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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 |
-Buncombe County | 107 | 21 | 23.5 | 15.3-34.2 | 13 | 8.7 | 4.7-15.4 | 14 | 14.0 | 8.1-23.1 | 25 | 20.2 | 13.4-29.3 | 34 | 33.6 | 24.2-44.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 46 | 10 | 27.2 | 15.2-43.8 | 3 | 3.9 | 1.2-12.0 | 5 | 12.5 | 5.1-27.6 | 10 | 16.2 | 8.4-28.7 | 18 | 40.2 | 26.0-56.3 |
Female | 61 | 11 | 18.9 | 10.3-32.1 | 10 | 14.5 | 7.3-26.9 | 9 | 15.9 | 8.3-28.5 | 15 | 25.1 | 14.9-39.1 | 16 | 25.6 | 15.6-39.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 89 | 18 | 24.5 | 15.4-36.5 | 12 | 10.3 | 5.5-18.5 | 11 | 14.0 | 7.5-24.5 | 22 | 21.8 | 14.1-32.2 | 26 | 29.5 | 20.1-40.9 |
Other | 18 | 3 | 19.4 | 5.9-47.8 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-15.1 | 3 | 14.2 | 4.3-38.0 | 3 | 13.7 | 4.0-37.6 | 8 | 50.4 | 26.2-74.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 52 | 8 | 18.1 | 8.9-33.3 | 9 | 12.0 | 5.7-23.4 | 10 | 19.9 | 10.4-34.7 | 10 | 14.7 | 7.5-26.7 | 15 | 35.3 | 21.9-51.5 |
45+ | 55 | 13 | 29.5 | 17.3-45.5 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.7-13.9 | 4 | 7.5 | 2.7-18.9 | 15 | 26.3 | 15.7-40.8 | 19 | 31.7 | 19.9-46.3 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 49 | 6 | 15.7 | 6.8-32.2 | 6 | 8.6 | 3.5-19.7 | 7 | 15.3 | 7.0-30.2 | 14 | 21.3 | 12.1-34.6 | 16 | 39.2 | 24.6-56.0 |
Some College + | 58 | 15 | 30.2 | 18.4-45.2 | 7 | 8.8 | 3.8-18.9 | 7 | 13.0 | 6.0-26.0 | 11 | 19.3 | 10.4-33.0 | 18 | 28.8 | 17.9-42.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 73 | 12 | 20.7 | 11.7-34.1 | 7 | 7.0 | 3.1-14.9 | 9 | 11.6 | 5.7-22.0 | 21 | 23.5 | 14.9-35.0 | 24 | 37.2 | 25.4-50.7 |
$50,000+ | 16 | 6 | 44.7 | 21.3-70.6 | 3 | 15.8 | 4.3-43.8 | 3 | 18.9 | 5.8-46.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 20.7 | 7.1-47.3 |
*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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