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<10 cigaretts/per day | 10-20 cigarettes/per day | 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day | More than 20 cigarettes/per day | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,122 | 844 | 29.2 | 27.2-31.4 | 988 | 31.1 | 29.1-33.2 | 896 | 27.8 | 25.9-29.8 | 394 | 11.9 | 10.5-13.3 |
-Eastern NC | 1,080 | 317 | 31.5 | 28.0-35.2 | 336 | 30.1 | 26.8-33.6 | 283 | 26.0 | 23.0-29.3 | 144 | 12.4 | 10.2-15.0 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 462 | 130 | 31.5 | 26.3-37.1 | 130 | 28.1 | 23.3-33.4 | 118 | 24.8 | 20.5-29.6 | 84 | 15.7 | 12.3-19.7 |
Female | 618 | 187 | 31.5 | 27.1-36.2 | 206 | 32.4 | 28.1-37.0 | 165 | 27.5 | 23.5-31.9 | 60 | 8.7 | 6.2-12.0 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 760 | 159 | 22.1 | 18.7-25.9 | 235 | 28.8 | 25.1-32.8 | 239 | 32.5 | 28.7-36.7 | 127 | 16.6 | 13.5-20.1 |
African American | 221 | 117 | 52.4 | 43.8-60.8 | 67 | 33.1 | 25.3-41.9 | 31 | 12.9 | 8.6-19.0 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.9 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 87 | 39 | 39.2 | 27.0-52.9 | 30 | 39.5 | 26.6-54.1 | 12 | 9.8 | 5.2-18.0 | 6 | 11.4 | 4.5-26.2 |
25-34 | 198 | 73 | 42.1 | 34.0-50.6 | 68 | 32.5 | 25.4-40.6 | 47 | 20.7 | 15.2-27.5 | 10 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.4 |
35-44 | 253 | 70 | 26.5 | 20.7-33.2 | 76 | 28.8 | 22.6-35.8 | 69 | 31.0 | 24.4-38.4 | 38 | 13.8 | 9.7-19.2 |
45-54 | 231 | 64 | 32.9 | 25.1-41.7 | 71 | 27.8 | 21.3-35.3 | 64 | 28.1 | 21.7-35.6 | 32 | 11.2 | 7.5-16.3 |
55-64 | 197 | 44 | 22.7 | 15.8-31.5 | 55 | 25.7 | 19.0-33.9 | 57 | 31.2 | 23.7-39.9 | 41 | 20.3 | 14.1-28.4 |
65-74 | 88 | 22 | 27.8 | 17.5-41.1 | 28 | 31.8 | 21.4-44.3 | 23 | 25.5 | 16.4-37.4 | 15 | 14.9 | 8.5-24.9 |
75+ | 25 | 5 | 20.5 | 8.2-42.6 | 8 | 31.5 | 14.9-54.8 | 10 | 36.3 | 18.5-58.9 | 2 | 11.7 | 2.8-38.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 223 | 72 | 36.5 | 28.2-45.6 | 66 | 27.5 | 20.8-35.4 | 48 | 21.5 | 15.8-28.6 | 37 | 14.5 | 9.7-21.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 384 | 115 | 30.9 | 25.4-36.9 | 113 | 28.2 | 22.9-34.2 | 108 | 28.4 | 23.2-34.2 | 48 | 12.5 | 9.0-17.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 296 | 79 | 29.1 | 23.0-36.1 | 102 | 33.7 | 27.5-40.5 | 84 | 27.6 | 22.1-33.9 | 31 | 9.5 | 6.5-13.8 |
College Graduate | 176 | 51 | 29.5 | 22.2-38.1 | 54 | 31.8 | 24.0-40.8 | 43 | 24.5 | 17.7-32.9 | 28 | 14.2 | 9.2-21.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 181 | 57 | 36.1 | 27.5-45.8 | 51 | 27.1 | 20.1-35.5 | 44 | 23.1 | 16.6-31.2 | 29 | 13.6 | 9.0-20.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 231 | 86 | 38.2 | 30.2-47.0 | 68 | 27.9 | 21.2-35.7 | 54 | 23.8 | 17.6-31.4 | 23 | 10.0 | 5.8-17.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 141 | 39 | 27.4 | 19.8-36.6 | 44 | 27.9 | 20.3-37.0 | 42 | 31.9 | 23.7-41.3 | 16 | 12.8 | 7.7-20.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 157 | 37 | 26.7 | 19.0-36.1 | 55 | 33.1 | 25.0-42.3 | 45 | 30.4 | 22.5-39.8 | 20 | 9.8 | 5.9-15.9 |
$50,000-74,999 | 99 | 23 | 24.1 | 15.7-35.2 | 32 | 34.1 | 23.7-46.3 | 26 | 24.4 | 16.0-35.5 | 18 | 17.4 | 10.5-27.6 |
$75,000+ | 77 | 17 | 23.7 | 14.5-36.1 | 23 | 26.0 | 16.4-38.6 | 21 | 33.0 | 21.8-46.5 | 16 | 17.4 | 9.9-28.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 414 | 100 | 25.3 | 20.6-30.8 | 130 | 32.0 | 26.4-38.0 | 109 | 26.9 | 22.1-32.3 | 75 | 15.9 | 12.3-20.2 |
No | 644 | 212 | 35.6 | 30.9-40.6 | 195 | 28.4 | 24.4-32.8 | 169 | 25.3 | 21.5-29.5 | 68 | 10.6 | 7.9-14.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 160 | 43 | 27.4 | 20.1-36.2 | 45 | 26.8 | 19.6-35.5 | 44 | 28.7 | 21.3-37.5 | 28 | 17.1 | 11.5-24.6 |
Non-Veteran | 880 | 253 | 30.5 | 26.6-34.7 | 280 | 31.1 | 27.3-35.1 | 234 | 26.6 | 23.2-30.2 | 113 | 11.9 | 9.5-14.8 |
Currently Serving | 40 | 21 | 64.4 | 47.2-78.5 | 11 | 24.5 | 12.9-41.7 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.7-16.1 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.4-13.1 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.
^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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