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| Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 3,466 | 2,550 | 72.0 | 69.5-74.4 | 916 | 28.0 | 25.6-30.5 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 2,572 | 1,920 | 72.2 | 69.3-75.0 | 652 | 27.8 | 25.0-30.7 |
| African American | 604 | 414 | 68.5 | 62.7-73.8 | 190 | 31.5 | 26.2-37.3 |
| Asian | 26 | 22 | 90.7 | 72.8-97.3 | 4 | 9.3 | 2.7-27.2 |
| Native American | 83 | 60 | 64.1 | 40.9-82.1 | 23 | 35.9 | 17.9-59.1 |
| Other Minorities | 163 | 120 | 75.6 | 64.1-84.3 | 43 | 24.4 | 15.7-35.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 170 | 125 | 75.7 | 64.4-84.3 | 45 | 24.3 | 15.7-35.6 |
| -English Speaking | 54 | 40 | 84.6 | 68.6-93.2 | 14 | 15.4 | 6.8-31.4 |
| -Spanish Speaking | 116 | 85 | 73.2 | 59.5-83.5 | 31 | 26.8 | 16.5-40.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,293 | 2,422 | 71.7 | 69.1-74.1 | 871 | 28.3 | 25.9-30.9 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 219 | 142 | 69.4 | 60.2-77.2 | 77 | 30.6 | 22.8-39.8 |
| 25-34 | 531 | 371 | 70.7 | 64.3-76.3 | 160 | 29.3 | 23.7-35.7 |
| 35-44 | 689 | 483 | 72.2 | 67.2-76.7 | 206 | 27.8 | 23.3-32.8 |
| 45-54 | 684 | 478 | 66.0 | 60.1-71.6 | 206 | 34.0 | 28.4-39.9 |
| 55-64 | 584 | 419 | 70.2 | 64.4-75.4 | 165 | 29.8 | 24.6-35.6 |
| 65-74 | 462 | 393 | 85.6 | 80.3-89.7 | 69 | 14.4 | 10.3-19.7 |
| 75+ | 277 | 248 | 87.5 | 80.8-92.1 | 29 | 12.5 | 7.9-19.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 607 | 390 | 60.0 | 53.1-66.5 | 217 | 40.0 | 33.5-46.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,026 | 688 | 66.1 | 61.3-70.5 | 338 | 33.9 | 29.5-38.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 809 | 584 | 72.9 | 67.7-77.5 | 225 | 27.1 | 22.5-32.3 |
| College Graduate | 1,014 | 881 | 85.2 | 81.4-88.3 | 133 | 14.8 | 11.7-18.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 300 | 195 | 63.3 | 53.3-72.2 | 105 | 36.7 | 27.8-46.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 615 | 382 | 59.3 | 52.8-65.5 | 233 | 40.7 | 34.5-47.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 366 | 243 | 67.0 | 59.0-74.1 | 123 | 33.0 | 25.9-41.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 526 | 403 | 76.9 | 71.1-81.8 | 123 | 23.1 | 18.2-28.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 436 | 345 | 78.7 | 72.6-83.8 | 91 | 21.3 | 16.2-27.4 |
| $75,000+ | 503 | 431 | 79.1 | 72.0-84.7 | 72 | 20.9 | 15.3-28.0 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 179 | 135 | 74.7 | 66.5-81.5 | 44 | 25.3 | 18.5-33.5 |
| Guilford | 165 | 125 | 73.3 | 64.2-80.9 | 40 | 26.7 | 19.1-35.8 |
| Mecklenburg | 167 | 131 | 78.0 | 68.6-85.2 | 36 | 22.0 | 14.8-31.4 |
| Orange | 170 | 143 | 84.1 | 76.4-89.6 | 27 | 15.9 | 10.4-23.6 |
| Wake | 176 | 149 | 80.3 | 71.1-87.2 | 27 | 19.7 | 12.8-28.9 |
| Chatham/Lee | 151 | 112 | 74.3 | 64.9-82.0 | 39 | 25.7 | 18.0-35.1 |
| Nash/Wilson | 139 | 95 | 65.2 | 54.9-74.2 | 44 | 34.8 | 25.8-45.1 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 170 | 130 | 76.9 | 68.7-83.5 | 40 | 23.1 | 16.5-31.3 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 162 | 107 | 64.3 | 54.8-72.9 | 55 | 35.7 | 27.1-45.2 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 169 | 126 | 68.0 | 55.7-78.3 | 43 | 32.0 | 21.7-44.3 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 175 | 117 | 66.1 | 53.5-76.8 | 58 | 33.9 | 23.2-46.5 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 162 | 122 | 64.3 | 42.7-81.4 | 40 | 35.7 | 18.6-57.3 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 175 | 118 | 64.3 | 55.5-72.1 | 57 | 35.7 | 27.9-44.5 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 127 | 81 | 64.0 | 53.2-73.6 | 46 | 36.0 | 26.4-46.8 |
| Northeast NC I | 143 | 109 | 76.0 | 66.0-83.8 | 34 | 24.0 | 16.2-34.0 |
| Northeast NC II | 186 | 132 | 69.8 | 61.3-77.1 | 54 | 30.2 | 22.9-38.7 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 329 | 241 | 71.8 | 65.2-77.5 | 88 | 28.2 | 22.5-34.8 |
| Mountain AHEC | 493 | 376 | 70.5 | 61.8-77.9 | 117 | 29.5 | 22.1-38.2 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,163 | 824 | 70.5 | 66.1-74.7 | 339 | 29.5 | 25.3-33.9 |
| Piedmont | 1,524 | 1,146 | 73.7 | 70.2-76.8 | 378 | 26.3 | 23.2-29.8 |
| Western NC | 779 | 580 | 68.7 | 62.1-74.6 | 199 | 31.3 | 25.4-37.9 |
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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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