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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 15,003 | 11,670 | 77.5 | 76.6-78.3 | 3,333 | 22.5 | 21.7-23.4 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 5,540 | 4,129 | 74.7 | 73.3-76.1 | 1,411 | 25.3 | 23.9-26.7 |
Female | 9,463 | 7,541 | 80.1 | 79.1-81.1 | 1,922 | 19.9 | 18.9-20.9 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 11,219 | 8,705 | 77.3 | 76.3-78.2 | 2,514 | 22.7 | 21.8-23.7 |
African American | 2,688 | 2,107 | 77.2 | 75.1-79.2 | 581 | 22.8 | 20.8-24.9 |
Asian | 90 | 80 | 88.6 | 78.7-94.2 | 10 | 11.4 | 5.8-21.3 |
Native American | 291 | 196 | 67.1 | 59.6-73.8 | 95 | 32.9 | 26.2-40.4 |
Other Minorities | 623 | 508 | 81.0 | 76.4-84.9 | 115 | 19.0 | 15.1-23.6 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 669 | 549 | 81.6 | 77.3-85.2 | 120 | 18.4 | 14.8-22.7 |
-English Speaking | 279 | 223 | 81.1 | 75.1-85.9 | 56 | 18.9 | 14.1-24.9 |
-Spanish Speaking | 390 | 326 | 81.8 | 76.0-86.4 | 64 | 18.2 | 13.6-24.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 14,313 | 11,102 | 77.2 | 76.3-78.1 | 3,211 | 22.8 | 21.9-23.7 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 843 | 617 | 71.8 | 67.7-75.5 | 226 | 28.2 | 24.5-32.3 |
25-34 | 2,395 | 1,790 | 74.8 | 72.5-76.9 | 605 | 25.2 | 23.1-27.5 |
35-44 | 2,823 | 2,044 | 73.2 | 71.0-75.2 | 779 | 26.8 | 24.8-29.0 |
45-54 | 2,796 | 2,057 | 74.8 | 72.7-76.7 | 739 | 25.2 | 23.3-27.3 |
55-64 | 2,552 | 1,972 | 77.6 | 75.5-79.6 | 580 | 22.4 | 20.4-24.5 |
65-74 | 1,998 | 1,712 | 86.4 | 84.4-88.2 | 286 | 13.6 | 11.8-15.6 |
75+ | 1,521 | 1,411 | 93.6 | 92.0-94.8 | 110 | 6.4 | 5.2- 8.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 2,490 | 1,768 | 68.7 | 66.2-71.1 | 722 | 31.3 | 28.9-33.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 4,417 | 3,217 | 71.8 | 70.1-73.5 | 1,200 | 28.2 | 26.5-29.9 |
Some Post-H.S. | 3,748 | 2,877 | 77.1 | 75.3-78.7 | 871 | 22.9 | 21.3-24.7 |
College Graduate | 4,321 | 3,786 | 88.3 | 87.1-89.4 | 535 | 11.7 | 10.6-12.9 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,732 | 1,200 | 68.4 | 65.3-71.3 | 532 | 31.6 | 28.7-34.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 2,544 | 1,834 | 70.9 | 68.4-73.3 | 710 | 29.1 | 26.7-31.6 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,727 | 1,278 | 72.6 | 69.9-75.2 | 449 | 27.4 | 24.8-30.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,972 | 1,482 | 73.9 | 71.4-76.2 | 490 | 26.1 | 23.8-28.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,798 | 1,480 | 82.0 | 79.7-84.0 | 318 | 18.0 | 16.0-20.3 |
$75,000+ | 2,011 | 1,744 | 87.3 | 85.5-88.9 | 267 | 12.7 | 11.1-14.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 4,789 | 3,543 | 72.8 | 71.1-74.4 | 1,246 | 27.2 | 25.6-28.9 |
No | 9,767 | 7,800 | 79.8 | 78.8-80.8 | 1,967 | 20.2 | 19.2-21.2 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,934 | 1,498 | 78.3 | 76.0-80.4 | 436 | 21.7 | 19.6-24.0 |
Non-Veteran | 12,876 | 10,033 | 77.5 | 76.5-78.4 | 2,843 | 22.5 | 21.6-23.5 |
Currently Serving | 168 | 117 | 67.5 | 58.6-75.4 | 51 | 32.5 | 24.6-41.4 |
*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
^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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