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| Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| TOTAL | 1,582 | 542 | 37.5 | 33.8-41.5 | 110 | 10.3 | 7.7-13.5 | 930 | 52.2 | 48.3-56.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 69 | 39 | 51.6 | 34.7-68.3 | 11 | 19.6 | 8.7-38.3 | 19 | 28.7 | 15.4-47.2 |
| 25-34 | 168 | 73 | 39.3 | 28.0-51.9 | 33 | 25.9 | 16.3-38.5 | 62 | 34.8 | 24.9-46.3 |
| 35-44 | 266 | 125 | 46.7 | 38.2-55.4 | 26 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.8 | 115 | 44.2 | 35.7-53.1 |
| 45-54 | 310 | 125 | 44.7 | 36.1-53.5 | 18 | 8.7 | 4.2-17.2 | 167 | 46.7 | 38.3-55.3 |
| 55-64 | 338 | 114 | 34.0 | 27.1-41.7 | 11 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.0 | 213 | 62.5 | 54.9-69.6 |
| 65-74 | 271 | 45 | 14.9 | 9.9-22.0 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.3- 8.1 | 218 | 81.8 | 74.4-87.4 |
| 75+ | 155 | 19 | 15.8 | 9.0-26.3 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.4-12.6 | 134 | 81.9 | 71.0-89.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 269 | 112 | 52.7 | 42.7-62.4 | 15 | 5.6 | 2.6-11.9 | 142 | 41.7 | 32.7-51.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 495 | 203 | 42.7 | 36.0-49.6 | 30 | 9.4 | 5.3-16.1 | 262 | 47.9 | 41.0-54.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 395 | 143 | 37.4 | 30.1-45.3 | 29 | 11.7 | 6.9-19.2 | 223 | 50.9 | 43.0-58.7 |
| College Graduate | 417 | 82 | 21.9 | 16.5-28.5 | 36 | 12.9 | 8.1-20.1 | 299 | 65.2 | 57.7-71.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 140 | 57 | 46.0 | 33.1-59.5 | 10 | 6.6 | 2.4-16.7 | 73 | 47.4 | 34.8-60.4 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 264 | 126 | 60.1 | 51.0-68.6 | 14 | 6.4 | 3.2-12.2 | 124 | 33.5 | 25.8-42.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 177 | 70 | 44.1 | 33.2-55.6 | 14 | 13.4 | 6.6-25.3 | 93 | 42.5 | 32.1-53.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 265 | 85 | 34.8 | 26.8-43.9 | 21 | 8.5 | 4.7-14.7 | 159 | 56.7 | 47.8-65.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 214 | 61 | 30.6 | 22.4-40.1 | 13 | 8.2 | 3.9-16.4 | 140 | 61.3 | 51.5-70.2 |
| $75,000+ | 209 | 44 | 21.2 | 14.5-30.0 | 20 | 21.4 | 12.0-35.1 | 145 | 57.4 | 46.2-67.9 |
| COUNTY/REGION** | ||||||||||
| Buncombe | 100 | 33 | 35.5 | 25.3-47.3 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.5-14.1 | 64 | 59.7 | 48.0-70.4 |
| Guilford | 67 | 19 | 34.5 | 21.6-50.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 2.0-12.6 | 43 | 60.3 | 45.3-73.6 |
| Mecklenburg | 60 | 17 | 21.9 | 12.4-35.7 | 2 | 11.9 | 2.7-39.5 | 41 | 66.2 | 47.5-80.9 |
| Orange | 72 | 13 | 19.4 | 11.0-32.1 | 8 | 12.7 | 6.0-24.9 | 51 | 67.9 | 54.4-78.9 |
| Wake | 62 | 11 | 19.7 | 10.6-33.7 | 6 | 14.1 | 5.7-30.8 | 45 | 66.2 | 50.8-78.8 |
| Chatham/Lee | 76 | 31 | 47.6 | 34.9-60.7 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.5 | 44 | 51.6 | 38.6-64.3 |
| Nash/Wilson | 46 | 20 | 42.0 | 26.0-59.9 | 3 | 15.7 | 3.7-47.7 | 23 | 42.3 | 26.5-59.8 |
| Craven/Pamlico | 82 | 26 | 34.2 | 23.4-46.9 | 5 | 9.1 | 3.4-22.4 | 51 | 56.7 | 44.2-68.4 |
| Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 105 | 43 | 42.0 | 30.3-54.7 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.9 | 56 | 52.3 | 39.5-64.7 |
| Appalachian/Wilkes | 92 | 32 | 43.2 | 28.0-59.7 | 8 | 11.1 | 4.8-23.6 | 52 | 45.7 | 31.9-60.2 |
| Franklin/Gran./Vance | 73 | 31 | 36.0 | 23.1-51.3 | 5 | 12.0 | 3.8-32.2 | 37 | 52.0 | 35.6-68.0 |
| Graham/Swain/Jackson | 86 | 28 | 37.8 | 26.1-51.1 | 7 | 9.4 | 4.3-19.1 | 51 | 52.8 | 40.3-65.0 |
| Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 51 | 17 | 31.7 | 18.8-48.2 | 4 | 7.9 | 2.6-21.2 | 30 | 60.5 | 44.1-74.8 |
| Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 64 | 30 | 50.0 | 36.7-63.3 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.8-19.1 | 31 | 43.9 | 31.3-57.2 |
| Northeast NC I | 52 | 13 | 38.3 | 23.1-56.1 | 4 | 6.8 | 2.4-17.7 | 35 | 55.0 | 38.5-70.5 |
| Northeast NC II | 81 | 29 | 40.8 | 28.7-54.2 | 5 | 7.0 | 2.8-16.4 | 47 | 52.1 | 39.2-64.8 |
| Northeastern Partnership | 133 | 42 | 40.2 | 30.2-51.0 | 9 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.8 | 82 | 52.9 | 42.4-63.2 |
| Mountain AHEC | 269 | 85 | 38.4 | 27.4-50.6 | 14 | 6.4 | 2.8-13.9 | 170 | 55.3 | 43.9-66.1 |
| NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 472 | 173 | 38.4 | 31.7-45.6 | 33 | 11.3 | 6.8-18.3 | 266 | 50.3 | 43.0-57.5 |
| Piedmont | 684 | 222 | 35.4 | 30.4-40.8 | 51 | 11.0 | 7.4-15.9 | 411 | 53.6 | 48.1-59.0 |
| Western NC | 426 | 147 | 43.1 | 34.5-52.1 | 26 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.3 | 253 | 50.4 | 42.0-58.7 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.
^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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