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| Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 4,619 | 1,717 | 39.1 | 36.8-41.4 | 440 | 12.5 | 10.8-14.4 | 2,462 | 48.4 | 46.1-50.7 |
| -Mountain AHEC | 698 | 252 | 38.6 | 32.2-45.3 | 51 | 10.3 | 6.6-15.7 | 395 | 51.2 | 44.8-57.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 304 | 96 | 36.5 | 26.4-48.0 | 21 | 11.9 | 6.2-21.5 | 187 | 51.6 | 41.5-61.6 |
| Female | 394 | 156 | 41.0 | 34.5-47.9 | 30 | 8.3 | 5.2-13.1 | 208 | 50.6 | 43.8-57.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 621 | 224 | 39.4 | 32.7-46.6 | 40 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.4 | 357 | 53.3 | 46.6-59.9 |
| Other | 74 | 28 | 31.9 | 16.9-51.8 | 11 | 42.2 | 20.4-67.5 | 35 | 25.9 | 14.5-42.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 212 | 107 | 51.1 | 38.5-63.5 | 25 | 16.9 | 9.1-29.2 | 80 | 32.1 | 23.0-42.7 |
| 45+ | 482 | 143 | 29.8 | 24.5-35.6 | 26 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.9 | 313 | 64.3 | 58.3-69.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 340 | 152 | 50.2 | 40.4-60.0 | 25 | 11.8 | 6.4-20.8 | 163 | 38.0 | 29.8-46.8 |
| Some College + | 356 | 100 | 25.1 | 19.5-31.6 | 26 | 8.5 | 4.5-15.4 | 230 | 66.4 | 59.1-73.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 449 | 177 | 39.3 | 32.9-46.0 | 38 | 13.3 | 8.0-21.3 | 234 | 47.4 | 40.7-54.2 |
| $50,000+ | 110 | 25 | 19.6 | 12.2-30.1 | 8 | 7.3 | 3.0-17.0 | 77 | 73.0 | 61.5-82.1 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 239 | 91 | 37.1 | 30.1-44.7 | 16 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.5 | 132 | 54.2 | 46.6-61.7 |
| Guilford | 214 | 61 | 36.0 | 28.2-44.7 | 25 | 10.0 | 6.4-15.3 | 128 | 54.0 | 45.7-62.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 204 | 65 | 26.5 | 20.0-34.1 | 24 | 16.7 | 10.0-26.7 | 115 | 56.8 | 47.5-65.6 |
| Orange | 190 | 30 | 20.0 | 10.8-34.1 | 21 | 14.4 | 7.6-25.8 | 139 | 65.5 | 52.0-77.0 |
| Wake | 173 | 44 | 26.1 | 18.3-35.6 | 25 | 17.0 | 11.0-25.4 | 104 | 56.9 | 47.5-65.9 |
| Chatham/Lee | 199 | 77 | 42.4 | 34.5-50.7 | 11 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.7 | 111 | 50.8 | 42.7-58.8 |
| Nash/Wilson | 176 | 76 | 42.3 | 33.8-51.2 | 16 | 14.2 | 7.7-24.7 | 84 | 43.6 | 35.1-52.5 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 250 | 85 | 35.8 | 29.3-42.9 | 18 | 8.2 | 4.8-13.6 | 147 | 56.0 | 49.0-62.8 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 237 | 112 | 47.2 | 39.1-55.4 | 23 | 9.9 | 6.2-15.4 | 102 | 42.9 | 34.7-51.6 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 234 | 81 | 41.3 | 32.3-51.1 | 30 | 14.2 | 9.2-21.1 | 123 | 44.5 | 36.3-53.0 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 233 | 88 | 39.3 | 30.9-48.4 | 19 | 13.7 | 7.4-24.0 | 126 | 47.0 | 37.8-56.4 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 233 | 80 | 32.2 | 22.3-44.1 | 21 | 22.4 | 7.8-49.5 | 132 | 45.4 | 32.1-59.4 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 246 | 110 | 45.9 | 38.6-53.3 | 22 | 9.5 | 5.8-15.1 | 114 | 44.7 | 37.5-52.0 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 204 | 91 | 47.4 | 38.6-56.4 | 16 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.6 | 97 | 45.9 | 36.9-55.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 221 | 76 | 37.4 | 30.0-45.4 | 23 | 9.0 | 5.7-13.9 | 122 | 53.7 | 45.7-61.4 |
| Northeast NC II | 246 | 98 | 41.3 | 34.0-49.0 | 24 | 11.5 | 7.2-17.9 | 124 | 47.2 | 39.6-54.9 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 467 | 174 | 40.0 | 34.5-45.7 | 47 | 10.6 | 7.4-15.0 | 246 | 49.4 | 43.7-55.1 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,618 | 647 | 40.3 | 36.4-44.3 | 148 | 12.9 | 10.0-16.6 | 823 | 46.8 | 42.8-50.8 |
| Piedmont | 1,905 | 652 | 37.5 | 34.3-40.8 | 195 | 12.6 | 10.3-15.3 | 1,058 | 49.9 | 46.6-53.2 |
| Western NC | 1,096 | 418 | 42.4 | 37.3-47.7 | 97 | 11.4 | 8.1-15.7 | 581 | 46.2 | 41.4-51.1 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.
^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.
** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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