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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%) | ||
TOTAL | 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 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 3,089 | 1,097 | 35.8 | 33.7-37.9 | 314 | 11.2 | 9.8-12.7 | 1,678 | 53.0 | 50.8-55.2 |
Female | 3,819 | 1,481 | 40.0 | 38.1-42.0 | 441 | 11.9 | 10.7-13.3 | 1,897 | 48.0 | 46.1-50.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 5,476 | 2,032 | 37.7 | 36.1-39.4 | 482 | 8.9 | 7.9- 9.9 | 2,962 | 53.4 | 51.8-55.1 |
African American | 1,044 | 396 | 39.4 | 35.7-43.3 | 185 | 17.1 | 14.4-20.2 | 463 | 43.5 | 39.7-47.3 |
Asian | 14 | 5 | 32.1 | 12.5-61.1 | 5 | 34.9 | 13.7-64.6 | 4 | 33.0 | 12.0-64.0 |
Native American | 147 | 76 | 47.7 | 37.1-58.4 | 19 | 17.4 | 10.6-27.4 | 52 | 34.9 | 24.9-46.4 |
Other Minorities | 193 | 60 | 27.3 | 19.7-36.5 | 55 | 33.2 | 24.7-43.0 | 78 | 39.5 | 30.6-49.2 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 210 | 58 | 24.2 | 17.5-32.4 | 62 | 33.8 | 25.6-43.0 | 90 | 42.0 | 33.3-51.3 |
-English Speaking | 114 | 34 | 23.7 | 16.0-33.5 | 22 | 22.7 | 14.5-33.8 | 58 | 53.6 | 41.9-65.0 |
-Spanish Speaking | 96 | 24 | 24.5 | 15.2-37.1 | 40 | 41.3 | 29.3-54.5 | 32 | 34.2 | 22.9-47.6 |
Non-Hispanic | 6,692 | 2,520 | 38.3 | 36.8-39.8 | 691 | 10.4 | 9.5-11.4 | 3,481 | 51.3 | 49.8-52.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 308 | 168 | 57.6 | 50.5-64.5 | 58 | 20.7 | 15.2-27.5 | 82 | 21.7 | 16.7-27.7 |
25-34 | 917 | 446 | 47.7 | 43.6-51.8 | 159 | 18.8 | 15.6-22.4 | 312 | 33.6 | 29.9-37.5 |
35-44 | 1,236 | 611 | 49.0 | 45.5-52.6 | 168 | 14.3 | 12.0-17.1 | 457 | 36.7 | 33.4-40.1 |
45-54 | 1,398 | 578 | 40.7 | 37.5-43.9 | 161 | 11.5 | 9.6-13.8 | 659 | 47.9 | 44.6-51.2 |
55-64 | 1,389 | 462 | 32.8 | 29.8-36.0 | 118 | 7.7 | 6.1- 9.7 | 809 | 59.5 | 56.2-62.7 |
65-74 | 1,039 | 221 | 19.0 | 16.3-22.1 | 65 | 5.6 | 4.1- 7.5 | 753 | 75.4 | 72.1-78.5 |
75+ | 597 | 88 | 11.7 | 9.2-14.9 | 22 | 3.3 | 2.1- 5.3 | 487 | 85.0 | 81.5-87.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,279 | 566 | 44.7 | 41.2-48.4 | 156 | 13.5 | 11.1-16.4 | 557 | 41.7 | 38.3-45.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,196 | 960 | 45.4 | 42.7-48.0 | 240 | 10.8 | 9.2-12.6 | 996 | 43.9 | 41.3-46.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,805 | 665 | 36.1 | 33.3-38.9 | 206 | 12.5 | 10.6-14.7 | 934 | 51.4 | 48.5-54.3 |
College Graduate | 1,616 | 382 | 22.7 | 20.4-25.3 | 153 | 9.9 | 8.2-11.8 | 1,081 | 67.4 | 64.6-70.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 923 | 428 | 45.1 | 40.9-49.4 | 104 | 12.2 | 9.6-15.5 | 391 | 42.6 | 38.4-46.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,257 | 540 | 44.3 | 40.6-48.1 | 170 | 13.8 | 11.4-16.7 | 547 | 41.9 | 38.3-45.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 828 | 346 | 43.7 | 39.5-47.9 | 103 | 12.9 | 10.1-16.2 | 379 | 43.4 | 39.4-47.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 993 | 389 | 39.9 | 36.2-43.7 | 101 | 10.8 | 8.6-13.6 | 503 | 49.3 | 45.5-53.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 780 | 254 | 32.8 | 28.9-36.9 | 64 | 8.4 | 6.3-11.1 | 462 | 58.8 | 54.5-62.9 |
$75,000+ | 781 | 200 | 25.8 | 22.2-29.7 | 67 | 8.4 | 6.4-11.1 | 514 | 65.8 | 61.6-69.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,609 | 960 | 37.8 | 35.4-40.2 | 286 | 10.5 | 9.0-12.1 | 1,363 | 51.7 | 49.3-54.2 |
No | 4,083 | 1,525 | 37.1 | 35.2-39.0 | 442 | 12.1 | 10.8-13.5 | 2,116 | 50.8 | 48.9-52.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,257 | 352 | 27.6 | 24.7-30.7 | 84 | 5.9 | 4.6- 7.5 | 821 | 66.5 | 63.3-69.6 |
Non-Veteran | 5,569 | 2,190 | 40.3 | 38.6-42.0 | 653 | 12.8 | 11.7-14.1 | 2,726 | 46.9 | 45.2-48.5 |
Currently Serving | 73 | 34 | 45.0 | 32.3-58.4 | 17 | 27.2 | 16.3-41.7 | 22 | 27.8 | 17.5-41.3 |
* 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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