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Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 2,330 | 335 | 13.9 | 12.3-15.8 | 201 | 9.1 | 7.7-10.7 | 1,794 | 77.0 | 74.8-79.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 1,694 | 237 | 13.7 | 11.8-15.8 | 157 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.6 | 1,300 | 76.7 | 74.1-79.1 |
Female | 636 | 98 | 15.1 | 11.8-19.0 | 44 | 6.6 | 4.7- 9.2 | 494 | 78.3 | 74.1-82.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,802 | 254 | 13.9 | 12.0-15.9 | 153 | 9.3 | 7.7-11.2 | 1,395 | 76.8 | 74.3-79.2 |
African American | 369 | 53 | 12.8 | 9.2-17.6 | 40 | 10.1 | 7.1-14.2 | 276 | 77.1 | 71.5-81.8 |
Asian | 5 | 1 | 34.1 | 5.3-82.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 65.9 | 17.4-94.7 |
Native American | 102 | 23 | 20.3 | 12.7-31.0 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.7-12.2 | 72 | 73.9 | 62.9-82.5 |
Other Minorities | 40 | 3 | 11.4 | 3.7-30.2 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-14.4 | 36 | 86.4 | 68.0-95.0 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 43 | 4 | 10.8 | 3.7-27.7 | 4 | 6.7 | 1.8-21.3 | 35 | 82.6 | 65.5-92.2 |
-English Speaking | 30 | 4 | 15.4 | 5.3-37.2 | 4 | 9.5 | 2.6-28.9 | 22 | 75.2 | 53.6-88.8 |
-Spanish Speaking | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 13 | 100 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 2,285 | 331 | 14.0 | 12.3-15.9 | 196 | 9.1 | 7.7-10.8 | 1,758 | 76.9 | 74.6-79.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 134 | 12 | 9.0 | 4.2-18.2 | 14 | 11.9 | 6.6-20.5 | 108 | 79.1 | 68.9-86.6 |
25-34 | 410 | 51 | 12.4 | 8.9-16.9 | 43 | 12.1 | 8.5-16.9 | 316 | 75.6 | 69.9-80.5 |
35-44 | 498 | 63 | 11.9 | 9.0-15.5 | 33 | 6.9 | 4.5-10.3 | 402 | 81.3 | 76.8-85.0 |
45-54 | 401 | 51 | 12.8 | 9.3-17.3 | 33 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.0 | 317 | 78.4 | 73.1-83.0 |
55-64 | 375 | 58 | 16.7 | 12.3-22.4 | 28 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.5 | 289 | 76.0 | 69.8-81.2 |
65-74 | 283 | 41 | 14.4 | 10.1-20.1 | 27 | 9.9 | 6.2-15.4 | 215 | 75.7 | 69.0-81.4 |
75+ | 222 | 58 | 26.5 | 19.9-34.4 | 23 | 9.2 | 5.6-14.9 | 141 | 64.2 | 56.0-71.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 546 | 126 | 21.4 | 17.4-26.1 | 64 | 11.7 | 8.6-15.8 | 356 | 66.8 | 61.6-71.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 689 | 99 | 13.1 | 10.4-16.3 | 72 | 11.4 | 8.6-15.1 | 518 | 75.5 | 71.3-79.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 557 | 57 | 13.0 | 9.6-17.5 | 41 | 7.9 | 5.6-11.1 | 459 | 79.1 | 74.3-83.2 |
College Graduate | 534 | 51 | 8.8 | 6.4-11.9 | 24 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.3 | 459 | 86.0 | 82.1-89.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 327 | 59 | 17.3 | 12.4-23.5 | 31 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 | 237 | 73.0 | 66.2-78.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 413 | 61 | 14.1 | 10.4-18.8 | 44 | 10.3 | 7.0-14.8 | 308 | 75.6 | 69.9-80.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 267 | 27 | 10.7 | 6.9-16.2 | 25 | 11.1 | 6.8-17.6 | 215 | 78.2 | 71.1-84.0 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 341 | 48 | 14.9 | 11.0-20.0 | 20 | 7.7 | 4.5-12.9 | 273 | 77.4 | 71.4-82.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 297 | 28 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 | 25 | 9.6 | 6.2-14.7 | 244 | 82.4 | 76.8-86.8 |
$75,000+ | 292 | 35 | 10.6 | 7.4-15.1 | 18 | 5.6 | 3.2- 9.7 | 239 | 83.7 | 78.4-87.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 893 | 145 | 14.9 | 12.2-18.0 | 74 | 8.5 | 6.5-11.2 | 674 | 76.6 | 72.9-79.9 |
No | 1,399 | 182 | 13.2 | 11.1-15.5 | 123 | 9.4 | 7.6-11.6 | 1,094 | 77.4 | 74.5-80.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 500 | 56 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.4 | 46 | 9.7 | 6.9-13.6 | 398 | 78.6 | 73.9-82.6 |
Non-Veteran | 1,763 | 272 | 14.8 | 12.8-17.0 | 143 | 8.4 | 6.9-10.3 | 1,348 | 76.7 | 74.1-79.2 |
Currently Serving | 67 | 7 | 8.3 | 3.4-18.7 | 12 | 21.0 | 11.6-34.9 | 48 | 70.8 | 56.7-81.7 |
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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever using any smokeless tobacco products.
^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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