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<10 cigaretts/per day | 10-20 cigarettes/per day | 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day | More than 20 cigarettes/per day | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,122 | 844 | 29.2 | 27.2-31.4 | 988 | 31.1 | 29.1-33.2 | 896 | 27.8 | 25.9-29.8 | 394 | 11.9 | 10.5-13.3 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,310 | 324 | 28.9 | 25.8-32.2 | 358 | 28.1 | 25.2-31.3 | 392 | 28.1 | 25.2-31.1 | 236 | 14.9 | 12.9-17.3 |
Female | 1,812 | 520 | 29.6 | 27.1-32.3 | 630 | 34.7 | 32.0-37.4 | 504 | 27.5 | 25.0-30.0 | 158 | 8.2 | 6.8- 9.9 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 2,380 | 468 | 20.8 | 18.8-23.0 | 762 | 31.3 | 29.0-33.7 | 784 | 32.9 | 30.6-35.3 | 366 | 15.0 | 13.3-16.9 |
African American | 525 | 271 | 50.0 | 44.7-55.4 | 165 | 32.9 | 28.0-38.3 | 78 | 15.1 | 11.8-19.1 | 11 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.0 |
Asian | 7 | 2 | 31.8 | 7.8-71.8 | 3 | 39.3 | 11.0-77.2 | 1 | 10.9 | 1.4-51.0 | 1 | 18.1 | 2.5-65.4 |
Native American | 88 | 22 | 30.8 | 19.8-44.5 | 28 | 32.2 | 20.7-46.3 | 24 | 22.4 | 14.0-34.0 | 14 | 14.6 | 8.1-24.7 |
Other Minorities | 106 | 75 | 75.7 | 63.0-85.0 | 22 | 20.4 | 11.6-33.3 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.4 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 109 | 78 | 79.3 | 68.5-87.0 | 16 | 14.2 | 7.6-24.9 | 11 | 4.0 | 2.1- 7.6 | 4 | 2.6 | 0.7- 8.9 |
-English Speaking | 50 | 24 | 59.2 | 43.2-73.5 | 12 | 20.9 | 11.3-35.3 | 10 | 11.8 | 5.9-22.1 | 4 | 8.1 | 2.3-25.1 |
-Spanish Speaking | 59 | 54 | 88.5 | 72.1-95.8 | 4 | 11.1 | 3.9-27.7 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 3.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 3,011 | 765 | 26.4 | 24.4-28.5 | 971 | 32.1 | 30.0-34.2 | 885 | 29.1 | 27.1-31.2 | 390 | 12.4 | 11.0-13.9 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 215 | 94 | 43.3 | 35.2-51.7 | 64 | 29.8 | 22.7-37.9 | 46 | 20.1 | 14.4-27.3 | 11 | 6.9 | 3.5-13.2 |
25-34 | 577 | 197 | 37.6 | 32.5-43.0 | 197 | 33.9 | 29.1-39.1 | 149 | 23.3 | 19.4-27.8 | 34 | 5.1 | 3.4- 7.6 |
35-44 | 732 | 181 | 25.8 | 21.9-30.2 | 248 | 33.0 | 28.8-37.4 | 206 | 28.6 | 24.7-32.9 | 97 | 12.6 | 9.9-15.8 |
45-54 | 680 | 157 | 24.8 | 20.8-29.3 | 207 | 30.3 | 26.1-34.7 | 209 | 29.3 | 25.3-33.7 | 107 | 15.6 | 12.6-19.1 |
55-64 | 548 | 120 | 23.3 | 19.0-28.4 | 165 | 29.0 | 24.4-34.1 | 171 | 31.3 | 26.6-36.5 | 92 | 16.3 | 12.8-20.6 |
65-74 | 269 | 63 | 25.1 | 19.1-32.1 | 76 | 26.9 | 20.7-34.0 | 88 | 34.1 | 27.2-41.8 | 42 | 14.0 | 9.6-19.9 |
75+ | 95 | 29 | 28.7 | 19.5-40.1 | 30 | 29.3 | 20.0-40.7 | 25 | 29.2 | 18.8-42.5 | 11 | 12.8 | 6.8-22.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 670 | 184 | 32.7 | 28.0-37.9 | 176 | 25.4 | 21.3-30.1 | 199 | 26.8 | 22.9-31.1 | 111 | 15.0 | 12.0-18.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,127 | 279 | 25.4 | 22.3-28.8 | 353 | 30.4 | 27.1-33.8 | 363 | 32.4 | 29.0-35.9 | 132 | 11.9 | 9.7-14.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 817 | 217 | 28.7 | 24.8-33.0 | 294 | 36.8 | 32.6-41.2 | 224 | 25.9 | 22.4-29.7 | 82 | 8.6 | 6.7-11.1 |
College Graduate | 503 | 162 | 33.5 | 28.6-38.8 | 163 | 32.2 | 27.5-37.4 | 110 | 22.0 | 17.9-26.9 | 68 | 12.2 | 9.3-15.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 495 | 129 | 31.5 | 26.0-37.5 | 137 | 28.1 | 23.1-33.7 | 151 | 25.9 | 21.5-30.9 | 78 | 14.5 | 11.2-18.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 673 | 223 | 35.2 | 30.4-40.2 | 195 | 27.3 | 23.1-32.0 | 186 | 28.0 | 23.8-32.6 | 69 | 9.5 | 7.0-12.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 427 | 114 | 28.4 | 23.2-34.3 | 134 | 28.3 | 23.5-33.7 | 131 | 30.3 | 25.2-36.0 | 48 | 13.0 | 9.3-17.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 458 | 106 | 25.8 | 21.0-31.2 | 159 | 34.2 | 29.1-39.7 | 134 | 28.7 | 23.9-34.1 | 59 | 11.3 | 8.4-15.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 301 | 67 | 22.1 | 17.0-28.2 | 112 | 38.5 | 31.9-45.5 | 76 | 24.7 | 19.2-31.2 | 46 | 14.7 | 10.8-19.9 |
$75,000+ | 255 | 67 | 25.3 | 19.5-32.2 | 81 | 35.0 | 28.0-42.7 | 72 | 27.9 | 21.9-34.9 | 35 | 11.8 | 7.9-17.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,180 | 283 | 24.4 | 21.3-27.8 | 351 | 29.6 | 26.2-33.1 | 349 | 30.1 | 26.9-33.6 | 197 | 15.9 | 13.5-18.5 |
No | 1,892 | 546 | 32.0 | 29.3-34.8 | 617 | 32.0 | 29.4-34.7 | 535 | 26.4 | 24.0-28.9 | 194 | 9.6 | 8.1-11.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 408 | 96 | 22.9 | 18.4-28.0 | 119 | 30.5 | 25.1-36.5 | 119 | 30.5 | 25.3-36.3 | 74 | 16.1 | 12.5-20.5 |
Non-Veteran | 2,665 | 727 | 29.9 | 27.6-32.3 | 850 | 31.1 | 28.9-33.4 | 771 | 27.7 | 25.6-29.9 | 317 | 11.3 | 9.9-12.9 |
Currently Serving | 48 | 21 | 52.2 | 36.1-67.9 | 18 | 36.7 | 22.6-53.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 3.2-16.8 | 3 | 3.5 | 1.1-10.7 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.
^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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