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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 | 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 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 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 |
| Female | 3,126 | 540 | 21.5 | 19.2-23.9 | 132 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.2 | 754 | 22.5 | 20.4-24.8 | 1,700 | 51.9 | 49.3-54.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 327 | 94 | 35.6 | 27.8-44.2 | 28 | 8.6 | 4.4-16.1 | 35 | 10.9 | 6.7-17.2 | 170 | 44.9 | 36.3-53.8 |
| 25-34 | 802 | 169 | 25.3 | 21.1-30.1 | 48 | 5.5 | 3.3- 9.0 | 119 | 15.0 | 11.7-19.1 | 466 | 54.2 | 49.1-59.2 |
| 35-44 | 939 | 224 | 27.9 | 23.8-32.4 | 33 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.0 | 198 | 21.6 | 18.0-25.7 | 484 | 46.6 | 42.0-51.1 |
| 45-54 | 1,016 | 234 | 24.0 | 20.1-28.3 | 34 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.5 | 285 | 29.6 | 25.4-34.3 | 463 | 43.7 | 39.1-48.3 |
| 55-64 | 772 | 142 | 18.6 | 15.0-22.9 | 27 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.3 | 281 | 39.9 | 34.9-45.1 | 322 | 38.5 | 33.7-43.5 |
| 65-74 | 671 | 83 | 14.2 | 10.7-18.6 | 19 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.7 | 287 | 39.9 | 34.7-45.4 | 282 | 43.4 | 38.0-49.0 |
| 75+ | 525 | 22 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.6 | 13 | 5.7 | 1.6-18.0 | 198 | 37.1 | 30.9-43.7 | 292 | 51.3 | 44.3-58.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 671 | 178 | 32.8 | 27.2-38.8 | 28 | 5.7 | 2.8-11.4 | 212 | 30.4 | 25.4-36.0 | 253 | 31.1 | 26.2-36.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,483 | 384 | 28.8 | 25.4-32.4 | 68 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.7 | 395 | 26.3 | 23.2-29.8 | 636 | 39.9 | 36.3-43.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,187 | 257 | 24.7 | 21.0-28.8 | 53 | 4.3 | 2.9- 6.4 | 312 | 26.1 | 22.4-30.1 | 565 | 44.9 | 40.5-49.5 |
| College Graduate | 1,737 | 154 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.7 | 54 | 3.1 | 2.0- 4.6 | 492 | 24.2 | 21.4-27.2 | 1,037 | 61.7 | 58.1-65.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 439 | 114 | 28.7 | 22.2-36.3 | 19 | 7.3 | 2.8-17.5 | 117 | 25.7 | 19.8-32.6 | 189 | 38.3 | 31.2-46.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 699 | 194 | 31.8 | 26.6-37.6 | 45 | 7.4 | 4.4-12.3 | 170 | 24.2 | 19.6-29.5 | 290 | 36.5 | 31.4-42.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 592 | 145 | 28.5 | 23.1-34.5 | 30 | 3.3 | 2.0- 5.4 | 174 | 26.2 | 21.2-31.8 | 243 | 42.1 | 36.1-48.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 722 | 152 | 25.6 | 20.8-31.0 | 38 | 3.5 | 2.3- 5.3 | 196 | 26.1 | 21.6-31.3 | 336 | 44.8 | 39.5-50.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 648 | 100 | 19.9 | 15.5-25.2 | 11 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.8 | 180 | 27.0 | 22.2-32.5 | 357 | 51.4 | 45.3-57.4 |
| $75,000+ | 768 | 83 | 13.4 | 10.2-17.4 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.1 | 219 | 25.2 | 21.3-29.4 | 448 | 58.3 | 53.3-63.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
| Buncombe | 364 | 56 | 18.5 | 13.9-24.2 | 19 | 4.7 | 2.9- 7.5 | 100 | 25.8 | 20.9-31.3 | 189 | 51.0 | 44.9-57.1 |
| Forsyth | 344 | 75 | 23.1 | 17.8-29.4 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.2 | 96 | 25.1 | 20.3-30.5 | 162 | 48.1 | 41.9-54.4 |
| Guilford | 280 | 48 | 17.9 | 13.1-24.0 | 10 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.7 | 82 | 28.6 | 22.9-35.0 | 140 | 50.4 | 43.6-57.2 |
| Henderson/Transylvania | 433 | 69 | 17.8 | 13.8-22.5 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.6- 6.8 | 138 | 31.3 | 26.3-36.9 | 206 | 46.7 | 41.1-52.4 |
| Mecklenburg | 268 | 34 | 18.6 | 12.1-27.6 | 15 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.5 | 76 | 22.6 | 17.5-28.8 | 143 | 55.1 | 46.9-63.1 |
| Orange | 358 | 40 | 8.9 | 6.2-12.7 | 9 | 2.4 | 1.2- 4.7 | 98 | 22.9 | 18.0-28.8 | 211 | 65.7 | 58.7-72.1 |
| Pitt | 289 | 48 | 17.4 | 12.8-23.2 | 14 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.9 | 78 | 28.0 | 20.8-36.5 | 149 | 50.6 | 42.9-58.2 |
| Randolph | 388 | 89 | 25.6 | 20.2-31.9 | 18 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.2 | 92 | 27.0 | 21.5-33.4 | 189 | 43.7 | 37.7-49.9 |
| Robeson | 176 | 42 | 33.6 | 24.7-43.9 | 8 | 4.4 | 2.1- 8.8 | 51 | 25.0 | 18.5-32.8 | 75 | 37.0 | 29.0-45.7 |
| Wake | 311 | 45 | 17.0 | 12.3-22.8 | 12 | 5.2 | 2.5-10.6 | 80 | 23.5 | 18.8-29.1 | 174 | 54.3 | 47.7-60.7 |
| Western NC | 610 | 140 | 25.7 | 21.6-30.2 | 24 | 4.5 | 2.7- 7.6 | 169 | 26.7 | 23.0-30.9 | 277 | 43.1 | 38.5-47.7 |
| Piedmont NC | 720 | 165 | 25.6 | 21.8-29.9 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.8 | 192 | 25.6 | 21.8-29.7 | 341 | 44.5 | 39.9-49.2 |
| Eastern NC | 547 | 122 | 25.2 | 21.1-29.7 | 21 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.6 | 160 | 28.0 | 23.8-32.6 | 244 | 42.2 | 37.4-47.1 |
* 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, 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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