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| Total Respond.# |
Every day | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,008 | 18 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.4 | 129 | 12.8 | 10.1-16.2 | 861 | 85.4 | 81.9-88.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 725 | 17 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.3 | 113 | 14.9 | 11.5-19.0 | 595 | 82.9 | 78.6-86.5 |
| Female | 283 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0- 0.3 | 16 | 5.2 | 2.7- 9.9 | 266 | 94.7 | 90.1-97.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 804 | 15 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.0 | 104 | 11.6 | 8.8-15.1 | 685 | 86.5 | 82.7-89.5 |
| African American | 146 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 14 | 12.3 | 6.3-22.6 | 131 | 87.4 | 77.1-93.4 |
| Other Minorities | 48 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.8 | 10 | 30.5 | 14.2-53.8 | 37 | 67.0 | 44.0-84.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Yes | 28 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 21.0 | 8.1-44.5 | 22 | 79.0 | 55.5-91.9 |
| No | 979 | 17 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.4 | 123 | 12.6 | 9.8-16.0 | 839 | 85.7 | 82.1-88.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 117 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.3- 6.3 | 25 | 14.7 | 8.7-23.9 | 90 | 83.8 | 74.3-90.2 |
| 25-34 | 205 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.5 | 28 | 16.4 | 9.7-26.3 | 176 | 83.5 | 73.6-90.2 |
| 35-44 | 234 | 5 | 3.6 | 1.2- 9.9 | 34 | 15.3 | 9.6-23.4 | 195 | 81.1 | 72.5-87.5 |
| 45-54 | 190 | 5 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.2 | 25 | 15.1 | 8.9-24.5 | 160 | 81.6 | 71.8-88.5 |
| 55-64 | 116 | 3 | 0.4 | 0.1- 1.4 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.0 | 103 | 92.4 | 83.7-96.6 |
| 65+ | 141 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.1 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.6 | 133 | 97.8 | 95.3-99.0 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 130 | 6 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.5 | 20 | 22.2 | 13.1-35.3 | 104 | 74.4 | 61.6-84.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 267 | 5 | 1.2 | 0.2- 5.5 | 27 | 7.6 | 4.5-12.7 | 235 | 91.2 | 85.8-94.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 268 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.4- 7.6 | 40 | 15.4 | 10.0-22.9 | 224 | 82.7 | 74.9-88.5 |
| College Graduate | 342 | 3 | 1.6 | 0.4- 5.6 | 42 | 11.2 | 7.2-16.9 | 297 | 87.3 | 81.3-91.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 84 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 5.2-32.4 | 75 | 85.3 | 67.2-94.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 158 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 17 | 13.1 | 7.2-22.7 | 141 | 86.9 | 77.3-92.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 153 | 3 | 2.5 | 0.8- 7.9 | 20 | 13.0 | 7.3-22.1 | 130 | 84.4 | 75.2-90.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 172 | 4 | 3.3 | 0.9-11.5 | 23 | 12.9 | 6.8-23.2 | 145 | 83.8 | 73.1-90.7 |
| $50,000+ | 291 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.5 | 43 | 13.0 | 8.4-19.6 | 244 | 86.5 | 79.9-91.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 71 | 1 | 5.7 | 0.8-30.5 | 6 | 9.2 | 3.9-20.2 | 64 | 85.1 | 68.6-93.8 |
| Cumberland | 66 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-15.5 | 13 | 20.2 | 11.6-32.9 | 52 | 77.3 | 64.2-86.6 |
| Durham | 56 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 13.5 | 5.3-30.4 | 50 | 86.5 | 69.6-94.7 |
| Forsyth | 63 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 11.3 | 5.3-22.2 | 55 | 88.7 | 77.8-94.7 |
| Gaston | 71 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.1-13.6 | 9 | 14.3 | 7.3-25.9 | 57 | 80.2 | 68.2-88.4 |
| Guilford | 62 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.0 | 7 | 11.7 | 5.5-23.3 | 54 | 86.8 | 75.1-93.5 |
| Mecklenburg | 70 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.5 | 10 | 16.0 | 8.1-29.1 | 59 | 81.7 | 68.3-90.2 |
| New Hanover | 59 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.0 | 9 | 18.6 | 9.6-32.8 | 49 | 79.1 | 64.6-88.6 |
| Onslow | 89 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 14 | 14.8 | 8.0-25.7 | 75 | 85.2 | 74.3-92.0 |
| Wake | 91 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 11.9 | 6.5-20.8 | 79 | 88.1 | 79.2-93.5 |
| Western NC | 101 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.3- 4.1 | 13 | 15.4 | 8.6-26.0 | 86 | 83.6 | 73.1-90.5 |
| Piedmont NC | 109 | 4 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.6 | 9 | 8.0 | 3.8-15.9 | 96 | 89.2 | 80.8-94.2 |
| Eastern NC | 100 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 7.2 | 13 | 16.0 | 9.0-26.9 | 85 | 82.9 | 71.9-90.1 |
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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking cigars.
#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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