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| Total Respond.# |
12 or under | 13-14 | 15-16 | 17-18 | 19 0r older | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,446 | 315 | 24.6 | 21.2-28.4 | 275 | 18.9 | 16.0-22.1 | 389 | 27.8 | 24.2-31.6 | 210 | 13.3 | 11.1-15.9 | 257 | 15.4 | 13.0-18.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 654 | 198 | 32.0 | 26.7-37.7 | 125 | 17.2 | 13.4-21.7 | 158 | 26.5 | 21.7-32.0 | 86 | 12.3 | 9.3-16.1 | 87 | 12.1 | 9.0-15.9 |
| Female | 792 | 117 | 15.7 | 12.2-20.1 | 150 | 20.9 | 16.9-25.6 | 231 | 29.3 | 24.4-34.7 | 124 | 14.5 | 11.4-18.3 | 170 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,149 | 257 | 25.4 | 21.7-29.6 | 232 | 19.2 | 16.1-22.8 | 309 | 28.2 | 24.3-32.6 | 156 | 12.6 | 10.2-15.5 | 195 | 14.5 | 11.9-17.6 |
| African American | 215 | 38 | 16.8 | 10.9-25.0 | 30 | 15.0 | 9.1-23.8 | 58 | 28.0 | 19.6-38.2 | 38 | 16.2 | 10.2-24.7 | 51 | 24.1 | 16.5-33.6 |
| Other Minorities | 69 | 19 | 37.6 | 19.7-59.7 | 9 | 20.7 | 9.3-39.8 | 17 | 20.5 | 10.1-37.2 | 14 | 14.9 | 7.2-28.1 | 10 | 6.3 | 2.9-13.5 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 36 | 8 | 18.7 | 7.9-38.0 | 4 | 15.9 | 3.3-50.9 | 9 | 29.1 | 11.8-55.6 | 8 | 21.2 | 8.8-42.6 | 7 | 15.2 | 3.7-45.2 |
| No | 1,409 | 307 | 24.8 | 21.4-28.7 | 271 | 19.0 | 16.1-22.2 | 379 | 27.7 | 24.1-31.6 | 202 | 13.1 | 10.8-15.7 | 250 | 15.5 | 13.0-18.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 118 | 24 | 21.6 | 10.6-39.0 | 26 | 20.2 | 11.0-34.2 | 39 | 41.5 | 26.5-58.1 | 16 | 10.3 | 5.2-19.6 | 13 | 6.3 | 2.9-13.3 |
| 25-34 | 228 | 46 | 27.1 | 18.7-37.4 | 49 | 17.4 | 11.5-25.4 | 66 | 27.2 | 19.6-36.3 | 37 | 18.1 | 11.8-26.7 | 30 | 10.3 | 6.1-16.6 |
| 35-44 | 302 | 79 | 28.1 | 21.3-36.1 | 62 | 22.0 | 15.9-29.6 | 75 | 20.3 | 14.8-27.1 | 40 | 12.7 | 8.3-19.0 | 46 | 16.9 | 11.3-24.6 |
| 45-54 | 299 | 60 | 24.1 | 17.2-32.6 | 55 | 16.4 | 11.1-23.6 | 81 | 34.9 | 26.7-44.1 | 49 | 11.3 | 7.7-16.4 | 54 | 13.3 | 8.9-19.3 |
| 55-64 | 213 | 51 | 27.0 | 19.0-36.8 | 43 | 22.1 | 15.1-31.2 | 51 | 21.0 | 14.7-29.2 | 29 | 14.5 | 9.0-22.5 | 39 | 15.4 | 10.1-22.8 |
| 65+ | 276 | 54 | 18.0 | 12.5-25.3 | 39 | 17.0 | 11.3-24.8 | 74 | 25.9 | 19.3-33.8 | 36 | 12.9 | 8.3-19.4 | 73 | 26.1 | 19.1-34.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 227 | 79 | 35.9 | 27.4-45.5 | 36 | 21.1 | 13.7-31.0 | 48 | 15.9 | 10.3-23.9 | 31 | 11.4 | 7.2-17.7 | 33 | 15.6 | 9.8-24.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 457 | 87 | 21.0 | 15.3-28.0 | 101 | 20.4 | 15.7-26.0 | 128 | 31.6 | 24.9-39.2 | 63 | 13.5 | 9.6-18.7 | 78 | 13.5 | 9.7-18.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 394 | 82 | 23.9 | 17.8-31.2 | 74 | 18.3 | 13.5-24.2 | 108 | 30.4 | 24.0-37.6 | 51 | 10.5 | 7.3-15.0 | 79 | 17.0 | 12.4-22.9 |
| College Graduate | 364 | 65 | 20.4 | 14.7-27.7 | 63 | 14.9 | 10.6-20.6 | 105 | 30.0 | 23.4-37.4 | 64 | 18.0 | 13.0-24.3 | 67 | 16.7 | 12.1-22.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 148 | 39 | 34.0 | 22.9-47.3 | 27 | 22.7 | 12.7-37.3 | 40 | 20.2 | 12.5-30.9 | 16 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.8 | 26 | 16.6 | 8.9-28.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 263 | 56 | 21.9 | 15.5-29.9 | 47 | 21.5 | 14.8-30.1 | 60 | 19.9 | 13.7-27.9 | 40 | 14.9 | 9.4-22.7 | 60 | 21.9 | 15.1-30.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 232 | 49 | 25.2 | 17.7-34.7 | 47 | 17.5 | 11.9-24.9 | 63 | 28.1 | 20.7-36.9 | 36 | 18.6 | 12.1-27.6 | 37 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 251 | 51 | 21.5 | 14.5-30.7 | 51 | 19.5 | 13.2-27.8 | 78 | 33.4 | 25.2-42.8 | 28 | 9.7 | 6.2-14.9 | 43 | 15.9 | 10.8-22.8 |
| $50,000+ | 336 | 79 | 25.8 | 19.4-33.4 | 65 | 17.1 | 12.3-23.1 | 85 | 28.8 | 21.5-37.4 | 56 | 14.8 | 10.5-20.5 | 51 | 13.6 | 9.2-19.6 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 106 | 26 | 23.3 | 15.3-34.0 | 21 | 20.0 | 12.6-30.3 | 29 | 29.9 | 20.2-41.8 | 15 | 14.8 | 8.5-24.4 | 15 | 11.9 | 6.7-20.5 |
| Cumberland | 86 | 12 | 19.5 | 9.2-36.5 | 26 | 28.4 | 19.7-39.2 | 17 | 21.9 | 13.6-33.2 | 18 | 17.2 | 10.4-27.3 | 13 | 13.0 | 6.3-24.9 |
| Durham | 75 | 14 | 22.3 | 12.2-37.2 | 14 | 20.7 | 11.4-34.7 | 24 | 27.4 | 17.8-39.7 | 8 | 8.7 | 4.1-17.5 | 15 | 20.9 | 12.2-33.3 |
| Forsyth | 97 | 18 | 22.2 | 13.9-33.4 | 19 | 16.8 | 10.4-26.1 | 24 | 27.9 | 18.9-39.1 | 19 | 17.5 | 10.9-26.8 | 17 | 15.6 | 9.3-25.0 |
| Gaston | 113 | 33 | 30.9 | 22.1-41.5 | 17 | 15.1 | 9.2-23.8 | 31 | 27.2 | 18.7-37.8 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.8-16.3 | 21 | 17.7 | 10.6-28.3 |
| Guilford | 85 | 9 | 10.9 | 5.5-20.4 | 16 | 21.6 | 13.0-33.7 | 34 | 35.9 | 25.7-47.5 | 10 | 10.3 | 5.3-19.2 | 16 | 21.3 | 12.8-33.3 |
| Mecklenburg | 99 | 15 | 16.2 | 9.4-26.5 | 21 | 23.7 | 15.2-34.9 | 27 | 28.3 | 19.2-39.6 | 21 | 21.1 | 13.6-31.1 | 15 | 10.7 | 6.2-18.0 |
| New Hanover | 107 | 25 | 26.6 | 18.2-37.1 | 19 | 17.3 | 10.9-26.2 | 18 | 16.6 | 10.2-25.8 | 13 | 9.9 | 5.4-17.4 | 32 | 29.7 | 21.2-40.0 |
| Onslow | 115 | 27 | 30.1 | 17.5-46.8 | 20 | 12.7 | 7.4-20.8 | 32 | 29.7 | 18.2-44.5 | 15 | 12.0 | 6.6-20.8 | 21 | 15.6 | 9.0-25.6 |
| Wake | 89 | 16 | 18.6 | 10.9-30.1 | 13 | 17.0 | 8.5-31.1 | 31 | 35.7 | 24.9-48.1 | 17 | 17.2 | 10.0-28.1 | 12 | 11.5 | 6.1-20.4 |
| Western NC | 153 | 49 | 36.2 | 27.8-45.6 | 24 | 14.8 | 9.5-22.4 | 34 | 21.4 | 15.1-29.3 | 20 | 12.8 | 8.0-19.8 | 26 | 14.9 | 9.9-21.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 176 | 39 | 24.8 | 17.5-33.9 | 32 | 18.4 | 12.6-26.0 | 47 | 28.7 | 20.9-38.1 | 28 | 14.5 | 9.7-21.2 | 30 | 13.6 | 9.1-19.7 |
| Eastern NC | 145 | 32 | 25.1 | 17.5-34.5 | 33 | 20.0 | 13.6-28.3 | 41 | 27.4 | 19.7-36.8 | 15 | 8.9 | 5.0-15.1 | 24 | 18.6 | 12.1-27.6 |
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* This question was asked of all respondents who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes in his/her lifetime.
#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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