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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly Counties

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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
-Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly 135 37 31.3 21.5-43.2 39 25.2 17.5-34.8 41 27.7 19.1-38.4 18 15.8 8.4-27.6
GENDER
Male 58 11 28.7 15.5-47.0 17 23.2 13.3-37.2 21 28.1 16.2-44.1 9 20.0 9.0-38.8
Female 77 26 35.0 22.8-49.5 22 28.0 17.8-41.2 20 27.2 16.9-40.6 9 9.8 4.4-20.4
RACE
White 84 18 20.4 11.6-33.2 26 27.7 17.9-40.2 27 31.2 19.8-45.5 13 20.7 10.3-37.2
Other 51 19 51.4 33.2-69.2 13 20.6 10.3-36.9 14 21.3 11.4-36.2 5 6.8 2.2-18.7
AGE
18-44 68 22 35.3 21.8-51.6 19 25.0 15.1-38.5 16 21.4 11.5-36.4 11 18.3 8.4-35.4
45+ 67 15 24.0 13.5-39.0 20 25.5 15.8-38.6 25 39.4 26.4-54.0 7 11.1 4.4-25.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 93 27 33.7 21.9-48.1 24 23.0 14.5-34.5 28 25.7 16.2-38.4 14 17.5 8.6-32.5
Some College + 42 10 23.5 10.9-43.7 15 32.3 18.4-50.2 13 34.1 18.5-54.1 4 10.1 3.4-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 98 25 25.5 16.1-38.0 28 26.5 17.4-38.2 33 30.0 19.7-42.8 12 18.0 8.6-33.9
$50,000+ 20 7 43.2 20.0-69.7 6 18.7 7.3-40.4 5 30.9 11.5-60.7 2 7.1 1.7-25.9

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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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