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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 947 | 485 | 54.4 | 49.4-59.3 | 462 | 45.6 | 40.7-50.6 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 67 | 35 | 63.4 | 45.8-78.1 | 32 | 36.6 | 21.9-54.2 |
25-34 | 161 | 100 | 65.2 | 54.1-74.8 | 61 | 34.8 | 25.2-45.9 |
35-44 | 220 | 105 | 47.5 | 37.7-57.4 | 115 | 52.5 | 42.6-62.3 |
45-54 | 231 | 110 | 46.0 | 36.9-55.4 | 121 | 54.0 | 44.6-63.1 |
55-64 | 148 | 75 | 53.4 | 39.6-66.6 | 73 | 46.6 | 33.4-60.4 |
65-74 | 80 | 41 | 63.4 | 48.5-76.2 | 39 | 36.6 | 23.8-51.5 |
75+ | 37 | 18 | 52.6 | 30.0-74.3 | 19 | 47.4 | 25.7-70.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 159 | 84 | 54.6 | 42.3-66.4 | 75 | 45.4 | 33.6-57.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 348 | 170 | 53.6 | 45.7-61.3 | 178 | 46.4 | 38.7-54.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 268 | 133 | 56.5 | 47.0-65.6 | 135 | 43.5 | 34.4-53.0 |
College Graduate | 172 | 98 | 52.1 | 40.8-63.3 | 74 | 47.9 | 36.7-59.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 159 | 88 | 49.9 | 37.5-62.3 | 71 | 50.1 | 37.7-62.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 237 | 124 | 57.3 | 47.9-66.2 | 113 | 42.7 | 33.8-52.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 122 | 62 | 55.5 | 41.6-68.6 | 60 | 44.5 | 31.4-58.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 129 | 60 | 52.0 | 39.2-64.5 | 69 | 48.0 | 35.5-60.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 86 | 38 | 34.3 | 22.5-48.4 | 48 | 65.7 | 51.6-77.5 |
$75,000+ | 60 | 34 | 57.3 | 39.2-73.6 | 26 | 42.7 | 26.4-60.8 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||
Buncombe | 56 | 30 | 54.7 | 39.6-69.0 | 26 | 45.3 | 31.0-60.4 |
Guilford | 33 | 19 | 62.1 | 40.9-79.6 | 14 | 37.9 | 20.4-59.1 |
Mecklenburg | 33 | 18 | 55.8 | 36.9-73.1 | 15 | 44.2 | 26.9-63.1 |
Orange | 21 | 12 | 49.7 | 14.3-85.4 | 9 | 50.3 | 14.6-85.7 |
Wake | 29 | 18 | 63.1 | 43.4-79.3 | 11 | 36.9 | 20.7-56.6 |
Chatham/Lee | 37 | 21 | 60.6 | 43.0-75.7 | 16 | 39.4 | 24.3-57.0 |
Nash/Wilson | 31 | 14 | 48.1 | 29.1-67.6 | 17 | 51.9 | 32.4-70.9 |
Craven/Pamlico | 53 | 27 | 50.4 | 35.6-65.1 | 26 | 49.6 | 34.9-64.4 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 75 | 32 | 41.3 | 29.8-54.0 | 43 | 58.7 | 46.0-70.2 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 65 | 32 | 48.3 | 34.9-61.9 | 33 | 51.7 | 38.1-65.1 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 39 | 19 | 45.1 | 28.1-63.3 | 20 | 54.9 | 36.7-71.9 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 50 | 24 | 47.5 | 32.3-63.1 | 26 | 52.5 | 36.9-67.7 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 35 | 12 | 31.1 | 17.3-49.4 | 23 | 68.9 | 50.6-82.7 |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 43 | 24 | 58.1 | 41.6-73.0 | 19 | 41.9 | 27.0-58.4 |
Northeast NC I | 33 | 19 | 60.5 | 41.4-76.8 | 14 | 39.5 | 23.2-58.6 |
Northeast NC II | 49 | 27 | 58.5 | 42.5-72.9 | 22 | 41.5 | 27.1-57.5 |
Northeastern Partnership | 82 | 46 | 59.0 | 46.1-70.8 | 36 | 41.0 | 29.2-53.9 |
Mountain AHEC | 165 | 79 | 47.9 | 37.8-58.2 | 86 | 52.1 | 41.8-62.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 307 | 154 | 51.6 | 42.0-61.1 | 153 | 48.4 | 38.9-58.0 |
Piedmont | 355 | 196 | 58.5 | 51.1-65.5 | 159 | 41.5 | 34.5-48.9 |
Western NC | 285 | 135 | 47.9 | 40.0-55.8 | 150 | 52.1 | 44.2-60.0 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.
^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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