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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 2,994 819 29.4 27.0-31.8 937 31.6 29.2-34.1 823 26.4 24.2-28.7 415 12.6 11.2-14.3
GENDER
Male 1,256 306 28.5 25.0-32.2 353 30.4 26.8-34.2 347 25.6 22.3-29.1 250 15.6 13.3-18.2
Female 1,738 513 30.5 27.6-33.5 584 33.2 30.3-36.2 476 27.4 24.6-30.4 165 8.9 7.4-10.7
RACE
White 2,261 486 20.9 18.8-23.3 692 32.1 29.3-34.9 705 31.6 28.9-34.4 378 15.4 13.6-17.4
African American 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
Asian 6 4 85.7 47.7-97.5 2 14.3 2.5-52.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 106 21 22.7 11.2-40.5 42 30.9 20.2-44.1 28 25.2 16.0-37.2 15 21.3 11.3-36.4
Other Minorities 129 89 74.1 61.1-83.9 27 18.8 10.0-32.5 7 3.5 1.4- 8.6 6 3.6 1.3- 9.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 117 85 77.3 63.0-87.2 18 16.2 7.4-31.8 11 5.8 2.6-12.7 3 0.6 0.2- 2.0
-English Speaking 49 23 56.1 37.3-73.2 12 18.9 9.3-34.5 11 22.6 10.4-42.4 3 2.4 0.7- 7.9
-Spanish Speaking 68 62 84.7 62.5-94.9 6 15.3 5.1-37.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 2,876 734 25.6 23.4-28.0 918 32.8 30.4-35.3 812 28.0 25.7-30.4 412 13.6 12.0-15.3
AGE
18-24 164 57 34.6 26.5-43.6 53 30.3 22.7-39.2 42 27.8 20.0-37.1 12 7.3 3.9-13.2
25-34 442 164 33.0 27.9-38.6 151 36.5 30.6-42.9 92 21.8 17.2-27.1 35 8.7 5.8-12.7
35-44 601 159 29.1 24.3-34.3 208 32.6 28.1-37.4 164 25.9 21.8-30.4 70 12.5 9.6-16.1
45-54 762 191 27.3 23.0-32.1 212 28.4 24.2-32.9 222 27.9 24.0-32.1 137 16.5 13.5-19.9
55-64 606 132 20.9 17.3-25.0 176 28.6 24.3-33.3 189 30.2 26.0-34.7 109 20.3 16.7-24.5
65-74 319 78 23.6 18.4-29.7 100 29.7 24.1-35.9 94 31.0 25.3-37.3 47 15.8 11.3-21.6
75+ 85 33 41.3 29.3-54.5 32 36.7 25.6-49.5 17 19.4 11.6-30.8 3 2.5 0.8- 8.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 587 149 29.9 24.5-36.0 169 24.5 19.2-30.7 163 29.5 24.2-35.5 106 16.0 12.4-20.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,075 259 27.8 24.0-31.9 334 32.3 28.4-36.3 328 28.0 24.4-31.9 154 12.0 9.8-14.5
Some Post-H.S. 825 230 25.8 21.7-30.3 275 36.4 31.6-41.3 217 25.7 21.6-30.3 103 12.1 9.5-15.4
College Graduate 501 181 39.7 34.1-45.6 156 30.5 25.6-35.9 112 19.0 15.2-23.5 52 10.8 7.6-15.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 480 127 31.7 24.6-39.6 169 33.3 26.2-41.2 114 21.0 16.3-26.5 70 14.1 10.2-19.1
$15,000- 24,999 598 168 30.9 25.9-36.4 183 30.2 25.3-35.7 164 26.4 21.7-31.8 83 12.4 9.3-16.4
$25,000- 34,999 414 104 27.4 21.9-33.8 131 33.5 27.2-40.3 118 25.1 20.1-30.8 61 14.1 10.2-19.1
$35,000- 49,999 471 117 24.1 19.5-29.3 139 33.1 27.4-39.3 142 29.3 24.1-35.0 73 13.6 10.3-17.7
$50,000-74,999 364 93 24.2 18.6-31.0 113 33.8 27.0-41.3 112 30.8 24.0-38.6 46 11.1 7.7-15.8
$75,000+ 327 110 38.0 30.7-45.8 100 27.4 22.0-33.6 72 22.3 16.7-29.1 45 12.3 8.6-17.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,245 294 24.4 21.1-28.1 391 32.1 28.4-36.1 349 27.8 24.1-31.7 211 15.7 13.2-18.5
No 1,713 512 32.5 29.4-35.8 535 31.0 27.9-34.3 468 25.8 23.1-28.8 198 10.6 8.9-12.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 455 100 24.5 19.2-30.8 141 35.4 29.5-41.6 128 25.2 20.6-30.4 86 14.9 11.5-19.2
Non-Veteran 2,537 718 30.2 27.7-32.9 796 31.0 28.4-33.7 695 26.6 24.2-29.2 328 12.2 10.6-13.9

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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.

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