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| Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 5,946 | 4,705 | 78.2 | 76.5-79.8 | 1,241 | 21.8 | 20.2-23.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 4,338 | 3,390 | 76.9 | 74.9-78.8 | 948 | 23.1 | 21.2-25.1 |
| African American | 1,257 | 1,047 | 82.0 | 78.5-85.0 | 210 | 18.0 | 15.0-21.5 |
| Asian | 25 | 24 | 98.9 | 91.9-99.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 0.1- 8.1 |
| Native American | 145 | 95 | 61.2 | 47.0-73.8 | 50 | 38.8 | 26.2-53.0 |
| Other Minorities | 162 | 132 | 83.4 | 73.3-90.1 | 30 | 16.6 | 9.9-26.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 168 | 150 | 90.6 | 81.6-95.5 | 18 | 9.4 | 4.5-18.4 |
| -English Speaking | 83 | 69 | 74.1 | 53.3-87.7 | 14 | 25.9 | 12.3-46.7 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 85 | 81 | 98.1 | 94.0-99.4 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 6.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 5,771 | 4,550 | 77.6 | 75.9-79.3 | 1,221 | 22.4 | 20.7-24.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 363 | 269 | 75.5 | 68.2-81.5 | 94 | 24.5 | 18.5-31.8 |
| 25-34 | 880 | 671 | 77.1 | 72.8-80.8 | 209 | 22.9 | 19.2-27.2 |
| 35-44 | 1,096 | 801 | 74.5 | 70.4-78.1 | 295 | 25.5 | 21.9-29.6 |
| 45-54 | 1,151 | 837 | 71.6 | 67.5-75.3 | 314 | 28.4 | 24.7-32.5 |
| 55-64 | 945 | 760 | 78.2 | 73.5-82.3 | 185 | 21.8 | 17.7-26.5 |
| 65-74 | 808 | 710 | 88.5 | 85.0-91.2 | 98 | 11.5 | 8.8-15.0 |
| 75+ | 655 | 614 | 92.4 | 88.4-95.1 | 41 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 992 | 756 | 74.3 | 69.6-78.4 | 236 | 25.7 | 21.6-30.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,796 | 1,341 | 72.3 | 68.9-75.4 | 455 | 27.7 | 24.6-31.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,529 | 1,197 | 78.8 | 75.3-81.9 | 332 | 21.2 | 18.1-24.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,612 | 1,395 | 86.2 | 83.4-88.6 | 217 | 13.8 | 11.4-16.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 804 | 574 | 70.8 | 65.6-75.5 | 230 | 29.2 | 24.5-34.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,114 | 796 | 70.3 | 65.8-74.3 | 318 | 29.7 | 25.7-34.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 668 | 515 | 76.5 | 70.9-81.2 | 153 | 23.5 | 18.8-29.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 714 | 556 | 76.2 | 71.1-80.7 | 158 | 23.8 | 19.3-28.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 573 | 478 | 81.0 | 75.8-85.3 | 95 | 19.0 | 14.7-24.2 |
| $75,000+ | 651 | 580 | 86.3 | 81.8-89.8 | 71 | 13.7 | 10.2-18.2 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 275 | 212 | 77.6 | 71.4-82.7 | 63 | 22.4 | 17.3-28.6 |
| Guilford | 281 | 235 | 79.8 | 72.9-85.3 | 46 | 20.2 | 14.7-27.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 278 | 225 | 82.5 | 77.1-86.9 | 53 | 17.5 | 13.1-22.9 |
| Orange | 280 | 256 | 86.3 | 72.8-93.7 | 24 | 13.7 | 6.3-27.2 |
| Wake | 277 | 235 | 87.1 | 82.5-90.7 | 42 | 12.9 | 9.3-17.5 |
| Chatham/Lee | 248 | 199 | 81.8 | 75.9-86.4 | 49 | 18.2 | 13.6-24.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 239 | 191 | 77.6 | 70.8-83.2 | 48 | 22.4 | 16.8-29.2 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 286 | 223 | 77.4 | 71.4-82.4 | 63 | 22.6 | 17.6-28.6 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 274 | 194 | 69.9 | 63.3-75.7 | 80 | 30.1 | 24.3-36.7 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 283 | 215 | 74.7 | 67.7-80.7 | 68 | 25.3 | 19.3-32.3 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 298 | 249 | 84.5 | 79.1-88.7 | 49 | 15.5 | 11.3-20.9 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 264 | 203 | 74.1 | 67.2-79.9 | 61 | 25.9 | 20.1-32.8 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 296 | 221 | 74.3 | 68.3-79.5 | 75 | 25.7 | 20.5-31.7 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 291 | 230 | 76.3 | 69.9-81.7 | 61 | 23.7 | 18.3-30.1 |
| Northeast NC I | 315 | 250 | 78.6 | 72.8-83.4 | 65 | 21.4 | 16.6-27.2 |
| Northeast NC II | 328 | 260 | 76.6 | 70.6-81.7 | 68 | 23.4 | 18.3-29.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 643 | 510 | 77.4 | 73.1-81.1 | 133 | 22.6 | 18.9-26.9 |
| Mountain AHEC | 815 | 629 | 76.3 | 72.1-80.0 | 186 | 23.7 | 20.0-27.9 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 2,143 | 1,687 | 77.6 | 74.4-80.5 | 456 | 22.4 | 19.5-25.6 |
| Piedmont | 2,508 | 2,039 | 79.5 | 77.1-81.7 | 469 | 20.5 | 18.3-22.9 |
| Western NC | 1,295 | 979 | 74.3 | 70.7-77.5 | 316 | 25.7 | 22.5-29.3 |
*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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