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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%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,056 | 172 | 16.5 | 13.2-20.4 | 57 | 6.1 | 4.1- 8.9 | 210 | 18.3 | 15.2-21.8 | 617 | 59.1 | 54.6-63.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 369 | 89 | 27.7 | 21.1-35.3 | 32 | 9.1 | 5.5-14.6 | 87 | 21.9 | 16.6-28.2 | 161 | 41.3 | 34.4-48.7 |
| Female | 687 | 83 | 8.3 | 6.3-11.0 | 25 | 3.9 | 2.1- 7.1 | 123 | 15.6 | 12.3-19.7 | 456 | 72.1 | 67.2-76.6 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 92 | 13 | 15.3 | 7.1-30.1 | 5 | 9.8 | 3.4-24.9 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.6 | 72 | 73.6 | 57.8-85.1 |
| 25-34 | 193 | 33 | 20.4 | 12.5-31.6 | 10 | 4.8 | 2.2- 9.9 | 17 | 8.3 | 4.3-15.5 | 133 | 66.5 | 55.6-75.8 |
| 35-44 | 238 | 52 | 16.5 | 11.0-24.0 | 19 | 9.2 | 4.5-17.7 | 31 | 13.2 | 8.3-20.3 | 136 | 61.1 | 51.8-69.7 |
| 45-54 | 220 | 43 | 19.1 | 12.8-27.6 | 11 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.4 | 50 | 24.0 | 16.5-33.5 | 116 | 54.0 | 44.5-63.1 |
| 55-64 | 128 | 21 | 19.5 | 11.4-31.3 | 8 | 7.6 | 3.4-16.2 | 42 | 36.5 | 25.4-49.3 | 57 | 36.4 | 25.6-48.8 |
| 65-74 | 95 | 7 | 10.3 | 3.7-25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 43 | 41.3 | 28.6-55.4 | 45 | 48.3 | 34.9-62.0 |
| 75+ | 69 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.7 | 3 | 5.2 | 1.5-16.7 | 23 | 37.3 | 23.7-53.2 | 42 | 57.3 | 41.6-71.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 202 | 41 | 22.8 | 14.8-33.4 | 7 | 5.3 | 1.7-15.4 | 54 | 26.2 | 18.2-36.2 | 100 | 45.7 | 35.1-56.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 356 | 77 | 19.2 | 13.7-26.2 | 24 | 6.5 | 3.5-11.5 | 62 | 15.8 | 11.4-21.6 | 193 | 58.5 | 50.7-65.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 283 | 36 | 13.9 | 8.4-22.2 | 18 | 7.8 | 3.9-15.0 | 51 | 14.9 | 10.0-21.5 | 178 | 63.4 | 54.4-71.6 |
| College Graduate | 206 | 18 | 8.5 | 4.6-15.3 | 6 | 2.4 | 0.8- 6.8 | 40 | 20.2 | 13.5-29.1 | 142 | 68.9 | 59.5-76.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 150 | 35 | 21.9 | 13.0-34.4 | 11 | 8.5 | 3.0-21.6 | 35 | 19.1 | 11.3-30.4 | 69 | 50.5 | 37.9-63.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 237 | 49 | 19.9 | 12.7-29.6 | 14 | 8.4 | 3.9-17.2 | 45 | 15.0 | 9.8-22.2 | 129 | 56.7 | 46.4-66.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 164 | 31 | 17.0 | 9.6-28.4 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.1- 8.3 | 25 | 13.9 | 8.4-22.1 | 102 | 66.0 | 54.3-76.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 125 | 14 | 19.1 | 9.6-34.5 | 6 | 6.9 | 1.9-21.9 | 27 | 20.5 | 12.0-32.9 | 78 | 53.5 | 40.1-66.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 63 | 8 | 13.3 | 5.3-29.6 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 8.3 | 9 | 10.8 | 4.9-22.2 | 43 | 73.5 | 57.0-85.3 |
| $75,000+ | 59 | 8 | 10.5 | 4.6-22.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 11 | 16.8 | 7.2-34.5 | 40 | 72.7 | 55.8-84.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 27 | 7 | 27.1 | 12.5-49.1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 7.1 | 6 | 22.8 | 9.7-44.7 | 13 | 49.2 | 28.9-69.7 |
| Forsyth | 96 | 17 | 14.9 | 8.4-24.9 | 9 | 8.5 | 4.1-16.8 | 21 | 22.8 | 14.4-34.1 | 49 | 53.9 | 42.2-65.1 |
| Guilford | 118 | 21 | 16.5 | 9.8-26.4 | 4 | 5.1 | 1.2-19.4 | 24 | 19.0 | 12.1-28.4 | 69 | 59.5 | 47.7-70.3 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 11 | 2 | 11.9 | 2.1-46.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 66.3 | 25.4-91.9 | 5 | 21.8 | 4.8-60.9 |
| Mecklenburg | 133 | 20 | 14.0 | 8.6-21.8 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.8 | 18 | 12.0 | 7.2-19.5 | 91 | 70.4 | 61.0-78.3 |
| Orange | 42 | 6 | 13.6 | 5.5-29.7 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-15.3 | 8 | 8.7 | 4.0-17.8 | 26 | 73.9 | 57.7-85.5 |
| Pitt | 112 | 21 | 18.1 | 11.5-27.4 | 7 | 12.0 | 8.1-17.3 | 17 | 13.4 | 7.9-21.9 | 67 | 56.5 | 46.4-66.0 |
| Randolph | 16 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 6.7 | 0.9-36.1 | 3 | 12.6 | 3.6-36.1 | 12 | 80.6 | 54.5-93.5 |
| Robeson | 96 | 14 | 13.4 | 7.4-22.8 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.8-16.0 | 22 | 19.1 | 11.4-30.3 | 54 | 60.6 | 47.2-72.6 |
| Wake | 74 | 11 | 13.2 | 6.6-24.9 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.1 | 13 | 19.1 | 9.6-34.4 | 49 | 66.1 | 51.0-78.5 |
| Western NC | 23 | 7 | 37.7 | 18.3-62.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.6 | 4 | 11.1 | 3.9-27.6 | 11 | 48.7 | 27.5-70.3 |
| Piedmont NC | 115 | 27 | 23.7 | 15.3-34.8 | 7 | 4.0 | 1.8- 9.0 | 21 | 17.2 | 10.5-27.0 | 60 | 55.0 | 43.4-66.1 |
| Eastern NC | 193 | 19 | 13.1 | 7.6-21.6 | 14 | 9.2 | 4.9-16.7 | 49 | 20.5 | 15.0-27.4 | 111 | 57.2 | 48.4-65.5 |
* 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, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore,
Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey
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