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| Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 9,412 | 7,255 | 75.2 | 73.7-76.6 | 2,157 | 24.8 | 23.4-26.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 3,466 | 2,550 | 72.0 | 69.5-74.4 | 916 | 28.0 | 25.6-30.5 |
| Female | 5,946 | 4,705 | 78.2 | 76.5-79.8 | 1,241 | 21.8 | 20.2-23.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 6,910 | 5,310 | 74.7 | 72.9-76.3 | 1,600 | 25.3 | 23.7-27.1 |
| African American | 1,861 | 1,461 | 76.1 | 72.9-79.0 | 400 | 23.9 | 21.0-27.1 |
| Asian | 51 | 46 | 93.3 | 81.1-97.8 | 5 | 6.7 | 2.2-18.9 |
| Native American | 228 | 155 | 62.7 | 49.2-74.4 | 73 | 37.3 | 25.6-50.8 |
| Other Minorities | 325 | 252 | 78.8 | 71.0-84.9 | 73 | 21.2 | 15.1-29.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 338 | 275 | 81.4 | 73.7-87.3 | 63 | 18.6 | 12.7-26.3 |
| -English Speaking | 137 | 109 | 79.7 | 66.7-88.5 | 28 | 20.3 | 11.5-33.3 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 201 | 166 | 82.0 | 72.2-88.9 | 35 | 18.0 | 11.1-27.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 9,064 | 6,972 | 74.8 | 73.3-76.3 | 2,092 | 25.2 | 23.7-26.7 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 582 | 411 | 72.2 | 66.4-77.4 | 171 | 27.8 | 22.6-33.6 |
| 25-34 | 1,411 | 1,042 | 73.8 | 70.0-77.3 | 369 | 26.2 | 22.7-30.0 |
| 35-44 | 1,785 | 1,284 | 73.3 | 70.2-76.3 | 501 | 26.7 | 23.7-29.8 |
| 45-54 | 1,835 | 1,315 | 68.8 | 65.2-72.2 | 520 | 31.2 | 27.8-34.8 |
| 55-64 | 1,529 | 1,179 | 74.4 | 70.7-77.7 | 350 | 25.6 | 22.3-29.3 |
| 65-74 | 1,270 | 1,103 | 87.2 | 84.2-89.6 | 167 | 12.8 | 10.4-15.8 |
| 75+ | 932 | 862 | 90.7 | 87.4-93.2 | 70 | 9.3 | 6.8-12.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,599 | 1,146 | 67.4 | 63.3-71.3 | 453 | 32.6 | 28.7-36.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,822 | 2,029 | 69.2 | 66.4-72.0 | 793 | 30.8 | 28.0-33.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,338 | 1,781 | 76.0 | 73.0-78.8 | 557 | 24.0 | 21.2-27.0 |
| College Graduate | 2,626 | 2,276 | 85.7 | 83.5-87.7 | 350 | 14.3 | 12.3-16.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,104 | 769 | 67.9 | 62.9-72.5 | 335 | 32.1 | 27.5-37.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,729 | 1,178 | 64.8 | 60.8-68.5 | 551 | 35.2 | 31.5-39.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,034 | 758 | 72.0 | 67.3-76.3 | 276 | 28.0 | 23.7-32.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,240 | 959 | 76.5 | 72.7-79.9 | 281 | 23.5 | 20.1-27.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,009 | 823 | 79.8 | 75.8-83.3 | 186 | 20.2 | 16.7-24.2 |
| $75,000+ | 1,154 | 1,011 | 82.4 | 78.1-86.0 | 143 | 17.6 | 14.0-21.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 454 | 347 | 76.1 | 71.1-80.5 | 107 | 23.9 | 19.5-28.9 |
| Guilford | 446 | 360 | 76.7 | 71.2-81.5 | 86 | 23.3 | 18.5-28.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 445 | 356 | 80.2 | 74.9-84.7 | 89 | 19.8 | 15.3-25.1 |
| Orange | 450 | 399 | 85.3 | 77.8-90.6 | 51 | 14.7 | 9.4-22.2 |
| Wake | 453 | 384 | 83.9 | 78.9-87.8 | 69 | 16.1 | 12.2-21.1 |
| Chatham/Lee | 399 | 311 | 78.1 | 72.7-82.7 | 88 | 21.9 | 17.3-27.3 |
| Nash/Wilson | 378 | 286 | 71.5 | 65.3-76.9 | 92 | 28.5 | 23.1-34.7 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 456 | 353 | 77.2 | 72.3-81.4 | 103 | 22.8 | 18.6-27.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 436 | 301 | 67.3 | 61.8-72.4 | 135 | 32.7 | 27.6-38.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 452 | 341 | 71.7 | 64.9-77.7 | 111 | 28.3 | 22.3-35.1 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 473 | 366 | 75.1 | 68.4-80.7 | 107 | 24.9 | 19.3-31.6 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 426 | 325 | 68.6 | 55.5-79.3 | 101 | 31.4 | 20.7-44.5 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 471 | 339 | 69.6 | 64.4-74.3 | 132 | 30.4 | 25.7-35.6 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 418 | 311 | 70.9 | 65.1-76.1 | 107 | 29.1 | 23.9-34.9 |
| Northeast NC I | 458 | 359 | 77.5 | 72.3-82.0 | 99 | 22.5 | 18.0-27.7 |
| Northeast NC II | 514 | 392 | 73.2 | 68.2-77.8 | 122 | 26.8 | 22.2-31.8 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 972 | 751 | 74.7 | 71.0-78.1 | 221 | 25.3 | 21.9-29.0 |
| Mountain AHEC | 1,308 | 1,005 | 73.4 | 68.6-77.7 | 303 | 26.6 | 22.3-31.4 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 3,306 | 2,511 | 74.2 | 71.5-76.7 | 795 | 25.8 | 23.3-28.5 |
| Piedmont | 4,032 | 3,185 | 76.7 | 74.6-78.6 | 847 | 23.3 | 21.4-25.4 |
| Western NC | 2,074 | 1,559 | 71.5 | 67.8-75.0 | 515 | 28.5 | 25.0-32.2 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
^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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