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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,228 | 823 | 25.5 | 23.7-27.5 | 2,405 | 74.5 | 72.5-76.3 |
-Eastern NC | 1,124 | 296 | 26.6 | 23.6-30.0 | 828 | 73.4 | 70.0-76.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 486 | 131 | 27.3 | 22.7-32.3 | 355 | 72.7 | 67.7-77.3 |
Female | 638 | 165 | 25.9 | 22.0-30.1 | 473 | 74.1 | 69.9-78.0 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 779 | 219 | 28.8 | 25.0-32.8 | 560 | 71.2 | 67.2-75.0 |
African American | 239 | 47 | 19.9 | 14.1-27.3 | 192 | 80.1 | 72.7-85.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 88 | 22 | 26.6 | 15.9-41.0 | 66 | 73.4 | 59.0-84.1 |
25-34 | 206 | 56 | 26.9 | 20.4-34.7 | 150 | 73.1 | 65.3-79.6 |
35-44 | 262 | 63 | 23.6 | 18.2-30.1 | 199 | 76.4 | 69.9-81.8 |
45-54 | 247 | 70 | 28.5 | 22.0-36.0 | 177 | 71.5 | 64.0-78.0 |
55-64 | 205 | 64 | 32.1 | 24.8-40.5 | 141 | 67.9 | 59.5-75.2 |
65-74 | 88 | 19 | 21.0 | 12.9-32.5 | 69 | 79.0 | 67.5-87.1 |
75+ | 27 | 2 | 4.8 | 1.1-18.0 | 25 | 95.2 | 82.0-98.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 232 | 53 | 24.0 | 17.4-32.0 | 179 | 76.0 | 68.0-82.6 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 400 | 93 | 24.1 | 19.5-29.5 | 307 | 75.9 | 70.5-80.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 305 | 84 | 26.7 | 21.2-33.0 | 221 | 73.3 | 67.0-78.8 |
College Graduate | 186 | 66 | 36.9 | 28.9-45.7 | 120 | 63.1 | 54.3-71.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 187 | 48 | 23.1 | 17.0-30.6 | 139 | 76.9 | 69.4-83.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 241 | 57 | 28.2 | 21.0-36.9 | 184 | 71.8 | 63.1-79.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 148 | 42 | 26.4 | 19.2-35.1 | 106 | 73.6 | 64.9-80.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 163 | 54 | 33.7 | 25.6-43.0 | 109 | 66.3 | 57.0-74.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 103 | 34 | 30.4 | 21.2-41.4 | 69 | 69.6 | 58.6-78.8 |
$75,000+ | 80 | 28 | 41.3 | 29.3-54.4 | 52 | 58.7 | 45.6-70.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 432 | 102 | 25.1 | 20.4-30.5 | 330 | 74.9 | 69.5-79.6 |
No | 670 | 189 | 27.5 | 23.5-31.9 | 481 | 72.5 | 68.1-76.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 166 | 43 | 29.5 | 21.9-38.5 | 123 | 70.5 | 61.5-78.1 |
Non-Veteran | 917 | 236 | 24.9 | 21.6-28.5 | 681 | 75.1 | 71.5-78.4 |
Currently Serving | 41 | 17 | 46.6 | 29.7-64.2 | 24 | 53.4 | 35.8-70.3 |
*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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