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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 594 | 433 | 73.1 | 67.5-78.1 | 161 | 26.9 | 21.9-32.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 212 | 155 | 74.3 | 65.0-81.8 | 57 | 25.7 | 18.2-35.0 |
Female | 382 | 278 | 72.2 | 64.9-78.4 | 104 | 27.8 | 21.6-35.1 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 469 | 348 | 75.5 | 69.3-80.8 | 121 | 24.5 | 19.2-30.7 |
African American | 93 | 60 | 58.4 | 42.9-72.4 | 33 | 41.6 | 27.6-57.1 |
Other Minorities | 23 | 17 | 81.3 | 58.3-93.1 | 6 | 18.7 | 6.9-41.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 14 | 7 | 61.1 | 30.0-85.2 | 7 | 38.9 | 14.8-70.0 |
No | 579 | 425 | 73.3 | 67.6-78.4 | 154 | 26.7 | 21.6-32.4 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 64 | 44 | 74.1 | 56.5-86.3 | 20 | 25.9 | 13.7-43.5 |
25-34 | 103 | 71 | 62.9 | 48.1-75.6 | 32 | 37.1 | 24.4-51.9 |
35-44 | 139 | 99 | 69.9 | 58.3-79.4 | 40 | 30.1 | 20.6-41.7 |
45-54 | 133 | 97 | 78.9 | 67.5-87.0 | 36 | 21.1 | 13.0-32.5 |
55-64 | 77 | 61 | 78.9 | 61.3-89.8 | 16 | 21.1 | 10.2-38.7 |
65+ | 75 | 58 | 74.0 | 55.7-86.5 | 17 | 26.0 | 13.5-44.3 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 101 | 76 | 68.4 | 53.7-80.1 | 25 | 31.6 | 19.9-46.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 200 | 152 | 76.7 | 67.0-84.3 | 48 | 23.3 | 15.7-33.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 172 | 122 | 73.2 | 63.2-81.3 | 50 | 26.8 | 18.7-36.8 |
College Graduate | 120 | 82 | 69.9 | 57.0-80.2 | 38 | 30.1 | 19.8-43.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 76 | 59 | 78.1 | 62.4-88.4 | 17 | 21.9 | 11.6-37.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 129 | 96 | 73.6 | 60.9-83.4 | 33 | 26.4 | 16.6-39.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 101 | 72 | 67.9 | 54.1-79.1 | 29 | 32.1 | 20.9-45.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 97 | 72 | 73.7 | 57.8-85.2 | 25 | 26.3 | 14.8-42.2 |
$50,000+ | 122 | 86 | 73.3 | 60.3-83.3 | 36 | 26.7 | 16.7-39.7 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 43 | 30 | 68.0 | 50.2-81.7 | 13 | 32.0 | 18.3-49.8 |
Cumberland | 41 | 31 | 68.0 | 44.4-85.0 | 10 | 32.0 | 15.0-55.6 |
Durham | 28 | 21 | 73.2 | 49.0-88.6 | 7 | 26.8 | 11.4-51.0 |
Forsyth | 51 | 37 | 73.0 | 57.3-84.5 | 14 | 27.0 | 15.5-42.7 |
Gaston | 57 | 44 | 76.3 | 61.8-86.5 | 13 | 23.7 | 13.5-38.2 |
Guilford | 27 | 18 | 69.2 | 48.8-84.1 | 9 | 30.8 | 15.9-51.2 |
Mecklenburg | 33 | 27 | 85.5 | 69.4-93.9 | 6 | 14.5 | 6.1-30.6 |
New Hanover | 45 | 33 | 75.6 | 60.3-86.3 | 12 | 24.4 | 13.7-39.7 |
Onslow | 53 | 39 | 79.9 | 65.7-89.2 | 14 | 20.1 | 10.8-34.3 |
Wake | 31 | 17 | 58.8 | 39.3-75.9 | 14 | 41.2 | 24.1-60.7 |
Western NC | 66 | 52 | 76.1 | 60.9-86.7 | 14 | 23.9 | 13.3-39.1 |
Piedmont NC | 57 | 38 | 68.2 | 52.9-80.4 | 19 | 31.8 | 19.6-47.1 |
Eastern NC | 62 | 46 | 78.6 | 65.6-87.5 | 16 | 21.4 | 12.5-34.4 |
+ 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 and had received health care of some kind.
#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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