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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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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%)
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
-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
GENDER
Male 51 11 30.4 16.1-49.8 11 23.9 12.5-40.9 17 31.6 19.0-47.5 12 14.1 7.2-25.8
Female 65 12 24.7 11.0-46.6 24 32.9 20.8-47.9 23 35.1 21.4-51.6 6 7.3 2.9-16.9
RACE
White 83 10 19.2 8.9-36.7 22 26.3 16.4-39.4 34 39.6 27.4-53.1 17 14.9 8.6-24.7
Other 33 13 49.1 27.0-71.5 13 31.6 15.6-53.6 6 17.3 6.4-39.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.3
AGE
18-44 44 9 34.1 17.9-55.0 19 33.4 19.9-50.3 11 24.3 12.7-41.6 5 8.2 3.2-19.4
45+ 72 14 19.5 10.7-33.1 16 20.2 11.2-33.8 29 45.0 32.1-58.7 13 15.2 8.3-26.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 14 25.8 13.5-43.5 21 31.3 19.5-46.2 24 32.8 20.9-47.4 11 10.2 4.9-19.8
Some College + 46 9 31.6 14.4-55.8 14 22.0 11.6-37.8 16 33.6 18.9-52.5 7 12.8 5.6-26.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 75 14 30.0 16.4-48.3 22 28.7 17.7-43.0 26 28.5 17.8-42.3 13 12.8 6.9-22.5
$50,000+ 25 6 25.3 11.6-46.5 9 27.8 14.2-47.3 9 41.9 23.4-63.0 1 5.1 0.7-28.4

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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