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Never | 14 or under | 15-16 | 17-18 | 19 0r older | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,922 | 137 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.8 | 179 | 11.6 | 9.5-14.2 | 412 | 23.2 | 20.3-26.3 | 466 | 24.4 | 21.6-27.5 | 728 | 34.0 | 30.8-37.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 104 | 4 | 3.9 | 1.3-11.3 | 21 | 21.9 | 12.3-35.9 | 38 | 33.3 | 22.1-46.7 | 33 | 30.8 | 18.8-46.1 | 8 | 10.1 | 3.2-27.7 |
25-34 | 255 | 13 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.9 | 36 | 16.6 | 10.7-24.7 | 74 | 28.0 | 20.9-36.4 | 68 | 28.0 | 20.9-36.3 | 64 | 20.5 | 14.7-27.9 |
35-44 | 361 | 20 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.7 | 51 | 15.3 | 10.6-21.6 | 112 | 29.2 | 22.8-36.5 | 82 | 23.7 | 18.0-30.4 | 96 | 28.2 | 21.8-35.6 |
45-54 | 427 | 34 | 10.0 | 5.9-16.7 | 37 | 10.1 | 6.6-15.3 | 82 | 19.0 | 14.0-25.3 | 111 | 23.4 | 18.2-29.5 | 163 | 37.4 | 30.9-44.5 |
55-64 | 326 | 20 | 4.8 | 2.5- 8.9 | 21 | 6.6 | 3.8-11.2 | 47 | 20.3 | 13.1-30.2 | 71 | 19.9 | 14.1-27.3 | 167 | 48.4 | 39.8-57.1 |
65-74 | 270 | 29 | 8.9 | 4.9-15.9 | 11 | 3.6 | 1.7- 7.5 | 34 | 13.5 | 8.7-20.3 | 62 | 27.3 | 20.0-36.2 | 134 | 46.7 | 38.3-55.3 |
75+ | 167 | 17 | 12.3 | 5.9-23.9 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.6-14.8 | 21 | 10.6 | 5.3-19.9 | 33 | 19.1 | 12.3-28.5 | 94 | 55.0 | 43.6-65.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 275 | 16 | 5.6 | 2.4-12.4 | 43 | 19.1 | 13.0-27.1 | 70 | 30.5 | 22.2-40.1 | 58 | 20.6 | 14.6-28.3 | 88 | 24.3 | 17.7-32.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 610 | 38 | 6.8 | 4.0-11.5 | 61 | 12.5 | 8.8-17.5 | 125 | 21.9 | 17.4-27.3 | 137 | 22.5 | 17.9-28.0 | 249 | 36.2 | 30.7-42.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 542 | 31 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.3 | 50 | 11.4 | 7.6-16.8 | 136 | 24.4 | 19.4-30.2 | 138 | 25.4 | 19.9-31.7 | 187 | 35.1 | 29.0-41.8 |
College Graduate | 493 | 52 | 11.5 | 7.9-16.5 | 25 | 5.3 | 3.1- 9.1 | 80 | 18.1 | 13.4-24.1 | 133 | 28.6 | 23.0-34.8 | 203 | 36.5 | 30.7-42.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 235 | 7 | 1.1 | 0.5- 2.5 | 30 | 12.9 | 7.3-22.0 | 57 | 27.5 | 18.5-38.9 | 40 | 18.3 | 12.0-26.8 | 101 | 40.1 | 30.9-50.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 403 | 24 | 5.8 | 3.2-10.3 | 41 | 15.1 | 10.2-21.9 | 104 | 29.1 | 22.8-36.4 | 93 | 23.5 | 18.0-30.1 | 141 | 26.4 | 20.6-33.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 234 | 20 | 5.7 | 2.9-10.9 | 27 | 16.8 | 9.8-27.2 | 42 | 21.6 | 13.9-32.1 | 58 | 23.5 | 15.6-33.8 | 87 | 32.4 | 24.0-42.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 265 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.5 | 18 | 10.3 | 5.5-18.4 | 62 | 23.1 | 16.1-32.1 | 63 | 24.8 | 17.8-33.4 | 107 | 39.0 | 30.7-47.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 200 | 13 | 7.3 | 3.4-15.0 | 13 | 7.4 | 3.4-15.1 | 41 | 23.8 | 16.0-33.7 | 62 | 28.5 | 20.5-38.1 | 71 | 33.1 | 24.5-43.0 |
$75,000+ | 208 | 26 | 11.1 | 6.6-17.8 | 12 | 6.9 | 3.5-13.3 | 35 | 20.8 | 13.9-30.0 | 61 | 28.6 | 21.0-37.6 | 74 | 32.6 | 24.5-41.9 |
COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||||||||
Buncombe | 107 | 8 | 7.0 | 3.3-14.2 | 13 | 15.2 | 8.4-25.9 | 15 | 11.5 | 6.7-19.0 | 25 | 29.4 | 19.0-42.6 | 46 | 36.9 | 27.1-48.0 |
Guilford | 83 | 7 | 9.1 | 3.8-20.3 | 3 | 2.4 | 0.7- 7.5 | 22 | 32.0 | 20.9-45.6 | 23 | 30.2 | 19.5-43.6 | 28 | 26.3 | 17.5-37.6 |
Mecklenburg | 77 | 6 | 8.6 | 3.6-19.4 | 4 | 5.7 | 2.2-14.5 | 11 | 11.1 | 5.7-20.4 | 25 | 38.7 | 27.2-51.6 | 31 | 35.9 | 25.3-48.0 |
Orange | 93 | 14 | 10.3 | 5.3-19.1 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.5-12.6 | 16 | 25.8 | 9.3-54.2 | 25 | 25.2 | 14.2-40.6 | 34 | 34.2 | 18.7-54.0 |
Wake | 72 | 5 | 7.2 | 2.9-16.7 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.8-13.2 | 18 | 27.2 | 17.0-40.6 | 22 | 30.9 | 20.6-43.4 | 23 | 29.8 | 19.8-42.2 |
Chatham/Lee | 81 | 6 | 5.6 | 2.4-12.6 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.4-16.7 | 16 | 22.5 | 13.6-34.8 | 27 | 33.3 | 23.3-45.1 | 25 | 30.8 | 21.2-42.5 |
Nash/Wilson | 63 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.7 | 8 | 18.2 | 8.6-34.3 | 16 | 27.0 | 16.0-41.9 | 15 | 23.4 | 14.0-36.4 | 21 | 28.3 | 18.2-41.3 |
Craven/Pamlico | 112 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.2 | 10 | 12.0 | 6.4-21.4 | 30 | 28.2 | 19.4-38.9 | 32 | 26.8 | 18.8-36.6 | 36 | 30.7 | 22.4-40.5 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 109 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.3- 7.7 | 8 | 9.8 | 4.3-21.0 | 25 | 31.0 | 21.3-42.7 | 24 | 19.1 | 12.6-28.0 | 47 | 36.8 | 27.6-47.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 124 | 7 | 4.9 | 2.2-10.7 | 11 | 7.5 | 3.9-13.8 | 21 | 17.8 | 11.2-27.2 | 33 | 30.0 | 21.2-40.5 | 52 | 39.8 | 30.6-49.8 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 90 | 7 | 5.9 | 2.6-12.8 | 8 | 11.2 | 5.6-21.3 | 23 | 29.9 | 19.5-43.0 | 17 | 18.2 | 10.6-29.4 | 35 | 34.7 | 24.5-46.6 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 109 | 13 | 9.7 | 5.0-18.1 | 11 | 9.2 | 4.7-17.3 | 20 | 22.2 | 13.7-33.9 | 21 | 19.0 | 11.9-29.0 | 44 | 39.9 | 28.6-52.4 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 60 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.4- 5.8 | 8 | 15.0 | 7.4-28.0 | 12 | 24.8 | 14.5-39.1 | 14 | 23.9 | 13.9-37.9 | 24 | 34.8 | 23.5-48.2 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 73 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.5-15.2 | 8 | 16.5 | 7.6-32.1 | 19 | 22.5 | 14.2-33.8 | 14 | 17.4 | 10.2-28.2 | 27 | 37.2 | 26.0-49.9 |
Northeast NC I | 64 | 5 | 11.3 | 4.3-26.6 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.4-15.7 | 19 | 31.6 | 20.3-45.5 | 10 | 15.1 | 7.5-28.3 | 27 | 37.1 | 25.5-50.4 |
Northeast NC II | 98 | 8 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.7 | 14 | 20.1 | 11.6-32.7 | 22 | 23.1 | 14.9-33.8 | 23 | 23.7 | 15.6-34.4 | 31 | 28.2 | 19.3-39.2 |
Northeastern Partnership | 162 | 13 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.6 | 17 | 16.1 | 9.5-25.9 | 41 | 25.3 | 18.4-33.9 | 33 | 21.4 | 15.0-29.8 | 58 | 30.6 | 23.1-39.2 |
Mountain AHEC | 339 | 29 | 6.2 | 3.8-10.0 | 37 | 15.3 | 10.0-22.8 | 59 | 19.3 | 13.7-26.4 | 74 | 23.8 | 18.1-30.6 | 140 | 35.4 | 29.1-42.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 593 | 36 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.2 | 69 | 16.8 | 12.1-22.8 | 141 | 23.3 | 18.1-29.5 | 134 | 20.7 | 15.9-26.4 | 213 | 33.1 | 27.2-39.6 |
Piedmont | 784 | 62 | 7.6 | 5.2-11.0 | 56 | 8.4 | 5.9-11.7 | 171 | 23.8 | 19.8-28.4 | 207 | 26.8 | 22.6-31.5 | 288 | 33.4 | 28.9-38.2 |
Western NC | 545 | 39 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.5 | 54 | 12.8 | 8.9-18.2 | 100 | 21.2 | 16.5-26.8 | 125 | 23.5 | 19.0-28.7 | 227 | 36.9 | 31.6-42.6 |
* This question was asked of all respondents who reported smoking 100+ cigarettes in his/her lifetime.
^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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