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| Total Respond.# |
Smoke everyday | Smoke some days | Former smoker | Never smoked | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,181 | 1,212 | 21.3 | 19.6-23.0 | 302 | 4.5 | 3.8- 5.3 | 1,519 | 23.8 | 22.3-25.4 | 3,148 | 50.4 | 48.5-52.4 |
| Onslow County | 435 | 90 | 23.3 | 16.9-31.1 | 31 | 11.1 | 6.1-19.4 | 113 | 25.4 | 20.6-31.0 | 201 | 40.2 | 34.2-46.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 178 | 43 | 28.2 | 17.9-41.4 | 12 | 12.4 | 4.8-28.5 | 58 | 28.0 | 20.5-37.0 | 65 | 31.3 | 23.1-41.0 |
| Female | 257 | 47 | 17.4 | 12.8-23.1 | 19 | 9.4 | 5.9-14.8 | 55 | 22.3 | 16.9-28.9 | 136 | 50.9 | 44.1-57.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 337 | 73 | 24.1 | 17.1-33.0 | 26 | 12.4 | 6.3-23.1 | 95 | 27.5 | 21.8-34.2 | 143 | 35.9 | 29.4-43.1 |
| Other | 85 | 15 | 21.4 | 9.2-42.5 | 4 | 6.5 | 2.1-18.8 | 16 | 18.5 | 10.8-29.8 | 50 | 53.5 | 38.9-67.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 268 | 61 | 27.1 | 18.4-37.9 | 24 | 14.4 | 7.4-26.3 | 51 | 17.5 | 12.6-23.7 | 132 | 41.0 | 32.9-49.6 |
| 45+ | 164 | 29 | 15.6 | 10.3-22.9 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.5 | 62 | 42.5 | 33.9-51.6 | 66 | 37.7 | 29.6-46.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 208 | 46 | 27.3 | 19.4-37.0 | 20 | 10.5 | 6.4-16.8 | 59 | 25.8 | 19.7-32.9 | 83 | 36.4 | 29.2-44.3 |
| Some College + | 226 | 44 | 19.5 | 10.8-32.7 | 11 | 11.6 | 4.1-28.9 | 54 | 25.2 | 18.2-33.7 | 117 | 43.7 | 34.0-54.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 267 | 63 | 24.5 | 16.5-34.9 | 21 | 12.9 | 5.9-25.8 | 69 | 24.3 | 18.4-31.5 | 114 | 38.3 | 30.4-46.8 |
| $50,000+ | 91 | 11 | 11.3 | 5.9-20.4 | 5 | 7.1 | 2.7-17.2 | 19 | 25.8 | 16.3-38.4 | 56 | 55.8 | 43.9-67.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 421 | 90 | 23.5 | 18.9-28.9 | 27 | 7.2 | 4.8-10.6 | 113 | 25.2 | 20.9-30.0 | 191 | 44.1 | 38.8-49.6 |
| Cumberland | 428 | 88 | 19.6 | 15.0-25.2 | 22 | 6.9 | 3.9-11.9 | 84 | 16.7 | 13.0-21.2 | 234 | 56.9 | 49.3-64.1 |
| Durham | 400 | 57 | 14.1 | 10.6-18.7 | 19 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.5 | 82 | 18.7 | 14.7-23.6 | 242 | 63.1 | 57.1-68.8 |
| Forsyth | 455 | 93 | 20.0 | 16.2-24.6 | 21 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.8 | 110 | 25.0 | 20.7-29.8 | 231 | 51.0 | 45.5-56.4 |
| Gaston | 466 | 104 | 22.0 | 18.0-26.6 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.8 | 106 | 22.0 | 18.2-26.4 | 235 | 50.6 | 45.4-55.7 |
| Guilford | 415 | 71 | 15.7 | 12.2-19.9 | 23 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.3 | 101 | 24.2 | 19.7-29.3 | 220 | 54.8 | 49.2-60.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 429 | 70 | 15.7 | 12.2-20.1 | 18 | 4.2 | 2.5- 6.9 | 105 | 22.8 | 18.8-27.4 | 236 | 57.3 | 51.8-62.7 |
| New Hanover | 405 | 80 | 18.6 | 14.5-23.4 | 24 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.2 | 123 | 30.0 | 24.8-35.8 | 178 | 45.5 | 38.7-52.4 |
| Wake | 425 | 62 | 16.5 | 12.4-21.5 | 23 | 5.4 | 3.4- 8.6 | 106 | 21.5 | 17.7-25.9 | 234 | 56.6 | 51.1-62.0 |
| Western NC | 616 | 133 | 23.3 | 19.6-27.5 | 21 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.0 | 154 | 26.5 | 22.7-30.7 | 308 | 47.0 | 42.6-51.4 |
| Piedmont NC | 668 | 138 | 22.0 | 18.2-26.3 | 23 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.1 | 181 | 27.1 | 23.3-31.4 | 326 | 47.7 | 42.9-52.4 |
| Eastern NC | 618 | 136 | 25.2 | 21.0-29.9 | 29 | 4.9 | 3.2- 7.3 | 141 | 20.6 | 17.2-24.5 | 312 | 49.3 | 44.6-54.1 |
* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.
#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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