BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	481	55	11.8	8.7-15.8	114	25.8	20.6-31.7	208	42.9	37.4-48.6	104	19.5	15.7-24.0
GENDER
Male	192	23	11.9	7.5-18.3	45	25.4	17.8-34.8	80	43.1	34.8-51.9	44	19.6	14.2-26.4
Female	289	32	11.6	7.8-17.1	69	26.2	20.1-33.4	128	42.7	36.0-49.7	60	19.4	14.4-25.6
RACE
White	366	45	12.3	8.9-16.9	93	28.3	22.6-34.7	153	39.8	33.9-46.0	75	19.6	15.1-25.0
Other	111	9	9.0	4.0-19.3	20	19.0	9.2-35.0	54	52.8	40.0-65.2	28	19.3	12.5-28.4
AGE
18-44	238	27	11.4	7.4-17.4	59	27.4	20.2-36.0	104	43.8	36.1-51.7	48	17.4	12.6-23.5
45+	242	28	12.4	8.4-17.8	55	23.0	17.6-29.6	103	41.3	34.4-48.7	56	23.2	17.6-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	11	7.8	3.9-14.8	26	34.5	21.4-50.5	43	35.8	24.7-48.5	26	21.9	13.7-33.2
Some College +	374	44	13.2	9.4-18.3	88	22.7	18.3-27.8	165	45.6	39.6-51.7	77	18.5	14.4-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	191	22	12.5	7.4-20.6	39	23.5	15.0-35.0	76	42.0	32.7-51.9	54	21.9	15.9-29.4
$50,000+	221	26	12.2	8.1-18.0	61	27.5	21.0-35.1	97	42.2	34.7-50.1	37	18.1	12.7-25.2

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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
-Wake County	481	55	11.8	8.7-15.8	114	25.8	20.6-31.7	208	42.9	37.4-48.6	104	19.5	15.7-24.0
GENDER
Male	192	23	11.9	7.5-18.3	45	25.4	17.8-34.8	80	43.1	34.8-51.9	44	19.6	14.2-26.4
Female	289	32	11.6	7.8-17.1	69	26.2	20.1-33.4	128	42.7	36.0-49.7	60	19.4	14.4-25.6
RACE
White	366	45	12.3	8.9-16.9	93	28.3	22.6-34.7	153	39.8	33.9-46.0	75	19.6	15.1-25.0
Other	111	9	9.0	4.0-19.3	20	19.0	9.2-35.0	54	52.8	40.0-65.2	28	19.3	12.5-28.4
AGE
18-44	238	27	11.4	7.4-17.4	59	27.4	20.2-36.0	104	43.8	36.1-51.7	48	17.4	12.6-23.5
45+	242	28	12.4	8.4-17.8	55	23.0	17.6-29.6	103	41.3	34.4-48.7	56	23.2	17.6-30.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	106	11	7.8	3.9-14.8	26	34.5	21.4-50.5	43	35.8	24.7-48.5	26	21.9	13.7-33.2
Some College +	374	44	13.2	9.4-18.3	88	22.7	18.3-27.8	165	45.6	39.6-51.7	77	18.5	14.4-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	191	22	12.5	7.4-20.6	39	23.5	15.0-35.0	76	42.0	32.7-51.9	54	21.9	15.9-29.4
$50,000+	221	26	12.2	8.1-18.0	61	27.5	21.0-35.1	97	42.2	34.7-50.1	37	18.1	12.7-25.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake County

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