BRFSS 2005 - Pitt 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
-Pitt County	233	30	13.9	9.5-19.9	56	25.3	19.2-32.7	74	33.7	26.4-41.9	73	27.0	21.0-34.0
GENDER
Male	82	10	11.2	5.7-21.0	19	23.0	14.6-34.4	30	40.2	28.4-53.3	23	25.5	16.7-37.0
Female	151	20	16.3	10.4-24.7	37	27.4	19.2-37.4	44	28.0	19.8-37.9	50	28.3	20.9-37.2
RACE
White	156	23	16.3	10.7-24.1	41	29.7	21.7-39.2	51	32.4	24.4-41.6	41	21.5	15.2-29.5
Other	77	7	9.7	4.2-20.8	15	17.7	10.1-29.2	23	36.1	22.8-51.9	32	36.5	24.9-50.0
AGE
18-44	95	10	10.8	5.6-19.7	25	27.6	18.4-39.2	29	34.0	23.2-46.9	31	27.6	18.8-38.5
45+	136	20	17.8	11.3-26.9	31	23.2	16.0-32.5	44	32.9	24.1-43.1	41	26.1	18.8-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	11	11.1	5.7-20.4	19	22.1	13.6-34.0	23	35.5	22.8-50.6	35	31.3	21.4-43.3
Some College +	144	19	15.8	9.9-24.1	36	26.7	18.8-36.5	51	33.0	24.7-42.4	38	24.5	17.3-33.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	18	16.3	9.9-25.5	30	24.2	16.5-34.2	34	30.7	20.8-42.8	44	28.8	20.7-38.5
$50,000+	85	11	13.2	7.1-23.2	23	30.0	19.5-43.2	35	39.8	28.6-52.3	16	17.0	10.1-27.2

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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
-Pitt County	233	30	13.9	9.5-19.9	56	25.3	19.2-32.7	74	33.7	26.4-41.9	73	27.0	21.0-34.0
GENDER
Male	82	10	11.2	5.7-21.0	19	23.0	14.6-34.4	30	40.2	28.4-53.3	23	25.5	16.7-37.0
Female	151	20	16.3	10.4-24.7	37	27.4	19.2-37.4	44	28.0	19.8-37.9	50	28.3	20.9-37.2
RACE
White	156	23	16.3	10.7-24.1	41	29.7	21.7-39.2	51	32.4	24.4-41.6	41	21.5	15.2-29.5
Other	77	7	9.7	4.2-20.8	15	17.7	10.1-29.2	23	36.1	22.8-51.9	32	36.5	24.9-50.0
AGE
18-44	95	10	10.8	5.6-19.7	25	27.6	18.4-39.2	29	34.0	23.2-46.9	31	27.6	18.8-38.5
45+	136	20	17.8	11.3-26.9	31	23.2	16.0-32.5	44	32.9	24.1-43.1	41	26.1	18.8-34.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	88	11	11.1	5.7-20.4	19	22.1	13.6-34.0	23	35.5	22.8-50.6	35	31.3	21.4-43.3
Some College +	144	19	15.8	9.9-24.1	36	26.7	18.8-36.5	51	33.0	24.7-42.4	38	24.5	17.3-33.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	126	18	16.3	9.9-25.5	30	24.2	16.5-34.2	34	30.7	20.8-42.8	44	28.8	20.7-38.5
$50,000+	85	11	13.2	7.1-23.2	23	30.0	19.5-43.2	35	39.8	28.6-52.3	16	17.0	10.1-27.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Pitt County

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