BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (On the average, about how many cigarettes a day do you now smoke?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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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
North Carolina	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
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	94	23	35.1	21.5-51.6	29	21.1	13.2-32.1	24	27.3	16.3-42.1	18	16.5	9.6-26.8
Buncombe	57	17	24.7	14.4-39.0	20	44.7	28.2-62.4	15	23.6	11.6-42.1	5	7.1	2.4-19.2
Cabarrus	66	11	20.7	9.3-39.9	24	34.7	21.0-51.5	21	30.9	17.9-48.0	10	13.7	7.0-25.1
Catawba	83	23	26.2	15.9-40.1	20	24.1	13.8-38.7	26	27.4	17.0-41.1	14	22.2	10.1-42.2
Cumberland	105	24	20.9	12.4-32.9	34	34.1	23.2-47.0	29	29.5	18.3-43.8	18	15.6	8.9-25.8
Davidson	96	17	14.8	8.7-24.1	36	43.9	31.8-56.7	29	28.2	19.2-39.3	14	13.2	7.5-22.1
Durham	59	23	53.3	35.2-70.6	19	27.7	15.6-44.2	14	15.3	8.1-26.9	3	3.7	1.1-12.4
Forsyth	78	11	16.3	7.9-30.6	32	38.8	26.5-52.6	27	33.5	21.3-48.4	8	11.4	5.1-23.6
Gaston	78	17	25.2	13.1-42.9	19	19.7	11.9-31.0	26	29.6	18.9-43.2	16	25.5	13.8-42.1
Guilford	75	22	35.4	21.2-52.7	25	37.3	23.7-53.3	19	16.0	9.1-26.7	9	11.3	5.1-23.2
Iredell	81	28	43.3	29.8-57.8	26	29.5	18.6-43.4	16	17.3	8.4-32.3	11	9.9	5.0-18.6
Johnston	88	30	34.2	20.4-51.3	21	16.8	9.8-27.4	27	39.4	23.4-58.1	10	9.6	4.6-18.7
Mecklenburg	120	60	54.0	41.5-66.0	33	27.9	18.8-39.4	18	12.5	4.7-29.3	9	5.5	2.6-11.3
New Hanover	65	22	35.0	22.5-49.9	17	26.0	15.9-39.4	16	24.9	14.7-38.9	10	14.1	7.3-25.5
Onslow	81	21	24.2	14.2-37.9	20	27.4	16.1-42.6	24	31.3	18.8-47.3	16	17.1	9.7-28.4
Orange	32	13	64.6	38.2-84.4	12	25.4	10.6-49.4	6	7.2	2.6-18.5	1	2.8	0.4-18.4
Pitt	69	24	31.4	20.1-45.4	20	32.6	19.9-48.4	13	18.6	10.4-31.2	12	17.4	9.2-30.5
Randolph	81	21	23.0	14.1-35.3	22	25.9	16.1-38.9	25	33.8	22.3-47.5	13	17.3	8.3-32.6
Robeson	91	25	30.3	19.6-43.7	36	33.1	22.8-45.3	18	22.2	13.4-34.6	12	14.4	7.5-25.8
Rowan	83	15	17.6	9.6-30.1	31	32.0	21.6-44.6	23	30.2	19.4-43.8	14	20.2	11.5-33.0
Union	58	18	31.9	18.9-48.5	19	26.7	16.1-40.9	17	34.2	20.7-51.0	4	7.2	2.5-19.1
Wake	76	30	37.6	24.8-52.3	22	37.6	22.9-55.0	17	17.2	9.8-28.6	7	7.6	3.0-17.7
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	81	16	14.2	8.2-23.7	17	29.4	16.2-47.3	31	39.5	26.8-53.7	17	16.9	9.9-27.4
Northeast Partnership II***	116	23	27.9	17.1-42.1	35	27.8	19.0-38.9	40	33.1	23.4-44.5	18	11.1	6.5-18.4
Northeast Partnership I***	70	32	46.4	32.9-60.5	8	12.4	5.6-25.2	22	30.1	19.2-43.7	8	11.2	5.1-22.7
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	88	20	23.5	14.6-35.5	34	43.0	30.7-56.3	21	19.6	12.0-30.4	13	13.9	7.5-24.5
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	90	28	34.1	22.9-47.3	29	29.1	19.2-41.5	20	22.8	13.7-35.4	13	14.0	7.8-23.8
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	100	24	24.6	16.0-35.8	35	31.0	21.0-43.2	31	34.6	24.0-46.9	10	9.8	4.9-18.7
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	115	33	23.0	15.2-33.4	40	31.9	21.9-43.7	29	30.1	17.9-45.9	13	15.0	7.8-26.9
Chatham/Lee/Moore	78	19	26.2	16.5-39.0	20	20.0	12.5-30.4	26	35.0	23.6-48.5	13	18.8	10.5-31.4
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	107	29	25.0	15.9-37.0	35	24.4	16.0-35.4	31	34.6	22.8-48.6	12	16.0	7.3-31.5
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	105	22	25.5	15.6-38.6	34	34.9	23.6-48.1	35	29.9	20.6-41.3	14	9.8	5.2-17.7
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	89	23	31.2	19.9-45.3	29	32.4	20.6-47.0	23	18.3	10.8-29.2	14	18.1	8.7-33.7
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	108	27	28.1	18.4-40.4	40	38.3	26.9-51.3	28	26.2	16.4-39.0	13	7.4	3.8-13.9
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	131	28	15.7	9.8-24.3	44	34.2	23.9-46.3	36	32.0	21.9-44.2	23	18.0	11.0-28.1
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	226	64	30.1	22.2-39.4	50	23.3	17.0-31.0	76	33.2	26.0-41.3	36	13.5	9.3-19.1
No	2,768	755	29.3	26.9-31.9	887	32.2	29.7-34.8	747	25.9	23.6-28.3	379	12.6	11.1-14.3
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	1,058	296	27.6	24.0-31.6	316	29.9	26.2-33.8	291	29.3	25.6-33.3	155	13.2	11.0-15.9
Piedmont	1,581	438	32.5	29.1-36.2	500	31.4	28.0-34.9	434	24.2	21.3-27.4	209	11.9	10.0-14.2
Western NC	355	85	21.9	17.2-27.4	121	35.9	29.3-43.2	98	28.2	22.1-35.2	51	14.0	9.9-19.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	188	45	18.3	12.9-25.4	64	37.3	28.2-47.3	51	29.6	21.2-39.5	28	14.8	9.5-22.5
Northwest	649	143	23.6	19.3-28.4	225	35.3	30.3-40.7	188	28.1	23.4-33.2	93	13.1	10.0-17.0
Charlotte	401	131	40.5	33.5-47.9	119	28.6	22.6-35.5	105	21.2	15.6-28.2	46	9.7	6.7-13.8
Greensboro	366	98	32.4	25.1-40.7	116	30.7	24.2-38.1	98	23.3	18.1-29.5	54	13.5	9.5-19.0
Southern Regional	355	89	25.3	19.4-32.1	118	29.7	23.6-36.5	96	30.1	23.6-37.5	52	15.0	10.7-20.7
Coastal	155	46	30.6	22.4-40.2	48	28.4	20.3-38.1	40	28.8	20.4-38.9	21	12.2	7.5-19.3
Wake	360	128	38.0	30.6-46.0	103	30.1	22.8-38.5	93	23.1	17.3-30.1	36	8.9	5.9-13.2
Area L	137	39	27.4	19.1-37.6	43	36.9	27.2-47.8	36	22.9	16.0-31.7	19	12.8	7.7-20.6
Eastern	383	100	25.5	19.8-32.4	101	28.2	22.2-35.0	116	31.2	25.4-37.7	66	15.0	11.3-19.8

Total
Respond.^

<10 cigaretts/per day

10-20 cigarettes/per day

20 cigs.(one pack)/per day

More than 20 cigarettes/per day

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

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

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

35.1

21.5-51.6

21.1

13.2-32.1

27.3

16.3-42.1

16.5

9.6-26.8

Buncombe

24.7

14.4-39.0

44.7

28.2-62.4

23.6

11.6-42.1

7.1

2.4-19.2

Cabarrus

20.7

9.3-39.9

34.7

21.0-51.5

30.9

17.9-48.0

13.7

7.0-25.1

Catawba

26.2

15.9-40.1

24.1

13.8-38.7

27.4

17.0-41.1

22.2

10.1-42.2

Cumberland

105

20.9

12.4-32.9

34.1

23.2-47.0

29.5

18.3-43.8

15.6

8.9-25.8

Davidson

14.8

8.7-24.1

43.9

31.8-56.7

28.2

19.2-39.3

13.2

7.5-22.1

Durham

53.3

35.2-70.6

27.7

15.6-44.2

15.3

8.1-26.9

3.7

1.1-12.4

Forsyth

16.3

7.9-30.6

38.8

26.5-52.6

33.5

21.3-48.4

11.4

5.1-23.6

Gaston

25.2

13.1-42.9

19.7

11.9-31.0

29.6

18.9-43.2

25.5

13.8-42.1

Guilford

35.4

21.2-52.7

37.3

23.7-53.3

16.0

9.1-26.7

11.3

5.1-23.2

Iredell

43.3

29.8-57.8

29.5

18.6-43.4

17.3

8.4-32.3

9.9

5.0-18.6

Johnston

34.2

20.4-51.3

16.8

9.8-27.4

39.4

23.4-58.1

9.6

4.6-18.7

Mecklenburg

120

54.0

41.5-66.0

27.9

18.8-39.4

12.5

4.7-29.3

5.5

2.6-11.3

New Hanover

35.0

22.5-49.9

26.0

15.9-39.4

24.9

14.7-38.9

14.1

7.3-25.5

Onslow

24.2

14.2-37.9

27.4

16.1-42.6

31.3

18.8-47.3

17.1

9.7-28.4

Orange

64.6

38.2-84.4

25.4

10.6-49.4

7.2

2.6-18.5

2.8

0.4-18.4

Pitt

31.4

20.1-45.4

32.6

19.9-48.4

18.6

10.4-31.2

17.4

9.2-30.5

Randolph

23.0

14.1-35.3

25.9

16.1-38.9

33.8

22.3-47.5

17.3

8.3-32.6

Robeson

30.3

19.6-43.7

33.1

22.8-45.3

22.2

13.4-34.6

14.4

7.5-25.8

Rowan

17.6

9.6-30.1

32.0

21.6-44.6

30.2

19.4-43.8

20.2

11.5-33.0

Union

31.9

18.9-48.5

26.7

16.1-40.9

34.2

20.7-51.0

7.2

2.5-19.1

Wake

37.6

24.8-52.3

37.6

22.9-55.0

17.2

9.8-28.6

7.6

3.0-17.7

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

14.2

8.2-23.7

29.4

16.2-47.3

39.5

26.8-53.7

16.9

9.9-27.4

Northeast Partnership II***

116

27.9

17.1-42.1

27.8

19.0-38.9

33.1

23.4-44.5

11.1

6.5-18.4

Northeast Partnership I***

46.4

32.9-60.5

12.4

5.6-25.2

30.1

19.2-43.7

11.2

5.1-22.7

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

23.5

14.6-35.5

43.0

30.7-56.3

19.6

12.0-30.4

13.9

7.5-24.5

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

34.1

22.9-47.3

29.1

19.2-41.5

22.8

13.7-35.4

14.0

7.8-23.8

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

100

24.6

16.0-35.8

31.0

21.0-43.2

34.6

24.0-46.9

9.8

4.9-18.7

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

115

23.0

15.2-33.4

31.9

21.9-43.7

30.1

17.9-45.9

15.0

7.8-26.9

Chatham/Lee/Moore

26.2

16.5-39.0

20.0

12.5-30.4

35.0

23.6-48.5

18.8

10.5-31.4

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

107

25.0

15.9-37.0

24.4

16.0-35.4

34.6

22.8-48.6

16.0

7.3-31.5

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

105

25.5

15.6-38.6

34.9

23.6-48.1

29.9

20.6-41.3

9.8

5.2-17.7

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

31.2

19.9-45.3

32.4

20.6-47.0

18.3

10.8-29.2

18.1

8.7-33.7

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

108

28.1

18.4-40.4

38.3

26.9-51.3

26.2

16.4-39.0

7.4

3.8-13.9

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

131

15.7

9.8-24.3

34.2

23.9-46.3

32.0

21.9-44.2

18.0

11.0-28.1

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

226

30.1

22.2-39.4

23.3

17.0-31.0

33.2

26.0-41.3

13.5

9.3-19.1

2,768

755

29.3

26.9-31.9

887

32.2

29.7-34.8

747

25.9

23.6-28.3

379

12.6

11.1-14.3

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

1,058

296

27.6

24.0-31.6

316

29.9

26.2-33.8

291

29.3

25.6-33.3

155

13.2

11.0-15.9

Piedmont

1,581

438

32.5

29.1-36.2

500

31.4

28.0-34.9

434

24.2

21.3-27.4

209

11.9

10.0-14.2

Western NC

355

21.9

17.2-27.4

121

35.9

29.3-43.2

28.2

22.1-35.2

14.0

9.9-19.3

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

188

18.3

12.9-25.4

37.3

28.2-47.3

29.6

21.2-39.5

14.8

9.5-22.5

Northwest

649

143

23.6

19.3-28.4

225

35.3

30.3-40.7

188

28.1

23.4-33.2

13.1

10.0-17.0

Charlotte

401

131

40.5

33.5-47.9

119

28.6

22.6-35.5

105

21.2

15.6-28.2

9.7

6.7-13.8

Greensboro

366

32.4

25.1-40.7

116

30.7

24.2-38.1

23.3

18.1-29.5

13.5

9.5-19.0

Southern Regional

355

25.3

19.4-32.1

118

29.7

23.6-36.5

30.1

23.6-37.5

15.0

10.7-20.7

Coastal

155

30.6

22.4-40.2

28.4

20.3-38.1

28.8

20.4-38.9

12.2

7.5-19.3

Wake

360

128

38.0

30.6-46.0

103

30.1

22.8-38.5

23.1

17.3-30.1

8.9

5.9-13.2

Area L

137

27.4

19.1-37.6

36.9

27.2-47.8

22.9

16.0-31.7

12.8

7.7-20.6

Eastern

383

100

25.5

19.8-32.4

101

28.2

22.2-35.0

116

31.2

25.4-37.7

15.0

11.3-19.8

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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.

**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.

***Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

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