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Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 6,908 | 2,578 | 37.6 | 36.2-39.1 | 755 | 11.5 | 10.5-12.6 | 3,575 | 50.9 | 49.4-52.3 |
-Eastern NC | 2,365 | 897 | 38.7 | 36.2-41.2 | 266 | 11.8 | 10.3-13.6 | 1,202 | 49.5 | 47.0-52.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 1,058 | 390 | 37.1 | 33.5-40.7 | 114 | 11.5 | 9.3-14.1 | 554 | 51.5 | 47.8-55.1 |
Female | 1,307 | 507 | 40.8 | 37.6-44.1 | 152 | 12.4 | 10.2-14.8 | 648 | 46.8 | 43.6-50.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,722 | 657 | 38.6 | 35.8-41.4 | 149 | 8.7 | 7.2-10.4 | 916 | 52.8 | 50.0-55.6 |
African American | 465 | 168 | 39.6 | 33.7-45.9 | 82 | 17.7 | 13.4-23.0 | 215 | 42.7 | 37.0-48.5 |
Other Minorities | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 120 | 68 | 56.2 | 44.0-67.7 | 22 | 22.0 | 12.9-34.8 | 30 | 21.8 | 13.9-32.6 |
25-34 | 321 | 159 | 44.7 | 38.4-51.2 | 52 | 19.7 | 14.7-25.9 | 110 | 35.6 | 29.5-42.3 |
35-44 | 423 | 208 | 50.9 | 44.8-57.0 | 62 | 13.9 | 10.4-18.2 | 153 | 35.2 | 29.8-41.1 |
45-54 | 475 | 197 | 43.3 | 37.9-49.0 | 60 | 12.2 | 9.2-16.1 | 218 | 44.4 | 39.1-49.9 |
55-64 | 481 | 173 | 36.4 | 31.3-41.9 | 40 | 7.8 | 5.1-11.7 | 268 | 55.8 | 50.3-61.2 |
65-74 | 355 | 69 | 17.8 | 13.6-22.9 | 23 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.4 | 263 | 77.5 | 72.2-82.1 |
75+ | 183 | 22 | 10.2 | 6.4-15.9 | 7 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.6 | 154 | 84.7 | 77.9-89.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 431 | 184 | 43.8 | 37.8-50.1 | 60 | 15.6 | 11.5-20.9 | 187 | 40.5 | 34.6-46.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 775 | 323 | 43.2 | 38.8-47.7 | 91 | 11.9 | 9.2-15.1 | 361 | 45.0 | 40.7-49.4 |
Some Post-H.S. | 652 | 247 | 37.4 | 33.1-41.9 | 67 | 11.1 | 8.4-14.7 | 338 | 51.5 | 46.9-56.0 |
College Graduate | 504 | 142 | 27.8 | 23.4-32.6 | 48 | 9.1 | 6.6-12.4 | 314 | 63.2 | 58.1-68.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 341 | 155 | 44.7 | 38.2-51.4 | 39 | 11.5 | 7.9-16.4 | 147 | 43.8 | 37.3-50.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 442 | 185 | 45.3 | 39.0-51.9 | 66 | 15.0 | 11.1-20.1 | 191 | 39.6 | 33.8-45.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 273 | 117 | 44.6 | 38.0-51.5 | 34 | 10.9 | 7.4-15.7 | 122 | 44.5 | 37.9-51.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 352 | 138 | 40.1 | 34.2-46.5 | 32 | 9.9 | 6.6-14.5 | 182 | 50.0 | 43.7-56.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 247 | 89 | 37.9 | 31.0-45.3 | 18 | 7.2 | 4.3-11.9 | 140 | 54.9 | 47.6-62.0 |
$75,000+ | 237 | 62 | 26.2 | 20.2-33.2 | 18 | 9.0 | 5.5-14.3 | 157 | 64.8 | 57.5-71.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 930 | 338 | 37.3 | 33.6-41.2 | 107 | 11.3 | 9.1-13.8 | 485 | 51.4 | 47.5-55.3 |
No | 1,350 | 518 | 38.0 | 34.9-41.3 | 152 | 12.7 | 10.5-15.4 | 680 | 49.3 | 46.0-52.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 459 | 136 | 30.0 | 25.4-35.0 | 34 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.1 | 289 | 63.0 | 57.8-67.9 |
Non-Veteran | 1,843 | 732 | 41.2 | 38.3-44.1 | 217 | 12.5 | 10.6-14.6 | 894 | 46.4 | 43.5-49.2 |
Currently Serving | 59 | 27 | 40.3 | 27.1-55.1 | 15 | 32.6 | 19.5-49.1 | 17 | 27.1 | 15.7-42.6 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life.
^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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