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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 |
-Eastern NC | 1,235 | 272 | 23.5 | 20.5-26.7 | 189 | 14.0 | 11.9-16.4 | 111 | 9.0 | 7.2-11.2 | 397 | 29.4 | 26.5-32.6 | 266 | 24.0 | 21.0-27.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 528 | 124 | 25.0 | 20.6-30.0 | 74 | 12.9 | 10.0-16.4 | 43 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.9 | 139 | 23.5 | 19.6-27.8 | 148 | 30.1 | 25.3-35.5 |
Female | 707 | 148 | 21.6 | 18.1-25.6 | 115 | 15.4 | 12.5-18.8 | 68 | 9.7 | 7.3-12.7 | 258 | 36.5 | 32.3-40.9 | 118 | 16.8 | 13.7-20.5 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 871 | 182 | 22.7 | 19.4-26.3 | 137 | 14.9 | 12.3-17.9 | 86 | 9.0 | 7.1-11.5 | 285 | 31.4 | 27.8-35.2 | 181 | 22.0 | 18.8-25.6 |
African American | 246 | 61 | 24.7 | 18.4-32.3 | 35 | 11.7 | 8.0-16.8 | 18 | 9.8 | 5.6-16.6 | 83 | 28.7 | 22.5-35.7 | 49 | 25.1 | 17.8-34.2 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 103 | 25 | 23.5 | 14.5-35.8 | 18 | 12.0 | 6.9-19.9 | 10 | 6.9 | 3.5-13.4 | 22 | 18.4 | 11.3-28.4 | 28 | 39.2 | 26.7-53.4 |
25-34 | 231 | 57 | 25.2 | 19.1-32.5 | 35 | 15.8 | 10.9-22.4 | 20 | 8.3 | 4.8-14.2 | 53 | 17.7 | 13.1-23.5 | 66 | 33.0 | 25.6-41.2 |
35-44 | 287 | 70 | 25.0 | 19.5-31.6 | 52 | 17.4 | 12.9-23.2 | 19 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.7 | 78 | 25.9 | 20.5-32.2 | 68 | 25.2 | 19.6-31.9 |
45-54 | 260 | 62 | 29.1 | 22.1-37.2 | 33 | 11.2 | 7.5-16.3 | 22 | 9.2 | 5.4-15.1 | 83 | 29.4 | 23.3-36.4 | 60 | 21.1 | 15.9-27.5 |
55-64 | 225 | 39 | 17.2 | 11.6-24.6 | 33 | 12.4 | 8.2-18.3 | 23 | 11.7 | 7.4-18.2 | 98 | 45.1 | 37.1-53.3 | 32 | 13.6 | 8.7-20.6 |
65-74 | 98 | 12 | 11.2 | 6.0-19.9 | 15 | 15.0 | 8.6-24.7 | 11 | 12.8 | 6.6-23.4 | 49 | 50.5 | 38.9-62.1 | 11 | 10.5 | 5.5-19.3 |
75+ | 30 | 6 | 17.2 | 7.1-36.2 | 3 | 12.0 | 3.5-34.0 | 6 | 21.7 | 8.9-44.0 | 14 | 47.6 | 28.6-67.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 244 | 38 | 20.2 | 13.6-28.9 | 28 | 9.2 | 6.0-13.7 | 23 | 9.6 | 5.7-15.8 | 94 | 30.2 | 23.9-37.4 | 61 | 30.8 | 23.1-39.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 431 | 108 | 26.4 | 21.5-31.9 | 61 | 13.7 | 10.3-17.9 | 39 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.2 | 123 | 25.7 | 21.2-30.9 | 100 | 24.9 | 20.0-30.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 353 | 91 | 25.7 | 20.6-31.4 | 61 | 15.7 | 11.7-20.7 | 25 | 6.3 | 3.9- 9.9 | 108 | 30.5 | 25.1-36.4 | 68 | 21.9 | 16.9-28.0 |
College Graduate | 206 | 35 | 17.6 | 12.3-24.6 | 39 | 19.3 | 13.6-26.6 | 24 | 12.5 | 7.9-19.2 | 72 | 35.4 | 27.9-43.6 | 36 | 15.2 | 10.6-21.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 201 | 28 | 12.9 | 8.6-19.0 | 24 | 11.4 | 7.2-17.7 | 13 | 8.4 | 3.9-17.2 | 93 | 40.5 | 32.3-49.2 | 43 | 26.8 | 19.0-36.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 253 | 55 | 24.4 | 17.3-33.4 | 36 | 11.3 | 7.6-16.4 | 25 | 10.7 | 6.7-16.7 | 79 | 28.2 | 22.0-35.3 | 58 | 25.4 | 18.8-33.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 169 | 41 | 25.9 | 18.8-34.6 | 27 | 15.6 | 10.3-23.0 | 13 | 7.2 | 4.0-12.7 | 51 | 28.5 | 21.5-36.8 | 37 | 22.7 | 16.2-30.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 179 | 43 | 25.5 | 18.5-34.0 | 34 | 20.8 | 14.3-29.1 | 18 | 11.4 | 6.8-18.3 | 49 | 24.9 | 18.2-33.0 | 35 | 17.5 | 11.9-24.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 121 | 27 | 22.5 | 14.8-32.6 | 21 | 13.4 | 8.2-21.1 | 12 | 8.5 | 4.4-16.1 | 36 | 34.7 | 25.1-45.8 | 25 | 20.8 | 13.6-30.6 |
$75,000+ | 92 | 26 | 30.9 | 21.0-42.9 | 11 | 12.9 | 6.8-23.1 | 11 | 11.8 | 5.9-22.2 | 31 | 32.9 | 22.7-44.9 | 13 | 11.5 | 6.3-20.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 461 | 62 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.4 | 61 | 12.8 | 9.7-16.8 | 37 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.6 | 224 | 45.0 | 39.6-50.5 | 77 | 19.5 | 14.9-24.9 |
No | 744 | 202 | 28.2 | 24.2-32.6 | 125 | 14.8 | 12.1-18.0 | 73 | 9.9 | 7.5-12.9 | 164 | 20.7 | 17.4-24.4 | 180 | 26.4 | 22.4-30.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 180 | 38 | 21.1 | 14.9-28.8 | 26 | 13.3 | 8.6-19.9 | 18 | 13.2 | 8.1-20.8 | 62 | 33.6 | 26.1-41.9 | 36 | 18.9 | 13.3-26.2 |
Non-Veteran | 1,012 | 231 | 24.8 | 21.4-28.5 | 154 | 13.7 | 11.4-16.4 | 85 | 7.6 | 5.8- 9.8 | 324 | 29.0 | 25.8-32.5 | 218 | 24.9 | 21.3-28.8 |
Currently Serving | 43 | 3 | 8.6 | 2.6-25.3 | 9 | 22.1 | 11.1-39.3 | 8 | 19.6 | 9.0-37.6 | 11 | 21.3 | 10.3-39.1 | 12 | 28.3 | 15.3-46.3 |
*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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