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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 | 2,330 | 335 | 13.9 | 12.3-15.8 | 201 | 9.1 | 7.7-10.7 | 1,794 | 77.0 | 74.8-79.1 |
-Eastern NC | 804 | 114 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.7 | 75 | 9.5 | 7.3-12.2 | 615 | 77.7 | 74.2-80.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 530 | 66 | 11.3 | 8.7-14.6 | 53 | 10.1 | 7.5-13.6 | 411 | 78.5 | 74.3-82.2 |
Female | 274 | 48 | 17.2 | 11.9-24.2 | 22 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.8 | 204 | 75.3 | 68.1-81.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 527 | 65 | 10.9 | 8.3-14.1 | 47 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.8 | 415 | 79.0 | 74.7-82.7 |
African American | 186 | 33 | 18.3 | 11.9-27.0 | 21 | 9.2 | 5.6-14.7 | 132 | 72.5 | 63.6-79.9 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 44 | 3 | 5.9 | 1.8-17.1 | 3 | 8.7 | 2.7-24.6 | 38 | 85.5 | 70.0-93.7 |
25-34 | 144 | 17 | 10.4 | 6.2-16.9 | 19 | 13.8 | 8.5-21.7 | 108 | 75.8 | 67.2-82.8 |
35-44 | 144 | 17 | 10.8 | 6.3-18.0 | 13 | 9.6 | 5.3-16.8 | 114 | 79.6 | 71.0-86.1 |
45-54 | 157 | 23 | 12.9 | 8.2-19.5 | 11 | 7.8 | 3.8-15.2 | 123 | 79.3 | 71.1-85.7 |
55-64 | 132 | 16 | 12.4 | 6.3-22.9 | 11 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.0 | 105 | 79.8 | 68.9-87.6 |
65-74 | 107 | 13 | 9.7 | 5.1-17.7 | 9 | 6.3 | 2.9-13.2 | 85 | 84.0 | 75.0-90.1 |
75+ | 74 | 25 | 40.2 | 27.4-54.5 | 9 | 12.7 | 6.4-23.6 | 40 | 47.1 | 34.3-60.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 198 | 45 | 20.7 | 14.9-28.2 | 23 | 10.2 | 6.4-15.9 | 130 | 69.1 | 61.0-76.1 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 242 | 32 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.0 | 28 | 12.1 | 8.0-18.1 | 182 | 77.7 | 71.0-83.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 200 | 19 | 11.5 | 6.7-18.9 | 20 | 10.8 | 6.7-17.0 | 161 | 77.7 | 69.7-84.1 |
College Graduate | 164 | 18 | 10.1 | 6.2-16.0 | 4 | 2.9 | 0.8- 9.9 | 142 | 87.0 | 80.0-91.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 132 | 23 | 15.8 | 9.8-24.4 | 16 | 13.3 | 7.6-22.2 | 93 | 70.9 | 60.9-79.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 145 | 26 | 14.6 | 9.2-22.4 | 12 | 5.5 | 3.0-10.0 | 107 | 79.9 | 71.7-86.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 85 | 6 | 7.4 | 3.2-16.5 | 9 | 10.0 | 4.7-19.8 | 70 | 82.6 | 71.6-89.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 121 | 14 | 11.3 | 6.6-18.8 | 8 | 8.3 | 4.0-16.5 | 99 | 80.4 | 71.2-87.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 99 | 11 | 8.7 | 4.6-15.9 | 9 | 11.7 | 6.0-21.7 | 79 | 79.5 | 69.2-87.0 |
$75,000+ | 91 | 11 | 11.4 | 6.0-20.6 | 7 | 9.2 | 3.9-20.4 | 73 | 79.4 | 67.9-87.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 348 | 60 | 14.4 | 10.8-19.0 | 26 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.3 | 262 | 79.0 | 73.8-83.4 |
No | 439 | 51 | 11.3 | 8.2-15.4 | 45 | 11.0 | 7.9-15.1 | 343 | 77.7 | 72.7-82.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 175 | 17 | 11.6 | 7.0-18.5 | 12 | 5.5 | 2.7-10.9 | 146 | 82.9 | 75.3-88.5 |
Non-Veteran | 573 | 90 | 13.6 | 10.6-17.2 | 51 | 9.0 | 6.6-12.2 | 432 | 77.4 | 73.1-81.2 |
Currently Serving | 56 | 7 | 9.7 | 4.0-21.6 | 12 | 24.5 | 13.6-40.0 | 37 | 65.8 | 50.3-78.5 |
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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever using any smokeless tobacco products.
^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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