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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 |
-Cumberland County | 203 | 78 | 40.1 | 32.6-48.0 | 33 | 19.6 | 13.4-27.7 | 92 | 40.3 | 33.1-47.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 93 | 36 | 36.9 | 26.6-48.5 | 15 | 22.1 | 12.9-35.1 | 42 | 41.1 | 30.7-52.3 |
Female | 110 | 42 | 44.1 | 34.0-54.7 | 18 | 16.6 | 10.3-25.7 | 50 | 39.3 | 30.0-49.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 136 | 57 | 46.4 | 37.2-55.9 | 15 | 11.9 | 6.8-20.0 | 64 | 41.7 | 33.0-50.9 |
Other | 64 | 21 | 28.5 | 17.6-42.6 | 16 | 33.8 | 20.4-50.4 | 27 | 37.7 | 25.5-51.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 86 | 47 | 52.1 | 39.7-64.2 | 17 | 26.4 | 15.9-40.6 | 22 | 21.5 | 13.9-31.8 |
45+ | 116 | 31 | 30.4 | 21.6-41.0 | 16 | 14.1 | 8.2-23.2 | 69 | 55.5 | 45.1-65.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 91 | 44 | 50.8 | 38.7-62.7 | 18 | 24.0 | 14.1-37.8 | 29 | 25.2 | 17.0-35.7 |
Some College + | 111 | 34 | 31.0 | 22.2-41.5 | 15 | 15.9 | 9.3-25.7 | 62 | 53.1 | 42.8-63.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 120 | 52 | 45.9 | 36.0-56.2 | 19 | 19.0 | 11.7-29.4 | 49 | 35.1 | 26.5-44.7 |
$50,000+ | 39 | 15 | 43.2 | 27.4-60.4 | 7 | 16.7 | 7.9-31.8 | 17 | 40.2 | 25.3-57.0 |
* 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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