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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 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
RACE
White 925 153 16.8 13.9-20.2 250 30.9 26.7-35.4 296 32.3 28.1-36.7 226 20.0 17.0-23.4
African American 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
Native American 50 11 27.1 11.3-52.1 13 22.9 11.1-41.3 14 24.3 12.8-41.1 12 25.8 12.6-45.4
Other Minorities 89 63 74.0 58.6-85.1 20 20.5 10.3-36.6 3 2.6 0.7- 9.0 3 2.9 0.7-11.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 76 59 78.2 60.5-89.4 11 16.7 6.7-35.9 6 5.1 1.8-13.7 0 0.0 . - .
-English Speaking 15 4 45.1 16.2-77.7 5 20.0 6.1-48.7 6 34.9 11.9-68.2 0 0.0 . - .
-Spanish Speaking 61 55 83.8 60.7-94.5 6 16.2 5.5-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 1,179 247 22.5 19.3-26.1 341 31.9 28.3-35.8 341 28.0 24.6-31.8 250 17.5 15.0-20.4
AGE
18-24 76 24 32.8 22.0-45.9 25 31.0 20.6-43.7 19 26.2 16.1-39.6 8 10.0 4.8-19.6
25-34 179 64 31.7 24.4-40.1 56 36.2 27.5-46.0 38 20.9 14.5-29.1 21 11.2 6.9-17.6
35-44 224 59 30.9 23.4-39.6 60 26.8 20.4-34.4 69 27.5 21.2-34.9 36 14.7 10.3-20.6
45-54 333 72 26.2 19.9-33.7 90 28.9 22.8-35.8 91 25.7 20.3-31.9 80 19.2 14.9-24.5
55-64 266 43 17.3 12.6-23.3 69 27.1 21.0-34.3 79 27.9 22.3-34.4 75 27.7 21.9-34.2
65-74 145 34 25.8 18.2-35.3 41 27.0 19.5-36.3 42 30.0 22.2-39.2 28 17.1 11.0-25.7
75+ 28 8 29.0 14.1-50.4 10 36.4 19.7-57.1 8 29.4 14.3-50.8 2 5.3 1.3-19.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 279 77 32.7 25.3-41.2 66 24.3 16.8-33.8 72 25.4 18.9-33.3 64 17.5 12.7-23.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 461 99 27.8 22.1-34.3 133 31.3 25.8-37.4 135 26.4 21.3-32.3 94 14.4 11.2-18.5
Some Post-H.S. 309 67 21.4 15.4-28.9 90 34.6 27.3-42.8 92 27.8 21.2-35.6 60 16.1 11.7-21.9
College Graduate 203 63 36.1 28.0-45.1 62 29.6 22.5-37.9 46 19.3 13.8-26.3 32 15.0 9.7-22.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 165 42 33.1 21.3-47.4 52 33.8 21.6-48.5 31 14.3 8.9-22.2 40 18.8 12.2-28.0
$15,000- 24,999 236 69 32.1 24.9-40.2 69 31.3 24.0-39.6 57 22.7 16.2-30.8 41 14.0 9.3-20.5
$25,000- 34,999 174 36 22.4 15.3-31.5 49 32.3 22.7-43.6 54 27.2 19.5-36.4 35 18.2 11.9-26.8
$35,000- 49,999 214 39 19.9 13.8-27.9 62 34.7 26.4-44.0 65 28.7 21.6-37.1 48 16.7 11.8-22.9
$50,000-74,999 160 30 20.8 13.1-31.4 37 28.0 19.2-38.8 61 36.0 25.7-47.8 32 15.2 9.8-22.9
$75,000+ 178 50 35.2 25.6-46.2 51 24.5 17.9-32.6 41 24.6 17.0-34.1 36 15.7 10.5-22.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 509 105 23.2 18.4-28.9 145 31.6 26.0-37.8 145 27.1 21.7-33.2 114 18.1 14.3-22.5
No 726 194 31.8 27.1-36.9 202 29.2 24.7-34.1 200 25.2 21.2-29.6 130 13.8 11.1-17.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 398 80 22.7 17.1-29.4 124 35.5 29.2-42.2 116 26.1 21.1-31.8 78 15.7 11.9-20.5
Non-Veteran 856 225 30.3 26.1-34.9 229 28.7 24.5-33.3 231 25.4 21.5-29.7 171 15.5 12.8-18.6

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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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