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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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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%)
TOTAL 485 218 46.4 40.1-52.9 171 36.0 30.3-42.1 81 14.8 11.1-19.3 15 2.8 1.4- 5.5
GENDER
Male 185 78 45.6 36.0-55.7 67 36.6 28.1-46.1 32 14.1 9.1-21.4 8 3.6 1.4- 8.9
Female 300 140 47.4 40.0-54.9 104 35.2 28.6-42.6 49 15.5 10.9-21.6 7 1.9 0.8- 4.2
AGE
18-24 28 13 48.4 28.6-68.6 10 34.5 17.8-56.2 4 11.4 3.8-29.5 1 5.8 0.8-31.3
25-34 70 34 44.6 30.8-59.4 30 49.2 34.8-63.6 5 5.5 2.1-13.5 1 0.7 0.1- 4.9
35-44 85 37 46.9 32.0-62.3 33 33.1 21.6-47.1 13 18.7 9.0-34.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2
45-54 139 64 49.2 36.9-61.5 49 35.3 25.1-46.9 24 14.7 8.6-23.9 2 0.8 0.2- 3.4
55-64 95 35 34.1 23.8-46.2 31 33.3 22.2-46.5 25 27.0 17.5-39.0 4 5.7 1.9-15.5
65-74 52 27 53.8 37.6-69.2 13 23.7 12.4-40.4 8 14.6 6.9-28.3 4 8.0 2.6-21.6
75+ 13 6 57.5 28.1-82.4 5 34.8 13.0-65.6 2 7.7 1.7-28.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 50 37.2 26.6-49.1 42 34.9 24.8-46.7 24 22.0 13.7-33.5 6 5.8 1.7-18.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 203 87 43.8 34.7-53.4 78 41.2 32.3-50.7 34 13.4 8.4-20.8 4 1.6 0.5- 4.5
Some Post-H.S. 105 52 52.1 37.6-66.3 39 33.5 22.2-47.0 12 13.2 6.8-23.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0
College Graduate 55 29 66.9 50.0-80.3 12 20.0 9.8-36.6 11 8.0 4.0-15.5 3 5.1 1.4-16.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 123 49 41.8 29.3-55.6 51 40.2 28.9-52.7 18 14.1 7.8-24.3 5 3.8 1.4- 9.8
$15,000- 24,999 132 65 46.2 35.0-57.7 41 36.1 25.6-48.2 24 16.8 10.2-26.6 2 0.9 0.2- 3.6
$25,000- 34,999 76 32 47.6 34.3-61.3 30 40.1 27.6-54.0 9 8.8 4.3-17.0 5 3.5 1.3- 8.9
$35,000- 49,999 40 18 39.7 22.8-59.5 14 35.4 19.5-55.4 7 22.1 7.3-50.5 1 2.8 0.4-17.4
$50,000-74,999 35 15 41.9 23.8-62.5 11 34.4 17.7-56.2 8 21.0 9.4-40.5 1 2.6 0.4-16.7
$75,000+ 19 12 75.6 47.6-91.4 5 17.6 5.8-42.5 2 6.8 1.1-33.2 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 215 97 46.4 37.0-56.1 77 36.5 28.1-45.8 32 13.8 8.8-21.0 9 3.3 1.6- 6.6
No 259 114 45.9 37.4-54.7 92 36.0 28.4-44.3 48 15.7 10.8-22.3 5 2.4 0.7- 7.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 66 28 48.6 31.1-66.3 23 29.5 17.6-45.1 15 21.9 11.0-38.9 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 418 189 45.9 39.3-52.6 148 37.5 31.3-44.0 66 13.3 9.8-17.7 15 3.4 1.7- 6.7

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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.

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