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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 | 6,720 | 1,236 | 21.2 | 19.6-22.8 | 299 | 5.1 | 4.2- 6.2 | 1,736 | 24.1 | 22.6-25.6 | 3,449 | 49.7 | 47.8-51.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 2,602 | 567 | 24.3 | 21.8-26.9 | 130 | 6.2 | 4.7- 8.3 | 818 | 28.1 | 25.7-30.7 | 1,087 | 41.4 | 38.4-44.4 |
| Female | 4,118 | 669 | 18.2 | 16.4-20.2 | 169 | 4.0 | 3.2- 5.0 | 918 | 20.3 | 18.6-22.2 | 2,362 | 57.4 | 55.1-59.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 5,088 | 973 | 23.3 | 21.5-25.2 | 203 | 4.4 | 3.4- 5.6 | 1,412 | 26.2 | 24.4-28.1 | 2,500 | 46.1 | 44.0-48.3 |
| African American | 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 |
| Asian | 78 | 8 | 12.8 | 5.2-28.1 | 4 | 3.5 | 0.8-14.1 | 12 | 15.2 | 6.6-31.2 | 54 | 68.5 | 52.0-81.4 |
| Native American | 185 | 37 | 16.2 | 9.9-25.4 | 7 | 5.1 | 1.3-17.8 | 43 | 34.4 | 22.7-48.4 | 98 | 44.3 | 32.5-56.7 |
| Other Minorities | 266 | 41 | 13.4 | 8.6-20.3 | 28 | 11.5 | 6.8-19.0 | 43 | 15.2 | 10.3-21.7 | 154 | 59.9 | 50.8-68.3 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 297 | 39 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.5 | 26 | 12.2 | 6.9-20.6 | 47 | 14.5 | 9.8-20.8 | 185 | 62.8 | 53.8-71.0 |
| -English Speaking | 126 | 25 | 19.9 | 11.2-32.9 | 6 | 12.7 | 5.4-27.0 | 31 | 21.2 | 13.1-32.6 | 64 | 46.2 | 34.0-58.8 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 171 | 14 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.7 | 20 | 12.0 | 5.8-23.1 | 16 | 11.8 | 6.8-19.8 | 121 | 69.3 | 58.0-78.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 6,411 | 1,197 | 22.0 | 20.4-23.7 | 273 | 4.6 | 3.7- 5.6 | 1,685 | 24.8 | 23.2-26.4 | 3,256 | 48.6 | 46.7-50.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 485 | 119 | 27.8 | 22.1-34.3 | 40 | 8.8 | 5.4-14.1 | 42 | 8.6 | 5.6-13.0 | 284 | 54.7 | 47.6-61.6 |
| 25-34 | 1,138 | 222 | 22.1 | 18.7-26.0 | 73 | 6.7 | 4.5- 9.8 | 154 | 14.0 | 11.3-17.2 | 689 | 57.3 | 53.0-61.5 |
| 35-44 | 1,317 | 296 | 24.6 | 21.3-28.3 | 62 | 5.3 | 3.8- 7.5 | 249 | 19.3 | 16.4-22.6 | 710 | 50.8 | 46.8-54.7 |
| 45-54 | 1,329 | 297 | 22.9 | 19.7-26.6 | 50 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 361 | 28.8 | 25.1-32.7 | 621 | 45.3 | 41.3-49.4 |
| 55-64 | 970 | 177 | 18.3 | 15.0-22.0 | 36 | 3.5 | 2.2- 5.5 | 347 | 39.5 | 35.1-44.2 | 410 | 38.7 | 34.4-43.1 |
| 65-74 | 798 | 95 | 14.2 | 10.7-18.4 | 20 | 2.1 | 1.1- 3.8 | 344 | 39.8 | 34.9-44.8 | 339 | 44.0 | 39.0-49.1 |
| 75+ | 619 | 23 | 5.0 | 2.7- 8.9 | 16 | 5.4 | 1.8-15.3 | 227 | 36.7 | 31.1-42.7 | 353 | 52.9 | 46.5-59.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,081 | 251 | 25.4 | 21.4-29.8 | 55 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.2 | 301 | 25.9 | 22.1-30.1 | 474 | 42.2 | 37.4-47.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,977 | 494 | 26.7 | 23.8-29.8 | 100 | 5.6 | 3.9- 7.9 | 483 | 23.9 | 21.3-26.7 | 900 | 43.9 | 40.6-47.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,568 | 307 | 21.7 | 18.7-25.1 | 81 | 5.7 | 4.1- 7.8 | 386 | 23.8 | 20.8-27.2 | 794 | 48.8 | 44.9-52.7 |
| College Graduate | 2,075 | 184 | 10.6 | 8.7-12.9 | 61 | 2.8 | 1.9- 4.1 | 562 | 23.5 | 20.9-26.2 | 1,268 | 63.1 | 59.9-66.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 678 | 167 | 25.0 | 20.0-30.8 | 39 | 9.1 | 5.0-16.1 | 166 | 21.2 | 17.0-26.3 | 306 | 44.6 | 38.4-50.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,097 | 275 | 25.7 | 21.7-30.1 | 78 | 8.8 | 6.2-12.4 | 244 | 20.1 | 16.7-24.0 | 500 | 45.4 | 40.6-50.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 816 | 186 | 25.0 | 20.7-30.0 | 38 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.1 | 211 | 23.6 | 19.6-28.2 | 381 | 48.1 | 42.8-53.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 897 | 171 | 24.1 | 19.8-28.9 | 45 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.2 | 233 | 25.1 | 21.1-29.7 | 448 | 46.9 | 42.0-51.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 744 | 110 | 19.1 | 15.1-24.0 | 15 | 1.8 | 0.9- 3.7 | 197 | 25.7 | 21.3-30.7 | 422 | 53.3 | 47.7-58.9 |
| $75,000+ | 878 | 97 | 12.8 | 9.9-16.4 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 | 245 | 24.8 | 21.2-28.9 | 518 | 59.6 | 55.0-64.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 412 | 68 | 19.4 | 15.0-24.7 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.7 | 112 | 25.2 | 20.6-30.3 | 212 | 51.3 | 45.6-56.9 |
| Forsyth | 464 | 96 | 21.3 | 16.9-26.4 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.7- 7.2 | 123 | 24.6 | 20.5-29.3 | 225 | 49.7 | 44.3-55.0 |
| Guilford | 423 | 70 | 16.9 | 12.9-21.9 | 15 | 4.0 | 2.0- 7.9 | 113 | 26.2 | 21.6-31.5 | 225 | 52.8 | 46.9-58.6 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 472 | 74 | 16.9 | 13.2-21.4 | 24 | 5.9 | 3.6- 9.4 | 146 | 30.9 | 25.2-37.2 | 228 | 46.3 | 40.5-52.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 447 | 58 | 15.4 | 11.1-21.1 | 23 | 4.0 | 2.5- 6.4 | 103 | 20.2 | 16.1-25.0 | 263 | 60.4 | 54.2-66.3 |
| Orange | 441 | 49 | 9.3 | 6.7-12.7 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.4 | 113 | 20.1 | 16.1-24.8 | 265 | 67.1 | 61.1-72.6 |
| Pitt | 418 | 76 | 18.3 | 14.4-23.0 | 21 | 6.1 | 4.4- 8.4 | 97 | 23.0 | 17.6-29.4 | 224 | 52.6 | 46.6-58.6 |
| Randolph | 429 | 91 | 23.5 | 18.5-29.4 | 22 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.6 | 100 | 26.0 | 20.9-32.0 | 216 | 46.3 | 40.5-52.2 |
| Robeson | 444 | 92 | 24.8 | 19.7-30.8 | 23 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.3 | 104 | 19.4 | 15.7-23.8 | 225 | 50.4 | 44.4-56.4 |
| Wake | 431 | 62 | 16.3 | 12.4-21.1 | 15 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.3 | 103 | 22.3 | 18.1-27.1 | 251 | 57.0 | 51.3-62.4 |
| Western NC | 656 | 150 | 25.2 | 21.3-29.6 | 28 | 5.1 | 3.2- 8.1 | 180 | 26.2 | 22.6-30.2 | 298 | 43.5 | 39.0-48.0 |
| Piedmont NC | 885 | 198 | 24.4 | 21.0-28.2 | 35 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.3 | 221 | 23.3 | 20.1-26.9 | 431 | 47.0 | 42.8-51.3 |
| Eastern NC | 798 | 152 | 21.1 | 17.8-24.8 | 39 | 5.8 | 4.0- 8.4 | 221 | 25.3 | 22.0-29.0 | 386 | 47.7 | 43.5-52.0 |
* 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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