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| Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 4,338 | 3,390 | 76.9 | 74.9-78.8 | 948 | 23.1 | 21.2-25.1 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 230 | 163 | 72.2 | 62.6-80.1 | 67 | 27.8 | 19.9-37.4 |
| 25-34 | 590 | 428 | 72.4 | 67.0-77.3 | 162 | 27.6 | 22.7-33.0 |
| 35-44 | 764 | 544 | 72.5 | 67.6-76.8 | 220 | 27.5 | 23.2-32.4 |
| 45-54 | 836 | 605 | 72.0 | 67.3-76.3 | 231 | 28.0 | 23.7-32.7 |
| 55-64 | 725 | 577 | 77.7 | 72.1-82.4 | 148 | 22.3 | 17.6-27.9 |
| 65-74 | 635 | 555 | 88.0 | 84.0-91.1 | 80 | 12.0 | 8.9-16.0 |
| 75+ | 528 | 491 | 91.5 | 86.7-94.7 | 37 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 579 | 420 | 67.3 | 60.8-73.2 | 159 | 32.7 | 26.8-39.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,285 | 936 | 71.1 | 67.1-74.8 | 349 | 28.9 | 25.2-32.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,157 | 889 | 76.2 | 72.0-80.0 | 268 | 23.8 | 20.0-28.0 |
| College Graduate | 1,308 | 1,136 | 87.2 | 84.3-89.7 | 172 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 459 | 300 | 62.1 | 54.8-68.9 | 159 | 37.9 | 31.1-45.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 736 | 499 | 65.4 | 59.9-70.5 | 237 | 34.6 | 29.5-40.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 476 | 354 | 74.9 | 68.3-80.6 | 122 | 25.1 | 19.4-31.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 573 | 444 | 75.9 | 70.1-80.9 | 129 | 24.1 | 19.1-29.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 487 | 400 | 79.3 | 73.5-84.2 | 87 | 20.7 | 15.8-26.5 |
| $75,000+ | 579 | 519 | 87.0 | 82.2-90.7 | 60 | 13.0 | 9.3-17.8 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
| Buncombe | 245 | 189 | 77.8 | 71.3-83.2 | 56 | 22.2 | 16.8-28.7 |
| Guilford | 201 | 168 | 80.8 | 72.9-86.8 | 33 | 19.2 | 13.2-27.1 |
| Mecklenburg | 181 | 148 | 83.1 | 76.3-88.2 | 33 | 16.9 | 11.8-23.7 |
| Orange | 235 | 214 | 85.2 | 69.7-93.5 | 21 | 14.8 | 6.5-30.3 |
| Wake | 197 | 168 | 87.3 | 81.7-91.3 | 29 | 12.7 | 8.7-18.3 |
| Chatham/Lee | 175 | 138 | 78.3 | 70.6-84.4 | 37 | 21.7 | 15.6-29.4 |
| Nash/Wilson | 150 | 119 | 75.9 | 66.8-83.1 | 31 | 24.1 | 16.9-33.2 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 221 | 168 | 75.3 | 68.3-81.1 | 53 | 24.7 | 18.9-31.7 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 256 | 181 | 69.0 | 62.2-75.1 | 75 | 31.0 | 24.9-37.8 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 270 | 205 | 74.7 | 67.5-80.8 | 65 | 25.3 | 19.2-32.5 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 184 | 145 | 79.0 | 70.9-85.3 | 39 | 21.0 | 14.7-29.1 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 229 | 179 | 74.7 | 67.3-81.0 | 50 | 25.3 | 19.0-32.7 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 118 | 83 | 68.6 | 58.6-77.2 | 35 | 31.4 | 22.8-41.4 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 177 | 134 | 72.4 | 64.0-79.5 | 43 | 27.6 | 20.5-36.0 |
| Northeast NC I | 137 | 104 | 75.9 | 67.0-83.0 | 33 | 24.1 | 17.0-33.0 |
| Northeast NC II | 221 | 172 | 73.3 | 65.6-79.9 | 49 | 26.7 | 20.1-34.4 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 358 | 276 | 74.0 | 68.0-79.3 | 82 | 26.0 | 20.7-32.0 |
| Mountain AHEC | 737 | 572 | 76.2 | 71.9-80.1 | 165 | 23.8 | 19.9-28.1 |
| NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
| Eastern NC | 1,321 | 1,014 | 74.6 | 70.4-78.5 | 307 | 25.4 | 21.5-29.6 |
| Piedmont | 1,827 | 1,471 | 78.6 | 75.8-81.3 | 356 | 21.4 | 18.7-24.2 |
| Western NC | 1,190 | 905 | 75.1 | 71.5-78.3 | 285 | 24.9 | 21.7-28.5 |
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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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