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Smoke everyday | Smoke some days | Former smoker | Never smoked | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,003 | 2,578 | 17.2 | 16.5-18.0 | 755 | 5.3 | 4.8- 5.8 | 3,575 | 23.3 | 22.5-24.1 | 8,095 | 54.2 | 53.2-55.2 |
-Eastern NC | 5,032 | 897 | 18.6 | 17.2-20.0 | 266 | 5.7 | 4.9- 6.6 | 1,202 | 23.8 | 22.4-25.2 | 2,667 | 52.0 | 50.2-53.7 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,815 | 390 | 21.4 | 19.1-23.8 | 114 | 6.6 | 5.3- 8.2 | 554 | 29.6 | 27.2-32.2 | 757 | 42.4 | 39.7-45.2 |
Female | 3,217 | 507 | 16.1 | 14.6-17.7 | 152 | 4.9 | 4.0- 5.9 | 648 | 18.5 | 17.0-20.0 | 1,910 | 60.6 | 58.6-62.6 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 3,316 | 657 | 20.5 | 18.9-22.3 | 149 | 4.6 | 3.8- 5.6 | 916 | 28.1 | 26.3-30.0 | 1,594 | 46.7 | 44.7-48.7 |
African American | 1,271 | 168 | 15.5 | 12.8-18.6 | 82 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.2 | 215 | 16.7 | 14.3-19.3 | 806 | 60.9 | 57.4-64.4 |
Other Minorities | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 7.5 | 1.0-39.1 | 13 | 92.5 | 60.9-99.0 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 335 | 68 | 20.1 | 15.0-26.4 | 22 | 7.9 | 4.5-13.5 | 30 | 7.8 | 4.9-12.2 | 215 | 64.2 | 57.1-70.8 |
25-34 | 821 | 159 | 18.1 | 15.3-21.3 | 52 | 8.0 | 5.8-10.8 | 110 | 14.4 | 11.6-17.8 | 500 | 59.4 | 55.3-63.4 |
35-44 | 887 | 208 | 23.8 | 20.3-27.7 | 62 | 6.5 | 4.8- 8.6 | 153 | 16.5 | 13.7-19.6 | 464 | 53.3 | 49.2-57.3 |
45-54 | 924 | 197 | 22.3 | 19.1-26.0 | 60 | 6.3 | 4.7- 8.4 | 218 | 22.9 | 19.9-26.2 | 449 | 48.5 | 44.6-52.4 |
55-64 | 872 | 173 | 20.6 | 17.4-24.1 | 40 | 4.4 | 2.9- 6.7 | 268 | 31.5 | 27.9-35.3 | 391 | 43.5 | 39.5-47.6 |
65-74 | 682 | 69 | 10.1 | 7.7-13.1 | 23 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.2 | 263 | 43.9 | 39.5-48.5 | 327 | 43.3 | 39.0-47.8 |
75+ | 491 | 22 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.8 | 7 | 2.1 | 1.0- 4.5 | 154 | 35.5 | 30.4-41.0 | 308 | 58.1 | 52.7-63.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 868 | 184 | 22.8 | 19.3-26.9 | 60 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.1 | 187 | 21.1 | 17.7-24.9 | 437 | 47.9 | 43.4-52.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,622 | 323 | 21.3 | 18.7-24.0 | 91 | 5.8 | 4.5- 7.5 | 361 | 22.2 | 19.8-24.7 | 847 | 50.7 | 47.7-53.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,315 | 247 | 18.5 | 16.2-21.1 | 67 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.4 | 338 | 25.5 | 22.8-28.4 | 663 | 50.5 | 47.3-53.7 |
College Graduate | 1,218 | 142 | 11.5 | 9.5-13.8 | 48 | 3.8 | 2.7- 5.2 | 314 | 26.2 | 23.4-29.2 | 714 | 58.6 | 55.3-61.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 670 | 155 | 23.6 | 19.7-28.0 | 39 | 6.1 | 4.1- 8.8 | 147 | 23.2 | 19.2-27.7 | 329 | 47.2 | 42.1-52.4 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 947 | 185 | 21.5 | 17.9-25.6 | 66 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.7 | 191 | 18.8 | 15.9-22.0 | 505 | 52.6 | 48.3-56.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 590 | 117 | 20.1 | 16.7-24.1 | 34 | 4.9 | 3.3- 7.2 | 122 | 20.1 | 16.6-24.0 | 317 | 54.9 | 50.2-59.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 666 | 138 | 21.3 | 17.8-25.3 | 32 | 5.2 | 3.5- 7.8 | 182 | 26.5 | 22.7-30.6 | 314 | 47.0 | 42.6-51.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 539 | 89 | 17.9 | 14.3-22.2 | 18 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 140 | 25.9 | 21.9-30.4 | 292 | 52.8 | 47.9-57.7 |
$75,000+ | 548 | 62 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.3 | 18 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.5 | 157 | 28.9 | 24.7-33.4 | 311 | 55.4 | 50.6-60.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,747 | 338 | 20.7 | 18.4-23.3 | 107 | 6.3 | 5.1- 7.7 | 485 | 28.6 | 26.1-31.3 | 817 | 44.4 | 41.6-47.3 |
No | 3,115 | 518 | 16.7 | 15.1-18.4 | 152 | 5.6 | 4.6- 6.8 | 680 | 21.6 | 19.9-23.4 | 1,765 | 56.1 | 54.0-58.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 717 | 136 | 19.4 | 16.3-23.0 | 34 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.6 | 289 | 40.8 | 36.8-45.0 | 258 | 35.2 | 31.3-39.4 |
Non-Veteran | 4,170 | 732 | 18.4 | 16.9-20.0 | 217 | 5.6 | 4.7- 6.6 | 894 | 20.7 | 19.3-22.3 | 2,327 | 55.3 | 53.4-57.2 |
Currently Serving | 135 | 27 | 18.5 | 12.3-26.8 | 15 | 14.9 | 8.5-24.8 | 17 | 12.4 | 7.0-21.0 | 76 | 54.2 | 44.2-63.8 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.
^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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