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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 | 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 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,962 | 433 | 25.2 | 22.4-28.3 | 71 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.1 | 658 | 30.1 | 27.2-33.2 | 800 | 40.0 | 36.7-43.4 |
| African American | 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 |
| Asian | 36 | 5 | 17.7 | 6.0-42.1 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.3 | 9 | 21.7 | 7.8-47.4 | 21 | 59.9 | 35.4-80.3 |
| Native American | 72 | 14 | 15.5 | 7.3-30.1 | 3 | 6.9 | 1.3-29.9 | 25 | 41.2 | 24.1-60.7 | 30 | 36.3 | 20.8-55.4 |
| Other Minorities | 146 | 25 | 13.3 | 7.6-22.1 | 23 | 16.1 | 8.9-27.3 | 29 | 19.1 | 12.1-28.9 | 69 | 51.5 | 39.2-63.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 154 | 22 | 9.9 | 5.3-17.7 | 22 | 17.8 | 9.6-30.4 | 28 | 17.1 | 10.5-26.5 | 82 | 55.2 | 42.7-67.1 |
| -English Speaking | 55 | 11 | 10.6 | 4.6-22.7 | 5 | 22.8 | 9.3-45.8 | 15 | 24.3 | 12.3-42.4 | 24 | 42.3 | 25.6-60.9 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 99 | 11 | 9.7 | 4.5-19.9 | 17 | 16.3 | 7.4-32.1 | 13 | 15.0 | 8.0-26.4 | 58 | 59.0 | 43.8-72.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,443 | 545 | 25.7 | 23.1-28.5 | 108 | 5.1 | 3.7- 7.1 | 788 | 29.1 | 26.6-31.8 | 1,002 | 40.0 | 37.1-43.0 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 188 | 58 | 30.2 | 21.7-40.3 | 14 | 12.1 | 6.3-22.1 | 19 | 7.7 | 4.1-14.1 | 97 | 50.0 | 39.1-60.9 |
| 25-34 | 448 | 103 | 27.3 | 21.6-33.7 | 40 | 9.1 | 5.4-15.0 | 70 | 15.9 | 11.7-21.2 | 235 | 47.8 | 41.2-54.4 |
| 35-44 | 559 | 137 | 25.5 | 20.7-30.9 | 27 | 3.8 | 2.3- 6.4 | 102 | 19.3 | 14.9-24.6 | 293 | 51.4 | 45.5-57.3 |
| 45-54 | 531 | 142 | 26.3 | 21.1-32.3 | 23 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.8 | 173 | 34.8 | 28.9-41.2 | 193 | 35.4 | 29.8-41.6 |
| 55-64 | 370 | 71 | 20.3 | 15.1-26.5 | 16 | 4.5 | 2.4- 8.4 | 183 | 52.9 | 45.8-59.9 | 100 | 22.3 | 17.2-28.4 |
| 65-74 | 296 | 47 | 18.7 | 12.8-26.4 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.9 | 162 | 52.0 | 43.8-60.1 | 82 | 27.3 | 20.6-35.2 |
| 75+ | 187 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.3-14.1 | 5 | 9.1 | 1.9-34.1 | 103 | 49.5 | 38.0-61.1 | 71 | 35.6 | 25.8-46.7 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 444 | 126 | 28.3 | 22.5-34.9 | 23 | 8.0 | 4.2-14.9 | 156 | 30.9 | 25.0-37.4 | 139 | 32.9 | 25.9-40.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 774 | 224 | 30.4 | 25.7-35.4 | 53 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.4 | 237 | 28.1 | 23.8-32.8 | 260 | 33.9 | 29.0-39.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 529 | 127 | 26.0 | 20.5-32.4 | 32 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.0 | 162 | 27.7 | 22.4-33.7 | 208 | 39.5 | 32.8-46.5 |
| College Graduate | 849 | 90 | 12.9 | 9.9-16.7 | 21 | 2.5 | 1.3- 5.0 | 261 | 26.7 | 22.6-31.1 | 477 | 57.9 | 53.0-62.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 211 | 58 | 29.1 | 20.1-40.2 | 19 | 15.8 | 7.4-30.8 | 62 | 20.3 | 14.0-28.6 | 72 | 34.7 | 24.7-46.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 406 | 114 | 27.4 | 21.4-34.4 | 37 | 12.1 | 7.5-19.0 | 119 | 23.9 | 18.6-30.2 | 136 | 36.5 | 29.3-44.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 323 | 95 | 29.6 | 22.5-38.0 | 13 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.3 | 100 | 27.3 | 20.7-35.1 | 115 | 40.5 | 32.4-49.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 397 | 85 | 29.6 | 22.9-37.3 | 19 | 4.8 | 2.4- 9.3 | 124 | 28.4 | 22.2-35.6 | 169 | 37.2 | 30.5-44.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 292 | 54 | 20.6 | 14.7-28.2 | 7 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.3 | 93 | 31.4 | 24.0-39.9 | 138 | 46.7 | 37.7-56.0 |
| $75,000+ | 432 | 57 | 14.6 | 10.5-20.0 | 8 | 3.4 | 1.4- 7.9 | 136 | 26.5 | 21.5-32.2 | 231 | 55.5 | 48.9-61.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 158 | 36 | 26.8 | 19.3-35.9 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.4- 7.4 | 50 | 25.8 | 19.3-33.4 | 66 | 44.1 | 35.5-53.1 |
| Forsyth | 178 | 36 | 21.1 | 14.4-29.9 | 10 | 5.6 | 2.8-11.0 | 55 | 27.1 | 20.6-34.8 | 77 | 46.1 | 37.9-54.6 |
| Guilford | 154 | 33 | 21.1 | 14.6-29.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 1.4-13.5 | 56 | 32.9 | 25.1-41.8 | 60 | 41.4 | 32.7-50.7 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 188 | 36 | 20.7 | 14.8-28.1 | 11 | 7.3 | 3.8-13.8 | 72 | 35.4 | 27.9-43.8 | 69 | 36.5 | 29.0-44.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 160 | 32 | 22.0 | 14.4-32.2 | 10 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.6 | 40 | 23.5 | 16.5-32.3 | 78 | 49.6 | 39.7-59.5 |
| Orange | 184 | 25 | 12.4 | 8.2-18.4 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.6 | 51 | 23.8 | 17.9-30.8 | 101 | 59.5 | 51.6-66.9 |
| Pitt | 158 | 33 | 19.9 | 14.0-27.3 | 10 | 8.6 | 5.9-12.2 | 40 | 23.3 | 17.1-31.0 | 75 | 48.3 | 40.0-56.6 |
| Randolph | 173 | 43 | 29.1 | 21.2-38.6 | 7 | 3.6 | 1.6- 7.9 | 46 | 23.4 | 17.4-30.7 | 77 | 43.9 | 35.5-52.7 |
| Robeson | 177 | 45 | 30.8 | 22.4-40.7 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.8 | 51 | 22.0 | 16.1-29.3 | 68 | 40.4 | 31.3-50.2 |
| Wake | 184 | 30 | 19.4 | 13.4-27.4 | 8 | 6.1 | 2.7-13.2 | 50 | 24.2 | 18.0-31.8 | 96 | 50.3 | 41.8-58.7 |
| Western NC | 282 | 75 | 29.3 | 23.3-36.2 | 15 | 6.2 | 3.3-11.5 | 105 | 32.3 | 26.7-38.5 | 87 | 32.1 | 26.1-38.8 |
| Piedmont NC | 322 | 82 | 27.4 | 21.9-33.8 | 12 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.5 | 107 | 30.0 | 24.3-36.3 | 121 | 35.8 | 29.4-42.8 |
| Eastern NC | 284 | 61 | 22.4 | 17.2-28.7 | 16 | 6.8 | 3.8-11.9 | 95 | 27.7 | 22.3-33.7 | 112 | 43.1 | 36.3-50.3 |
* 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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