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Total Respond.# |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,513 | 844 | 55.8 | 51.8-59.7 | 669 | 44.2 | 40.3-48.2 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 658 | 338 | 51.3 | 45.6-57.0 | 320 | 48.7 | 43.0-54.4 |
Female | 855 | 506 | 60.8 | 55.5-65.9 | 349 | 39.2 | 34.1-44.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,172 | 628 | 53.4 | 48.8-57.9 | 544 | 46.6 | 42.1-51.2 |
African American | 242 | 159 | 69.6 | 60.9-77.1 | 83 | 30.4 | 22.9-39.1 |
Other Minorities | 79 | 43 | 46.7 | 31.3-62.9 | 36 | 53.3 | 37.1-68.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Yes | 46 | 24 | 41.1 | 22.2-63.0 | 22 | 58.9 | 37.0-77.8 |
No | 1,466 | 820 | 56.3 | 52.3-60.3 | 646 | 43.7 | 39.7-47.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 173 | 116 | 72.6 | 61.2-81.6 | 57 | 27.4 | 18.4-38.8 |
25-34 | 298 | 180 | 59.0 | 50.2-67.2 | 118 | 41.0 | 32.8-49.8 |
35-44 | 385 | 209 | 52.9 | 45.2-60.4 | 176 | 47.1 | 39.6-54.8 |
45-54 | 319 | 166 | 52.4 | 43.9-60.8 | 153 | 47.6 | 39.2-56.1 |
55-64 | 171 | 94 | 46.5 | 36.3-56.9 | 77 | 53.5 | 43.1-63.7 |
65+ | 162 | 75 | 43.1 | 32.2-54.7 | 87 | 56.9 | 45.3-67.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 282 | 150 | 54.9 | 45.8-63.6 | 132 | 45.1 | 36.4-54.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 551 | 313 | 54.6 | 47.9-61.1 | 238 | 45.4 | 38.9-52.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 416 | 242 | 58.7 | 51.5-65.6 | 174 | 41.3 | 34.4-48.5 |
College Graduate | 259 | 136 | 54.8 | 45.7-63.5 | 123 | 45.2 | 36.5-54.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 195 | 112 | 54.5 | 42.7-65.8 | 83 | 45.5 | 34.2-57.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 339 | 210 | 65.5 | 57.6-72.6 | 129 | 34.5 | 27.4-42.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 238 | 131 | 54.2 | 44.3-63.8 | 107 | 45.8 | 36.2-55.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 252 | 122 | 43.5 | 34.7-52.8 | 130 | 56.5 | 47.2-65.3 |
$50,000+ | 281 | 157 | 55.5 | 46.8-63.9 | 124 | 44.5 | 36.1-53.2 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 117 | 71 | 60.1 | 49.3-70.0 | 46 | 39.9 | 30.0-50.7 |
Cumberland | 110 | 66 | 59.5 | 47.0-70.9 | 44 | 40.5 | 29.1-53.0 |
Durham | 76 | 44 | 57.7 | 44.6-69.8 | 32 | 42.3 | 30.2-55.4 |
Forsyth | 114 | 50 | 41.3 | 31.6-51.8 | 64 | 58.7 | 48.2-68.4 |
Gaston | 125 | 70 | 59.1 | 49.0-68.5 | 55 | 40.9 | 31.5-51.0 |
Guilford | 94 | 51 | 54.3 | 43.0-65.2 | 43 | 45.7 | 34.8-57.0 |
Mecklenburg | 88 | 52 | 60.4 | 48.5-71.1 | 36 | 39.6 | 28.9-51.5 |
New Hanover | 104 | 57 | 60.4 | 49.8-70.1 | 47 | 39.6 | 29.9-50.2 |
Onslow | 120 | 77 | 53.5 | 36.9-69.4 | 43 | 46.5 | 30.6-63.1 |
Wake | 85 | 48 | 60.6 | 48.0-72.0 | 37 | 39.4 | 28.0-52.0 |
Western NC | 154 | 78 | 51.4 | 42.4-60.3 | 76 | 48.6 | 39.7-57.6 |
Piedmont NC | 161 | 80 | 49.4 | 40.1-58.7 | 81 | 50.6 | 41.3-59.9 |
Eastern NC | 165 | 100 | 62.1 | 52.9-70.5 | 65 | 37.9 | 29.5-47.1 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.
#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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