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| Total Respond.^ |
Regular | Lights | Ultra lights | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,175 | 1,145 | 38.7 | 36.5-40.9 | 1,460 | 45.1 | 42.9-47.3 | 570 | 16.2 | 14.7-17.9 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,103 | 425 | 41.3 | 37.7-45.0 | 484 | 42.9 | 39.3-46.6 | 194 | 15.8 | 13.4-18.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 471 | 216 | 49.4 | 43.9-54.9 | 194 | 38.9 | 33.7-44.4 | 61 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.3 |
| Female | 632 | 209 | 31.8 | 27.5-36.3 | 290 | 47.6 | 42.9-52.3 | 133 | 20.7 | 17.0-24.9 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 769 | 213 | 29.3 | 25.5-33.5 | 386 | 50.4 | 46.1-54.6 | 170 | 20.3 | 17.1-23.9 |
| African American | 232 | 161 | 74.0 | 67.0-80.0 | 59 | 21.3 | 16.0-27.8 | 12 | 4.7 | 2.5- 8.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 86 | 46 | 63.7 | 50.6-75.1 | 31 | 26.7 | 17.4-38.7 | 9 | 9.5 | 4.3-19.9 |
| 25-34 | 202 | 82 | 45.1 | 37.1-53.5 | 101 | 47.1 | 39.1-55.2 | 19 | 7.8 | 4.7-12.6 |
| 35-44 | 257 | 102 | 40.0 | 33.2-47.2 | 116 | 46.1 | 39.0-53.4 | 39 | 13.9 | 9.6-19.7 |
| 45-54 | 243 | 92 | 37.2 | 29.9-45.1 | 106 | 47.7 | 39.8-55.7 | 45 | 15.2 | 10.8-21.0 |
| 55-64 | 202 | 67 | 33.5 | 25.9-42.0 | 85 | 41.2 | 33.0-49.9 | 50 | 25.4 | 18.3-34.0 |
| 65-74 | 85 | 27 | 36.7 | 24.9-50.2 | 33 | 34.6 | 24.0-46.9 | 25 | 28.8 | 18.8-41.3 |
| 75+ | 27 | 8 | 29.6 | 14.2-51.6 | 12 | 40.3 | 22.1-61.6 | 7 | 30.1 | 14.5-52.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 227 | 115 | 52.3 | 43.7-60.6 | 84 | 36.6 | 28.8-45.1 | 28 | 11.2 | 7.2-16.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 394 | 155 | 40.3 | 34.4-46.5 | 173 | 43.2 | 37.4-49.3 | 66 | 16.5 | 12.3-21.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 300 | 105 | 38.7 | 32.2-45.7 | 142 | 45.9 | 39.2-52.7 | 53 | 15.4 | 11.2-20.7 |
| College Graduate | 181 | 49 | 30.6 | 23.0-39.4 | 85 | 47.0 | 38.5-55.8 | 47 | 22.4 | 16.3-30.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 181 | 96 | 54.7 | 45.6-63.4 | 65 | 36.1 | 28.0-45.2 | 20 | 9.2 | 5.5-15.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 237 | 101 | 42.7 | 34.6-51.2 | 100 | 43.8 | 35.5-52.4 | 36 | 13.5 | 9.1-19.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 146 | 58 | 44.6 | 35.6-54.0 | 59 | 41.0 | 32.2-50.4 | 29 | 14.4 | 9.6-21.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 163 | 55 | 40.4 | 31.5-50.0 | 77 | 44.0 | 35.3-53.1 | 31 | 15.6 | 10.4-22.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 102 | 28 | 30.5 | 21.1-41.9 | 53 | 50.2 | 38.8-61.5 | 21 | 19.4 | 11.4-31.0 |
| $75,000+ | 77 | 20 | 22.5 | 14.1-33.9 | 33 | 46.0 | 33.5-59.1 | 24 | 31.5 | 20.9-44.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 429 | 187 | 46.2 | 40.4-52.0 | 167 | 38.3 | 32.9-44.1 | 75 | 15.5 | 12.0-19.9 |
| No | 653 | 229 | 38.3 | 33.6-43.2 | 307 | 45.7 | 40.9-50.5 | 117 | 16.0 | 12.9-19.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 162 | 73 | 45.4 | 36.8-54.3 | 64 | 38.2 | 30.0-47.2 | 25 | 16.4 | 10.5-24.6 |
| Non-Veteran | 900 | 337 | 40.5 | 36.4-44.7 | 398 | 43.3 | 39.3-47.5 | 165 | 16.2 | 13.5-19.2 |
| Currently Serving | 41 | 15 | 39.8 | 24.0-58.1 | 22 | 52.7 | 35.2-69.6 | 4 | 7.5 | 2.1-23.3 |
*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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