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Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,908 | 2,578 | 37.6 | 36.2-39.1 | 755 | 11.5 | 10.5-12.6 | 3,575 | 50.9 | 49.4-52.3 |
-Alamance County | 193 | 71 | 38.3 | 30.7-46.5 | 24 | 14.9 | 9.3-23.0 | 98 | 46.9 | 39.0-54.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 70 | 24 | 35.8 | 24.2-49.3 | 9 | 16.8 | 7.9-32.1 | 37 | 47.5 | 34.8-60.5 |
Female | 123 | 47 | 40.6 | 31.5-50.4 | 15 | 13.0 | 7.6-21.5 | 61 | 46.3 | 37.0-55.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 160 | 58 | 38.7 | 30.5-47.6 | 15 | 8.9 | 5.1-15.2 | 87 | 52.4 | 43.7-60.9 |
Other | 32 | 12 | 34.0 | 18.2-54.5 | 9 | 38.1 | 19.3-61.3 | 11 | 27.9 | 14.0-47.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 66 | 36 | 52.2 | 38.2-65.8 | 11 | 21.9 | 11.1-38.7 | 19 | 25.9 | 16.2-38.8 |
45+ | 127 | 35 | 29.6 | 21.0-39.8 | 13 | 10.5 | 5.6-18.6 | 79 | 60.0 | 49.7-69.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 103 | 39 | 40.1 | 29.7-51.5 | 15 | 17.1 | 9.1-29.9 | 49 | 42.8 | 32.3-53.9 |
Some College + | 90 | 32 | 36.1 | 25.6-48.2 | 9 | 12.4 | 6.0-23.6 | 49 | 51.5 | 39.9-62.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 119 | 49 | 39.8 | 30.2-50.2 | 19 | 20.5 | 12.1-32.5 | 51 | 39.7 | 30.1-50.2 |
$50,000+ | 37 | 13 | 41.9 | 25.3-60.5 | 2 | 4.3 | 1.0-16.9 | 22 | 53.8 | 35.9-70.8 |
* 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 (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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