-40.1 8 22.8 10.9-41.7 2 4.5 0.9-19.4
45+ 44 13 29.9 16.5-48.1 13 27.9 15.5-44.9 10 21.4 10.9-37.6 8 20.8 10.1-38.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 14 53.5 32.8-73.0 8 21.2 9.2-41.7 7 18.2 7.8-36.8 2 7.1 1.7-24.9
Some College + 41 11 32.5 17.3-52.6 11 23.7 12.1-41.2 11 26.3 14.2-43.4 8 17.6 8.1-34.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 47 17 45.9 29.3-63.4 10 15.1 7.1-29.3 12 24.7 13.7-40.5 8 14.2 6.7-27.9
$50,000+ 19 3 21.4 5.5-56.4 8 42.5 19.7-69.0 6 23.7 9.1-49.1 2 12.3 2.6-42.5

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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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