BRFSS 2005 - Robeson 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
-Robeson County	257	50	17.2	12.5-23.2	58	23.2	16.9-31.0	74	26.8	20.4-34.2	75	32.8	25.3-41.3
GENDER
Male	100	25	18.5	11.7-27.9	20	21.8	13.1-33.8	21	21.9	13.6-33.3	34	37.8	26.5-50.7
Female	157	25	15.4	10.0-23.1	38	25.2	17.5-34.9	53	33.3	24.9-42.8	41	26.1	18.8-35.1
RACE
White	107	15	12.3	6.9-21.0	30	31.9	21.5-44.6	37	33.3	23.4-45.0	25	22.4	14.5-32.8
Other	149	34	18.5	12.5-26.6	28	18.9	11.7-29.0	37	23.6	15.9-33.6	50	39.0	28.7-50.3
AGE
18-44	118	23	13.3	8.2-20.7	29	26.0	16.8-37.9	41	31.9	22.3-43.3	25	28.8	18.6-41.9
45+	138	27	22.9	15.2-33.1	29	19.3	12.8-28.0	32	19.0	13.0-26.9	50	38.8	29.3-49.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	139	22	13.5	8.4-20.8	27	19.7	12.2-30.2	37	28.1	19.3-39.0	53	38.7	29.0-49.3
Some College +	117	28	22.1	14.1-32.8	31	27.9	18.1-40.3	37	25.2	17.1-35.6	21	24.8	13.9-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	188	39	19.1	13.4-26.6	43	25.0	17.4-34.5	50	27.8	20.3-36.9	56	28.0	20.8-36.7
$50,000+	44	11	20.6	10.3-37.2	11	21.8	11.3-37.8	14	29.7	16.8-46.8	8	27.9	14.4-47.1

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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
-Robeson County	257	50	17.2	12.5-23.2	58	23.2	16.9-31.0	74	26.8	20.4-34.2	75	32.8	25.3-41.3
GENDER
Male	100	25	18.5	11.7-27.9	20	21.8	13.1-33.8	21	21.9	13.6-33.3	34	37.8	26.5-50.7
Female	157	25	15.4	10.0-23.1	38	25.2	17.5-34.9	53	33.3	24.9-42.8	41	26.1	18.8-35.1
RACE
White	107	15	12.3	6.9-21.0	30	31.9	21.5-44.6	37	33.3	23.4-45.0	25	22.4	14.5-32.8
Other	149	34	18.5	12.5-26.6	28	18.9	11.7-29.0	37	23.6	15.9-33.6	50	39.0	28.7-50.3
AGE
18-44	118	23	13.3	8.2-20.7	29	26.0	16.8-37.9	41	31.9	22.3-43.3	25	28.8	18.6-41.9
45+	138	27	22.9	15.2-33.1	29	19.3	12.8-28.0	32	19.0	13.0-26.9	50	38.8	29.3-49.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	139	22	13.5	8.4-20.8	27	19.7	12.2-30.2	37	28.1	19.3-39.0	53	38.7	29.0-49.3
Some College +	117	28	22.1	14.1-32.8	31	27.9	18.1-40.3	37	25.2	17.1-35.6	21	24.8	13.9-40.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	188	39	19.1	13.4-26.6	43	25.0	17.4-34.5	50	27.8	20.3-36.9	56	28.0	20.8-36.7
$50,000+	44	11	20.6	10.3-37.2	11	21.8	11.3-37.8	14	29.7	16.8-46.8	8	27.9	14.4-47.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

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