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Not allowed anywhere | Allowed in some places | Allowed anywhere | No rules about smoking | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 14,761 | 10,413 | 72.3 | 71.5-73.2 | 1,234 | 8.1 | 7.6- 8.7 | 1,062 | 7.0 | 6.5- 7.5 | 2,052 | 12.6 | 12.0-13.2 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 5,412 | 3,731 | 71.8 | 70.3-73.2 | 411 | 7.3 | 6.5- 8.2 | 458 | 7.9 | 7.1- 8.8 | 812 | 13.0 | 12.0-14.0 |
Female | 9,349 | 6,682 | 72.9 | 71.7-74.0 | 823 | 8.8 | 8.1- 9.6 | 604 | 6.1 | 5.5- 6.7 | 1,240 | 12.2 | 11.4-13.0 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 11,060 | 7,787 | 72.0 | 70.9-73.0 | 870 | 7.6 | 7.0- 8.2 | 809 | 7.1 | 6.5- 7.7 | 1,594 | 13.4 | 12.6-14.2 |
African American | 2,628 | 1,784 | 68.5 | 66.3-70.7 | 282 | 10.7 | 9.3-12.2 | 188 | 7.7 | 6.5- 9.1 | 374 | 13.1 | 11.6-14.8 |
Asian | 86 | 72 | 86.3 | 75.8-92.7 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.4-17.9 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 9.0 | 3 | 2.6 | 0.6-11.2 |
Native American | 289 | 177 | 63.9 | 56.4-70.7 | 30 | 9.4 | 6.2-13.9 | 40 | 14.6 | 10.1-20.8 | 42 | 12.1 | 8.2-17.5 |
Other Minorities | 613 | 534 | 87.4 | 83.6-90.5 | 34 | 6.2 | 4.2- 9.2 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.5- 6.2 | 29 | 3.3 | 2.2- 5.0 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 660 | 562 | 87.4 | 83.9-90.2 | 43 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.5 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.0- 4.8 | 43 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.4 |
-English Speaking | 275 | 216 | 84.5 | 79.3-88.6 | 18 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.5 | 7 | 2.1 | 0.8- 5.5 | 34 | 7.6 | 5.1-11.3 |
-Spanish Speaking | 385 | 346 | 88.7 | 83.9-92.2 | 25 | 7.1 | 4.5-11.0 | 5 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.2 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.1 |
Non-Hispanic | 14,082 | 9,838 | 71.3 | 70.4-72.2 | 1,188 | 8.2 | 7.6- 8.8 | 1,049 | 7.3 | 6.8- 7.9 | 2,007 | 13.2 | 12.5-13.9 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 822 | 617 | 76.0 | 72.2-79.4 | 80 | 9.8 | 7.5-12.6 | 47 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.7 | 78 | 8.8 | 6.7-11.4 |
25-34 | 2,355 | 1,891 | 80.7 | 78.6-82.7 | 177 | 6.8 | 5.7- 8.1 | 108 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.7 | 179 | 7.3 | 6.2- 8.7 |
35-44 | 2,768 | 2,014 | 74.5 | 72.5-76.4 | 256 | 8.7 | 7.5-10.0 | 189 | 6.5 | 5.5- 7.6 | 309 | 10.4 | 9.1-11.8 |
45-54 | 2,755 | 1,849 | 69.8 | 67.7-71.9 | 241 | 7.7 | 6.6- 8.9 | 261 | 9.3 | 8.0-10.7 | 404 | 13.2 | 11.8-14.8 |
55-64 | 2,518 | 1,666 | 67.3 | 64.9-69.6 | 224 | 9.0 | 7.6-10.6 | 205 | 8.0 | 6.7- 9.5 | 423 | 15.7 | 14.0-17.6 |
65-74 | 1,973 | 1,318 | 67.7 | 65.1-70.2 | 147 | 7.9 | 6.4- 9.7 | 154 | 7.4 | 6.2- 9.0 | 354 | 16.9 | 15.1-19.0 |
75+ | 1,498 | 1,000 | 66.8 | 63.7-69.7 | 102 | 7.3 | 5.8- 9.1 | 97 | 5.8 | 4.6- 7.3 | 299 | 20.1 | 17.7-22.8 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 2,434 | 1,494 | 63.7 | 61.1-66.2 | 255 | 10.4 | 8.9-12.1 | 229 | 10.1 | 8.5-11.9 | 456 | 15.8 | 14.1-17.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 4,320 | 2,783 | 65.8 | 64.0-67.5 | 415 | 9.9 | 8.9-11.2 | 420 | 9.3 | 8.2-10.4 | 702 | 15.0 | 13.8-16.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 3,708 | 2,631 | 72.9 | 71.1-74.6 | 338 | 8.8 | 7.7- 9.9 | 251 | 6.1 | 5.2- 7.1 | 488 | 12.2 | 11.0-13.6 |
College Graduate | 4,274 | 3,491 | 83.1 | 81.7-84.4 | 219 | 4.4 | 3.7- 5.1 | 160 | 3.8 | 3.1- 4.7 | 404 | 8.7 | 7.8- 9.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,704 | 965 | 58.9 | 55.7-62.1 | 190 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.1 | 192 | 11.3 | 9.5-13.5 | 357 | 18.8 | 16.6-21.2 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 2,496 | 1,579 | 64.2 | 61.7-66.6 | 269 | 11.3 | 9.7-13.1 | 220 | 8.9 | 7.5-10.5 | 428 | 15.7 | 14.0-17.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,710 | 1,160 | 68.2 | 65.4-70.8 | 158 | 9.2 | 7.6-11.1 | 140 | 8.3 | 6.8-10.0 | 252 | 14.3 | 12.4-16.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,947 | 1,363 | 70.8 | 68.3-73.2 | 176 | 8.8 | 7.4-10.4 | 130 | 6.6 | 5.4- 8.0 | 278 | 13.8 | 12.0-15.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,776 | 1,379 | 77.7 | 75.3-80.0 | 115 | 6.5 | 5.2- 8.0 | 87 | 4.7 | 3.7- 6.0 | 195 | 11.1 | 9.4-13.0 |
$75,000+ | 1,996 | 1,689 | 86.2 | 84.4-87.8 | 83 | 3.6 | 2.8- 4.7 | 69 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.8 | 155 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 4,758 | 3,036 | 64.6 | 62.8-66.3 | 478 | 10.2 | 9.1-11.3 | 449 | 9.6 | 8.6-10.8 | 795 | 15.6 | 14.4-17.0 |
No | 9,773 | 7,225 | 75.7 | 74.6-76.7 | 740 | 7.3 | 6.7- 7.9 | 593 | 5.8 | 5.2- 6.4 | 1,215 | 11.2 | 10.5-12.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,901 | 1,262 | 68.8 | 66.3-71.2 | 145 | 7.2 | 6.0- 8.8 | 152 | 7.3 | 6.0- 8.9 | 342 | 16.6 | 14.8-18.7 |
Non-Veteran | 12,694 | 9,013 | 72.8 | 71.9-73.8 | 1,086 | 8.3 | 7.7- 9.0 | 898 | 6.9 | 6.4- 7.5 | 1,697 | 11.9 | 11.3-12.6 |
Currently Serving | 164 | 137 | 83.3 | 75.3-89.0 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.6- 8.0 | 11 | 7.2 | 3.7-13.6 | 13 | 7.4 | 3.8-13.6 |
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^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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