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Once | Twice | Three times | 4 or more times | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,548 | 797 | 23.2 | 21.5-25.1 | 538 | 14.4 | 13.1-15.9 | 350 | 9.5 | 8.4-10.8 | 1,112 | 29.2 | 27.4-31.1 | 751 | 23.6 | 21.8-25.6 |
-Alamance County | 102 | 21 | 16.7 | 10.4-25.7 | 15 | 17.0 | 9.9-27.6 | 11 | 7.7 | 4.1-13.9 | 35 | 35.7 | 25.5-47.3 | 20 | 22.9 | 14.0-35.2 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 34 | 4 | 7.5 | 2.4-21.5 | 8 | 23.0 | 10.9-42.1 | 2 | 3.8 | 0.9-15.1 | 10 | 32.2 | 16.9-52.7 | 10 | 33.5 | 17.3-54.8 |
Female | 68 | 17 | 24.5 | 15.0-37.4 | 7 | 11.9 | 5.4-24.5 | 9 | 11.0 | 5.6-20.6 | 25 | 38.6 | 26.8-52.0 | 10 | 13.9 | 7.2-25.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 78 | 16 | 18.0 | 10.5-28.9 | 11 | 15.6 | 8.1-27.9 | 6 | 6.3 | 2.7-13.9 | 29 | 40.3 | 28.4-53.4 | 16 | 19.8 | 11.9-31.2 |
Other | 23 | 5 | 14.3 | 5.0-34.8 | 3 | 15.9 | 4.8-41.1 | 5 | 11.8 | 4.4-28.2 | 6 | 25.7 | 10.5-50.7 | 4 | 32.3 | 11.8-62.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 52 | 13 | 18.8 | 10.1-32.2 | 8 | 19.2 | 9.3-35.4 | 4 | 5.6 | 2.0-14.4 | 15 | 28.8 | 17.3-43.8 | 12 | 27.7 | 14.6-46.4 |
45+ | 50 | 8 | 14.2 | 6.6-27.9 | 7 | 14.4 | 6.4-29.3 | 7 | 10.3 | 4.6-21.5 | 20 | 44.2 | 28.7-60.9 | 8 | 17.0 | 8.3-31.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 56 | 10 | 12.5 | 6.2-23.5 | 7 | 17.0 | 7.9-32.9 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.4-10.6 | 22 | 37.3 | 24.3-52.4 | 13 | 29.3 | 16.0-47.2 |
Some College + | 46 | 11 | 22.1 | 11.6-38.1 | 8 | 17.0 | 7.9-32.8 | 7 | 12.5 | 5.7-25.1 | 13 | 33.6 | 18.8-52.5 | 7 | 14.8 | 6.6-29.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 73 | 17 | 18.4 | 10.9-29.5 | 6 | 10.0 | 4.0-23.1 | 7 | 7.2 | 3.3-15.1 | 28 | 36.8 | 25.2-50.3 | 15 | 27.5 | 15.9-43.2 |
$50,000+ | 16 | 3 | 18.1 | 5.2-46.8 | 5 | 33.4 | 13.6-61.6 | 2 | 7.7 | 1.8-27.8 | 3 | 26.9 | 7.5-62.6 | 3 | 14.0 | 4.0-38.9 |
*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.
^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 (MAHEC): 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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