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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 5,540 | 4,129 | 74.7 | 73.3-76.1 | 1,411 | 25.3 | 23.9-26.7 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 4,186 | 3,144 | 75.0 | 73.4-76.6 | 1,042 | 25.0 | 23.4-26.6 |
African American | 892 | 642 | 71.7 | 67.9-75.2 | 250 | 28.3 | 24.8-32.1 |
Asian | 41 | 35 | 85.2 | 68.8-93.7 | 6 | 14.8 | 6.3-31.2 |
Native American | 91 | 57 | 70.4 | 58.1-80.3 | 34 | 29.6 | 19.7-41.9 |
Other Minorities | 300 | 227 | 76.2 | 69.4-81.9 | 73 | 23.8 | 18.1-30.6 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 302 | 225 | 76.6 | 70.1-82.0 | 77 | 23.4 | 18.0-29.9 |
-English Speaking | 101 | 76 | 78.7 | 68.6-86.2 | 25 | 21.3 | 13.8-31.4 |
-Spanish Speaking | 201 | 149 | 75.9 | 67.7-82.5 | 52 | 24.1 | 17.5-32.3 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,230 | 3,897 | 74.5 | 73.0-75.9 | 1,333 | 25.5 | 24.1-27.0 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 338 | 222 | 65.4 | 58.8-71.5 | 116 | 34.6 | 28.5-41.2 |
25-34 | 898 | 638 | 70.8 | 66.9-74.3 | 260 | 29.2 | 25.7-33.1 |
35-44 | 1,097 | 767 | 70.1 | 66.7-73.4 | 330 | 29.9 | 26.6-33.3 |
45-54 | 1,045 | 744 | 73.8 | 70.5-76.9 | 301 | 26.2 | 23.1-29.5 |
55-64 | 1,005 | 750 | 75.6 | 72.2-78.6 | 255 | 24.4 | 21.4-27.8 |
65-74 | 694 | 585 | 85.4 | 82.0-88.2 | 109 | 14.6 | 11.8-18.0 |
75+ | 444 | 408 | 93.0 | 90.0-95.2 | 36 | 7.0 | 4.8-10.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 968 | 632 | 65.1 | 61.1-68.9 | 336 | 34.9 | 31.1-38.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,581 | 1,072 | 67.2 | 64.2-70.0 | 509 | 32.8 | 30.0-35.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,293 | 961 | 75.1 | 72.2-77.9 | 332 | 24.9 | 22.1-27.8 |
College Graduate | 1,685 | 1,455 | 87.4 | 85.5-89.1 | 230 | 12.6 | 10.9-14.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 506 | 323 | 66.1 | 60.5-71.3 | 183 | 33.9 | 28.7-39.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 835 | 562 | 66.4 | 62.1-70.4 | 273 | 33.6 | 29.6-37.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 666 | 478 | 69.7 | 65.3-73.8 | 188 | 30.3 | 26.2-34.7 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 827 | 589 | 70.4 | 66.5-74.1 | 238 | 29.6 | 25.9-33.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 791 | 622 | 79.2 | 75.7-82.3 | 169 | 20.8 | 17.7-24.3 |
$75,000+ | 893 | 762 | 86.1 | 83.2-88.5 | 131 | 13.9 | 11.5-16.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 1,648 | 1,154 | 69.0 | 66.1-71.8 | 494 | 31.0 | 28.2-33.9 |
No | 3,683 | 2,829 | 77.3 | 75.6-78.9 | 854 | 22.7 | 21.1-24.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,769 | 1,376 | 78.8 | 76.4-81.0 | 393 | 21.2 | 19.0-23.6 |
Non-Veteran | 3,619 | 2,647 | 73.2 | 71.4-75.0 | 972 | 26.8 | 25.0-28.6 |
Currently Serving | 133 | 89 | 64.8 | 54.9-73.6 | 44 | 35.2 | 26.4-45.1 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
^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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