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| Total Respond.# |
No | Yes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,181 | 4,667 | 74.3 | 72.5-76.0 | 1,514 | 25.7 | 24.0-27.5 |
| New Hanover County | 405 | 301 | 75.5 | 70.1-80.1 | 104 | 24.5 | 19.9-29.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 164 | 120 | 75.6 | 67.2-82.5 | 44 | 24.4 | 17.5-32.8 |
| Female | 241 | 181 | 75.3 | 68.7-80.9 | 60 | 24.7 | 19.1-31.3 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 341 | 247 | 72.8 | 67.2-77.8 | 94 | 27.2 | 22.2-32.8 |
| Other | 57 | 47 | 84.2 | 69.5-92.5 | 10 | 15.8 | 7.5-30.5 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-44 | 186 | 133 | 74.5 | 66.0-81.4 | 53 | 25.5 | 18.6-34.0 |
| 45+ | 212 | 161 | 76.0 | 69.1-81.8 | 51 | 24.0 | 18.2-30.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| H.S. or Less | 132 | 95 | 71.8 | 62.4-79.6 | 37 | 28.2 | 20.4-37.6 |
| Some College + | 270 | 203 | 77.2 | 70.5-82.7 | 67 | 22.8 | 17.3-29.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 207 | 139 | 69.6 | 60.9-77.1 | 68 | 30.4 | 22.9-39.1 |
| $50,000+ | 132 | 107 | 81.4 | 73.0-87.5 | 25 | 18.6 | 12.5-27.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 421 | 304 | 69.3 | 63.8-74.3 | 117 | 30.7 | 25.7-36.2 |
| Cumberland | 428 | 318 | 73.5 | 67.2-79.0 | 110 | 26.5 | 21.0-32.8 |
| Durham | 400 | 324 | 81.8 | 77.0-85.8 | 76 | 18.2 | 14.2-23.0 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 341 | 75.9 | 71.1-80.1 | 114 | 24.1 | 19.9-28.9 |
| Gaston | 466 | 341 | 72.6 | 67.6-77.0 | 125 | 27.4 | 23.0-32.4 |
| Guilford | 415 | 321 | 79.0 | 74.3-82.9 | 94 | 21.0 | 17.1-25.7 |
| Mecklenburg | 429 | 341 | 80.1 | 75.4-84.1 | 88 | 19.9 | 15.9-24.6 |
| Onslow | 435 | 314 | 65.7 | 57.5-73.0 | 121 | 34.3 | 27.0-42.5 |
| Wake | 425 | 340 | 78.1 | 72.8-82.6 | 85 | 21.9 | 17.4-27.2 |
| Western NC | 616 | 462 | 73.5 | 69.2-77.3 | 154 | 26.5 | 22.7-30.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 668 | 507 | 74.8 | 70.4-78.8 | 161 | 25.2 | 21.2-29.6 |
| Eastern NC | 618 | 453 | 69.9 | 65.2-74.3 | 165 | 30.1 | 25.7-34.8 |
*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
#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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