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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 3,324 | 1,784 | 54.7 | 52.5-56.8 | 1,540 | 45.3 | 43.2-47.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,407 | 715 | 53.1 | 49.9-56.4 | 692 | 46.9 | 43.6-50.1 |
Female | 1,917 | 1,069 | 56.5 | 53.7-59.2 | 848 | 43.5 | 40.8-46.3 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 2,508 | 1,247 | 50.2 | 47.7-52.6 | 1,261 | 49.8 | 47.4-52.3 |
African American | 580 | 385 | 66.1 | 60.7-71.0 | 195 | 33.9 | 29.0-39.3 |
Asian | 9 | 6 | 62.3 | 27.1-88.0 | 3 | 37.7 | 12.0-72.9 |
Native American | 95 | 47 | 52.2 | 39.6-64.4 | 48 | 47.8 | 35.6-60.4 |
Other Minorities | 114 | 88 | 77.0 | 65.1-85.7 | 26 | 23.0 | 14.3-34.9 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 119 | 92 | 75.9 | 64.2-84.7 | 27 | 24.1 | 15.3-35.8 |
-English Speaking | 55 | 39 | 69.0 | 52.4-81.7 | 16 | 31.0 | 18.3-47.6 |
-Spanish Speaking | 64 | 53 | 79.2 | 62.8-89.5 | 11 | 20.8 | 10.5-37.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 3,203 | 1,691 | 53.5 | 51.2-55.7 | 1,512 | 46.5 | 44.3-48.8 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 225 | 153 | 68.8 | 60.9-75.7 | 72 | 31.2 | 24.3-39.1 |
25-34 | 602 | 370 | 60.7 | 55.6-65.6 | 232 | 39.3 | 34.4-44.4 |
35-44 | 779 | 411 | 53.7 | 49.1-58.2 | 368 | 46.3 | 41.8-50.9 |
45-54 | 738 | 375 | 50.5 | 45.9-55.0 | 363 | 49.5 | 45.0-54.1 |
55-64 | 576 | 283 | 49.9 | 44.7-55.1 | 293 | 50.1 | 44.9-55.3 |
65-74 | 286 | 139 | 48.7 | 41.4-56.1 | 147 | 51.3 | 43.9-58.6 |
75+ | 110 | 48 | 43.1 | 32.5-54.4 | 62 | 56.9 | 45.6-67.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 721 | 422 | 61.2 | 56.5-65.7 | 299 | 38.8 | 34.3-43.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,198 | 653 | 54.7 | 51.0-58.3 | 545 | 45.3 | 41.7-49.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 867 | 454 | 51.7 | 47.4-55.9 | 413 | 48.3 | 44.1-52.6 |
College Graduate | 533 | 253 | 50.2 | 45.0-55.4 | 280 | 49.8 | 44.6-55.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 531 | 319 | 62.4 | 57.0-67.6 | 212 | 37.6 | 32.4-43.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 708 | 415 | 58.0 | 53.0-62.9 | 293 | 42.0 | 37.1-47.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 447 | 230 | 54.7 | 48.9-60.4 | 217 | 45.3 | 39.6-51.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 490 | 228 | 48.4 | 43.0-53.8 | 262 | 51.6 | 46.2-57.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 318 | 143 | 45.5 | 38.9-52.2 | 175 | 54.5 | 47.8-61.1 |
$75,000+ | 265 | 130 | 48.3 | 41.0-55.6 | 135 | 51.7 | 44.4-59.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,243 | 730 | 59.2 | 55.7-62.7 | 513 | 40.8 | 37.3-44.3 |
No | 1,961 | 991 | 52.4 | 49.5-55.2 | 970 | 47.6 | 44.8-50.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 435 | 207 | 48.9 | 43.2-54.6 | 228 | 51.1 | 45.4-56.8 |
Non-Veteran | 2,835 | 1,542 | 55.4 | 53.0-57.7 | 1,293 | 44.6 | 42.3-47.0 |
Currently Serving | 51 | 34 | 71.1 | 55.5-83.0 | 17 | 28.9 | 17.0-44.5 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking 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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