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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 |
-Catawba County | 178 | 74 | 49.6 | 40.7-58.6 | 8 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.8 | 96 | 45.7 | 37.1-54.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 82 | 36 | 52.4 | 39.8-64.8 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.8-11.8 | 44 | 44.4 | 32.5-56.9 |
Female | 96 | 38 | 45.1 | 34.2-56.5 | 6 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.1 | 52 | 47.8 | 36.9-58.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 163 | 68 | 48.6 | 39.2-58.0 | 7 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.3 | 88 | 47.3 | 38.1-56.6 |
Other | 15 | 6 | 57.5 | 29.3-81.5 | 1 | 8.2 | 1.1-41.4 | 8 | 34.3 | 13.9-62.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 64 | 38 | 65.1 | 50.4-77.4 | 4 | 4.7 | 1.6-12.9 | 22 | 30.2 | 18.8-44.7 |
45+ | 114 | 36 | 36.5 | 26.8-47.5 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.5-13.3 | 74 | 58.8 | 48.0-68.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 104 | 46 | 56.2 | 44.5-67.4 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.7 | 52 | 37.8 | 27.6-49.2 |
Some College + | 74 | 28 | 37.9 | 26.5-50.8 | 2 | 2.4 | 0.5-10.8 | 44 | 59.7 | 46.8-71.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 121 | 54 | 55.6 | 44.5-66.1 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.3 | 61 | 38.5 | 28.9-49.1 |
$50,000+ | 30 | 9 | 28.3 | 14.3-48.4 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 20 | 69.8 | 49.9-84.3 |
* 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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