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| Total Respond.# |
No | Yes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,181 | 4,667 | 74.3 | 72.5-76.0 | 1,514 | 25.7 | 24.0-27.5 |
| Buncombe County | 421 | 304 | 69.3 | 63.8-74.3 | 117 | 30.7 | 25.7-36.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 164 | 109 | 64.0 | 55.4-71.8 | 55 | 36.0 | 28.2-44.6 |
| Female | 257 | 195 | 74.5 | 67.5-80.4 | 62 | 25.5 | 19.6-32.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 377 | 276 | 71.8 | 66.1-76.9 | 101 | 28.2 | 23.1-33.9 |
| Other | 40 | 26 | 53.9 | 36.5-70.5 | 14 | 46.1 | 29.5-63.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 179 | 113 | 59.1 | 50.3-67.3 | 66 | 40.9 | 32.7-49.7 |
| 45+ | 240 | 189 | 78.2 | 71.9-83.4 | 51 | 21.8 | 16.6-28.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 174 | 113 | 61.6 | 52.5-70.0 | 61 | 38.4 | 30.0-47.5 |
| Some College + | 245 | 189 | 74.8 | 68.1-80.5 | 56 | 25.2 | 19.5-31.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 251 | 162 | 61.1 | 53.8-68.0 | 89 | 38.9 | 32.0-46.2 |
| $50,000+ | 94 | 80 | 80.7 | 69.1-88.6 | 14 | 19.3 | 11.4-30.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Cumberland | 428 | 318 | 73.5 | 67.2-79.0 | 110 | 26.5 | 21.0-32.8 |
| Durham | 400 | 324 | 81.8 | 77.0-85.8 | 76 | 18.2 | 14.2-23.0 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 341 | 75.9 | 71.1-80.1 | 114 | 24.1 | 19.9-28.9 |
| Gaston | 466 | 341 | 72.6 | 67.6-77.0 | 125 | 27.4 | 23.0-32.4 |
| Guilford | 415 | 321 | 79.0 | 74.3-82.9 | 94 | 21.0 | 17.1-25.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 429 | 341 | 80.1 | 75.4-84.1 | 88 | 19.9 | 15.9-24.6 |
| New Hanover | 405 | 301 | 75.5 | 70.1-80.1 | 104 | 24.5 | 19.9-29.9 |
| Onslow | 435 | 314 | 65.7 | 57.5-73.0 | 121 | 34.3 | 27.0-42.5 |
| Wake | 425 | 340 | 78.1 | 72.8-82.6 | 85 | 21.9 | 17.4-27.2 |
| Western NC | 616 | 462 | 73.5 | 69.2-77.3 | 154 | 26.5 | 22.7-30.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 668 | 507 | 74.8 | 70.4-78.8 | 161 | 25.2 | 21.2-29.6 |
| Eastern NC | 618 | 453 | 69.9 | 65.2-74.3 | 165 | 30.1 | 25.7-34.8 |
*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.
** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Orange,
Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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