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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 | 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 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 2,420 | 855 | 36.0 | 33.7-38.3 | 187 | 8.3 | 7.0- 9.8 | 1,378 | 55.7 | 53.3-58.1 |
African American | 468 | 174 | 39.6 | 34.2-45.3 | 76 | 14.7 | 11.3-18.9 | 218 | 45.7 | 40.3-51.3 |
Asian | 9 | 3 | 31.1 | 9.4-66.3 | 3 | 30.2 | 8.5-66.9 | 3 | 38.7 | 12.6-73.4 |
Native American | 54 | 29 | 45.3 | 28.8-63.0 | 5 | 9.5 | 3.5-23.3 | 20 | 45.2 | 27.8-63.8 |
Other Minorities | 127 | 32 | 23.6 | 15.2-34.7 | 41 | 36.1 | 25.9-47.7 | 54 | 40.4 | 29.8-51.9 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 127 | 30 | 21.3 | 13.7-31.6 | 47 | 37.8 | 27.6-49.1 | 50 | 40.9 | 30.3-52.5 |
-English Speaking | 47 | 13 | 20.6 | 10.8-35.8 | 12 | 26.1 | 14.1-43.2 | 22 | 53.3 | 35.8-70.0 |
-Spanish Speaking | 80 | 17 | 21.6 | 12.2-35.3 | 35 | 42.7 | 29.6-56.8 | 28 | 35.7 | 23.5-50.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 2,960 | 1,067 | 36.8 | 34.7-38.9 | 266 | 9.4 | 8.1-10.8 | 1,627 | 53.8 | 51.6-56.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 155 | 80 | 53.2 | 43.5-62.7 | 36 | 25.0 | 17.2-34.8 | 39 | 21.9 | 15.2-30.4 |
25-34 | 410 | 183 | 44.1 | 38.3-50.1 | 77 | 21.4 | 16.6-27.2 | 150 | 34.5 | 29.2-40.2 |
35-44 | 532 | 254 | 47.5 | 42.3-52.8 | 76 | 15.4 | 11.9-19.7 | 202 | 37.0 | 32.2-42.2 |
45-54 | 572 | 241 | 40.0 | 35.2-45.0 | 60 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.2 | 271 | 50.1 | 45.0-55.1 |
55-64 | 653 | 214 | 32.9 | 28.7-37.5 | 41 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.0 | 398 | 61.5 | 56.9-66.0 |
65-74 | 493 | 94 | 17.4 | 13.8-21.7 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.2 | 384 | 79.6 | 75.1-83.5 |
75+ | 265 | 30 | 9.6 | 6.3-14.2 | 6 | 2.1 | 0.9- 4.9 | 229 | 88.3 | 83.4-91.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 638 | 258 | 40.8 | 36.0-45.7 | 78 | 13.9 | 10.6-18.0 | 302 | 45.3 | 40.5-50.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 958 | 414 | 45.0 | 41.1-49.0 | 95 | 10.4 | 8.2-13.2 | 449 | 44.6 | 40.7-48.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 749 | 254 | 33.0 | 29.0-37.2 | 78 | 11.5 | 8.8-14.8 | 417 | 55.6 | 51.2-59.9 |
College Graduate | 737 | 167 | 21.3 | 18.1-25.0 | 63 | 9.4 | 7.1-12.4 | 507 | 69.3 | 65.1-73.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 338 | 154 | 43.5 | 36.8-50.4 | 29 | 10.0 | 6.3-15.4 | 155 | 46.6 | 39.7-53.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 508 | 207 | 42.5 | 37.0-48.2 | 66 | 13.2 | 9.8-17.6 | 235 | 44.3 | 38.9-49.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 386 | 145 | 40.9 | 35.2-46.9 | 43 | 12.3 | 8.8-17.0 | 198 | 46.8 | 41.0-52.6 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 471 | 194 | 40.4 | 35.2-45.9 | 44 | 10.5 | 7.4-14.6 | 233 | 49.1 | 43.7-54.5 |
$50,000-74,999 | 420 | 131 | 31.0 | 26.0-36.4 | 38 | 9.0 | 6.2-12.9 | 251 | 60.0 | 54.4-65.4 |
$75,000+ | 411 | 100 | 24.7 | 20.0-30.0 | 31 | 7.9 | 5.3-11.6 | 280 | 67.5 | 61.8-72.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,113 | 393 | 37.1 | 33.6-40.7 | 101 | 9.0 | 7.0-11.4 | 619 | 54.0 | 50.3-57.6 |
No | 1,848 | 655 | 34.7 | 32.1-37.4 | 199 | 12.5 | 10.7-14.7 | 994 | 52.7 | 50.0-55.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,176 | 323 | 26.9 | 24.0-30.1 | 70 | 5.3 | 4.0- 6.9 | 783 | 67.8 | 64.5-70.9 |
Non-Veteran | 1,842 | 744 | 40.7 | 37.9-43.5 | 228 | 14.1 | 12.1-16.3 | 870 | 45.2 | 42.4-48.1 |
Currently Serving | 64 | 29 | 44.2 | 31.0-58.2 | 15 | 27.9 | 16.5-43.1 | 20 | 27.9 | 17.1-42.0 |
* 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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