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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 829 | 595 | 65.7 | 60.3-70.8 | 234 | 34.3 | 29.2-39.7 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 358 | 213 | 57.8 | 50.0-65.3 | 145 | 42.2 | 34.7-50.0 |
Female | 471 | 382 | 74.6 | 66.8-81.0 | 89 | 25.4 | 19.0-33.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 641 | 470 | 69.6 | 63.5-75.0 | 171 | 30.4 | 25.0-36.5 |
African American | 134 | 93 | 58.1 | 44.4-70.6 | 41 | 41.9 | 29.4-55.6 |
Other Minorities | 43 | 23 | 40.4 | 23.2-60.5 | 20 | 59.6 | 39.5-76.8 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 19 | 14 | 45.2 | 19.2-74.0 | 5 | 54.8 | 26.0-80.8 |
No | 809 | 580 | 66.3 | 60.8-71.4 | 229 | 33.7 | 28.6-39.2 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 96 | 64 | 60.8 | 43.7-75.7 | 32 | 39.2 | 24.3-56.3 |
25-34 | 162 | 104 | 53.9 | 42.1-65.3 | 58 | 46.1 | 34.7-57.9 |
35-44 | 208 | 139 | 59.6 | 49.2-69.2 | 69 | 40.4 | 30.8-50.8 |
45-54 | 177 | 133 | 75.8 | 64.3-84.5 | 44 | 24.2 | 15.5-35.7 |
55-64 | 96 | 77 | 70.4 | 55.2-82.1 | 19 | 29.6 | 17.9-44.8 |
65+ | 86 | 75 | 90.6 | 81.8-95.4 | 11 | 9.4 | 4.6-18.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 152 | 101 | 56.2 | 44.0-67.8 | 51 | 43.8 | 32.2-56.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 288 | 200 | 66.9 | 57.7-74.9 | 88 | 33.1 | 25.1-42.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 225 | 172 | 73.0 | 62.3-81.6 | 53 | 27.0 | 18.4-37.7 |
College Graduate | 163 | 121 | 66.9 | 55.2-76.7 | 42 | 33.1 | 23.3-44.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 100 | 76 | 63.4 | 44.9-78.6 | 24 | 36.6 | 21.4-55.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 182 | 129 | 59.1 | 47.1-70.1 | 53 | 40.9 | 29.9-52.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 139 | 101 | 69.1 | 56.7-79.2 | 38 | 30.9 | 20.8-43.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 148 | 98 | 61.5 | 48.7-72.9 | 50 | 38.5 | 27.1-51.3 |
$50,000+ | 158 | 122 | 76.0 | 64.7-84.6 | 36 | 24.0 | 15.4-35.3 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 60 | 43 | 61.7 | 45.0-76.0 | 17 | 38.3 | 24.0-55.0 |
Cumberland | 52 | 41 | 73.9 | 54.4-87.0 | 11 | 26.1 | 13.0-45.6 |
Durham | 42 | 28 | 66.8 | 48.9-80.9 | 14 | 33.2 | 19.1-51.1 |
Forsyth | 59 | 51 | 87.6 | 75.3-94.3 | 8 | 12.4 | 5.7-24.7 |
Gaston | 78 | 57 | 65.2 | 51.0-77.1 | 21 | 34.8 | 22.9-49.0 |
Guilford | 44 | 27 | 58.7 | 42.4-73.3 | 17 | 41.3 | 26.7-57.6 |
Mecklenburg | 48 | 34 | 69.7 | 52.4-82.7 | 14 | 30.3 | 17.3-47.6 |
New Hanover | 58 | 45 | 73.1 | 58.0-84.2 | 13 | 26.9 | 15.8-42.0 |
Onslow | 80 | 53 | 58.1 | 39.0-75.0 | 27 | 41.9 | 25.0-61.0 |
Wake | 50 | 31 | 52.2 | 35.7-68.2 | 19 | 47.8 | 31.8-64.3 |
Western NC | 85 | 66 | 75.8 | 63.1-85.2 | 19 | 24.2 | 14.8-36.9 |
Piedmont NC | 79 | 57 | 67.8 | 53.7-79.2 | 22 | 32.2 | 20.8-46.3 |
Eastern NC | 94 | 62 | 60.5 | 48.2-71.6 | 32 | 39.5 | 28.4-51.8 |
+ Approximately half of the respondents received questions from this topic See Technical Notes for more information.
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking regularly within the past year.
#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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