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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 996 | 790 | 78.6 | 74.2-82.5 | 206 | 21.4 | 17.5-25.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 77 | 56 | 72.1 | 53.5-85.3 | 21 | 27.9 | 14.7-46.5 |
25-34 | 177 | 135 | 72.9 | 62.1-81.6 | 42 | 27.1 | 18.4-37.9 |
35-44 | 222 | 173 | 78.7 | 69.8-85.5 | 49 | 21.3 | 14.5-30.2 |
45-54 | 234 | 195 | 81.3 | 71.7-88.1 | 39 | 18.7 | 11.9-28.3 |
55-64 | 166 | 134 | 88.2 | 80.1-93.3 | 32 | 11.8 | 6.7-19.9 |
65-74 | 77 | 62 | 82.7 | 68.6-91.3 | 15 | 17.3 | 8.7-31.4 |
75+ | 40 | 33 | 77.8 | 47.9-93.0 | 7 | 22.2 | 7.0-52.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 167 | 123 | 70.0 | 58.0-79.8 | 44 | 30.0 | 20.2-42.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 358 | 279 | 81.9 | 75.5-86.9 | 79 | 18.1 | 13.1-24.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 287 | 233 | 77.7 | 68.1-85.1 | 54 | 22.3 | 14.9-31.9 |
College Graduate | 184 | 155 | 83.9 | 73.8-90.7 | 29 | 16.1 | 9.3-26.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 165 | 135 | 84.5 | 76.4-90.3 | 30 | 15.5 | 9.7-23.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 252 | 191 | 75.1 | 66.0-82.4 | 61 | 24.9 | 17.6-34.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 126 | 104 | 86.3 | 73.8-93.4 | 22 | 13.7 | 6.6-26.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 136 | 105 | 70.9 | 57.4-81.5 | 31 | 29.1 | 18.5-42.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 89 | 75 | 85.6 | 73.1-92.9 | 14 | 14.4 | 7.1-26.9 |
$75,000+ | 68 | 58 | 85.8 | 69.6-94.1 | 10 | 14.2 | 5.9-30.4 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 58 | 49 | 76.3 | 58.7-88.0 | 9 | 23.7 | 12.0-41.3 |
Guilford | 34 | 26 | 78.7 | 56.9-91.2 | 8 | 21.3 | 8.8-43.1 |
Mecklenburg | 34 | 30 | 90.1 | 73.5-96.8 | 4 | 9.9 | 3.2-26.5 |
Orange | 27 | 19 | 65.6 | 29.5-89.7 | 8 | 34.4 | 10.3-70.5 |
Wake | 28 | 27 | 97.7 | 84.9-99.7 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-15.1 |
Chatham/Lee | 41 | 33 | 80.5 | 63.9-90.6 | 8 | 19.5 | 9.4-36.1 |
Nash/Wilson | 32 | 30 | 95.9 | 83.8-99.1 | 2 | 4.1 | 0.9-16.2 |
Craven/Pamlico | 58 | 52 | 88.9 | 76.8-95.1 | 6 | 11.1 | 4.9-23.2 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 78 | 62 | 82.7 | 72.4-89.7 | 16 | 17.3 | 10.3-27.6 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 68 | 50 | 69.9 | 55.4-81.2 | 18 | 30.1 | 18.8-44.6 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 39 | 29 | 76.2 | 57.4-88.3 | 10 | 23.8 | 11.7-42.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 49 | 40 | 82.7 | 67.9-91.5 | 9 | 17.3 | 8.5-32.1 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 35 | 22 | 66.1 | 48.0-80.4 | 13 | 33.9 | 19.6-52.0 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 45 | 35 | 83.3 | 70.2-91.4 | 10 | 16.7 | 8.6-29.8 |
Northeast NC I | 35 | 27 | 80.3 | 62.0-91.0 | 8 | 19.7 | 9.0-38.0 |
Northeast NC II | 54 | 37 | 63.2 | 46.8-77.0 | 17 | 36.8 | 23.0-53.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 89 | 64 | 67.5 | 54.0-78.5 | 25 | 32.5 | 21.5-46.0 |
Mountain AHEC | 171 | 145 | 87.0 | 79.8-91.9 | 26 | 13.0 | 8.1-20.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 324 | 257 | 81.6 | 74.3-87.1 | 67 | 18.4 | 12.9-25.7 |
Piedmont | 375 | 290 | 74.7 | 67.3-80.9 | 85 | 25.3 | 19.1-32.7 |
Western NC | 297 | 243 | 84.6 | 79.1-88.9 | 54 | 15.4 | 11.1-20.9 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking regularly within the past year.
^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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