BRFSS 2005 - Rowan 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
-Rowan County	257	44	16.5	11.9-22.5	49	18.5	13.7-24.5	95	38.5	31.5-46.0	69	26.4	20.4-33.5
GENDER
Male	93	9	10.7	5.4-20.2	19	18.1	11.3-27.7	38	44.3	32.9-56.3	27	26.9	17.7-38.7
Female	164	35	21.8	15.2-30.4	30	18.9	12.8-27.1	57	33.2	25.5-42.0	42	26.0	18.8-34.8
RACE
White	214	36	16.3	11.3-23.1	37	17.1	12.2-23.5	78	36.1	29.1-43.8	63	30.4	23.5-38.4
Other	42	7	16.1	7.1-32.4	12	25.1	12.7-43.5	17	49.9	31.1-68.7	6	8.9	3.7-20.1
AGE
18-44	86	19	19.3	11.7-30.1	20	20.2	12.7-30.6	29	35.1	24.3-47.6	18	25.5	15.8-38.4
45+	171	25	14.1	9.2-21.0	29	17.0	11.5-24.4	66	41.5	33.1-50.5	51	27.3	20.7-35.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	27	20.3	13.4-29.4	26	21.0	13.9-30.4	43	32.4	23.8-42.5	34	26.3	18.3-36.3
Some College +	127	17	13.0	7.5-21.7	23	16.2	10.4-24.3	52	44.2	33.9-55.0	35	26.6	18.1-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	33	16.7	11.3-23.9	33	18.0	12.3-25.5	61	36.0	27.5-45.6	49	29.3	21.4-38.6
$50,000+	56	6	14.2	5.9-30.4	12	20.1	11.1-33.6	26	47.6	33.9-61.8	12	18.1	10.2-30.3

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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
-Rowan County	257	44	16.5	11.9-22.5	49	18.5	13.7-24.5	95	38.5	31.5-46.0	69	26.4	20.4-33.5
GENDER
Male	93	9	10.7	5.4-20.2	19	18.1	11.3-27.7	38	44.3	32.9-56.3	27	26.9	17.7-38.7
Female	164	35	21.8	15.2-30.4	30	18.9	12.8-27.1	57	33.2	25.5-42.0	42	26.0	18.8-34.8
RACE
White	214	36	16.3	11.3-23.1	37	17.1	12.2-23.5	78	36.1	29.1-43.8	63	30.4	23.5-38.4
Other	42	7	16.1	7.1-32.4	12	25.1	12.7-43.5	17	49.9	31.1-68.7	6	8.9	3.7-20.1
AGE
18-44	86	19	19.3	11.7-30.1	20	20.2	12.7-30.6	29	35.1	24.3-47.6	18	25.5	15.8-38.4
45+	171	25	14.1	9.2-21.0	29	17.0	11.5-24.4	66	41.5	33.1-50.5	51	27.3	20.7-35.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	130	27	20.3	13.4-29.4	26	21.0	13.9-30.4	43	32.4	23.8-42.5	34	26.3	18.3-36.3
Some College +	127	17	13.0	7.5-21.7	23	16.2	10.4-24.3	52	44.2	33.9-55.0	35	26.6	18.1-37.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	176	33	16.7	11.3-23.9	33	18.0	12.3-25.5	61	36.0	27.5-45.6	49	29.3	21.4-38.6
$50,000+	56	6	14.2	5.9-30.4	12	20.1	11.1-33.6	26	47.6	33.9-61.8	12	18.1	10.2-30.3

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

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