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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 | 1,694 | 237 | 13.7 | 11.8-15.8 | 157 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.6 | 1,300 | 76.7 | 74.1-79.1 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 1,472 | 215 | 14.1 | 12.1-16.4 | 138 | 10.0 | 8.2-12.2 | 1,119 | 75.9 | 73.1-78.5 |
African American | 139 | 10 | 6.0 | 2.9-12.0 | 14 | 9.0 | 5.0-15.8 | 115 | 84.9 | 77.2-90.4 |
Asian | 5 | 1 | 34.1 | 5.3-82.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 65.9 | 17.4-94.7 |
Native American | 40 | 7 | 21.5 | 10.1-40.2 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.5-18.1 | 29 | 71.6 | 53.3-84.7 |
Other Minorities | 33 | 3 | 12.6 | 4.0-33.0 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-15.8 | 29 | 85.0 | 65.0-94.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 34 | 3 | 11.6 | 3.7-31.0 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.3-24.0 | 28 | 82.3 | 62.7-92.8 |
-English Speaking | 22 | 3 | 17.1 | 5.5-42.4 | 3 | 9.1 | 2.0-33.2 | 16 | 73.8 | 49.0-89.2 |
-Spanish Speaking | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 100 | . - . |
Non-Hispanic | 1,659 | 234 | 13.7 | 11.8-15.8 | 153 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.7 | 1,272 | 76.6 | 74.0-79.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 112 | 12 | 10.2 | 4.8-20.6 | 14 | 13.6 | 7.6-23.3 | 86 | 76.1 | 64.8-84.7 |
25-34 | 341 | 46 | 13.1 | 9.3-18.2 | 37 | 12.7 | 8.7-18.1 | 258 | 74.2 | 67.9-79.6 |
35-44 | 407 | 61 | 13.5 | 10.2-17.6 | 26 | 6.6 | 4.1-10.5 | 320 | 79.9 | 75.0-84.1 |
45-54 | 281 | 38 | 13.9 | 9.8-19.4 | 30 | 10.3 | 6.7-15.4 | 213 | 75.8 | 69.4-81.2 |
55-64 | 266 | 34 | 13.1 | 8.7-19.3 | 20 | 7.7 | 4.5-13.0 | 212 | 79.2 | 72.3-84.8 |
65-74 | 167 | 21 | 14.5 | 9.1-22.1 | 16 | 9.4 | 5.1-16.5 | 130 | 76.2 | 67.5-83.1 |
75+ | 114 | 24 | 21.6 | 13.7-32.3 | 14 | 10.9 | 5.8-19.5 | 76 | 67.5 | 56.3-77.0 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 308 | 57 | 17.7 | 13.0-23.6 | 41 | 12.6 | 8.6-18.0 | 210 | 69.7 | 63.0-75.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 508 | 77 | 13.9 | 10.8-17.6 | 58 | 12.3 | 9.0-16.7 | 373 | 73.8 | 68.9-78.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 432 | 52 | 13.9 | 10.2-18.9 | 35 | 8.5 | 5.8-12.2 | 345 | 77.6 | 72.2-82.2 |
College Graduate | 443 | 49 | 9.7 | 7.1-13.2 | 23 | 5.8 | 3.6- 9.2 | 371 | 84.5 | 80.2-88.0 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 157 | 26 | 16.7 | 10.2-26.2 | 18 | 9.7 | 5.5-16.6 | 113 | 73.6 | 63.7-81.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 247 | 33 | 13.7 | 9.3-19.8 | 27 | 10.8 | 6.8-16.8 | 187 | 75.5 | 68.2-81.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 210 | 23 | 10.9 | 6.8-17.2 | 21 | 11.0 | 6.3-18.3 | 166 | 78.1 | 70.1-84.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 291 | 44 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.3 | 20 | 8.7 | 5.1-14.5 | 227 | 75.6 | 68.9-81.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 262 | 28 | 8.8 | 5.8-13.0 | 25 | 10.5 | 6.8-16.0 | 209 | 80.7 | 74.7-85.6 |
$75,000+ | 269 | 35 | 11.4 | 7.9-16.1 | 18 | 6.0 | 3.4-10.4 | 216 | 82.6 | 76.9-87.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 552 | 74 | 12.9 | 9.8-16.7 | 49 | 8.9 | 6.4-12.3 | 429 | 78.2 | 73.7-82.1 |
No | 1,113 | 158 | 13.9 | 11.6-16.6 | 104 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.5 | 851 | 76.0 | 72.8-79.0 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 488 | 55 | 11.7 | 8.8-15.5 | 45 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.7 | 388 | 78.5 | 73.7-82.6 |
Non-Veteran | 1,144 | 175 | 14.7 | 12.3-17.3 | 100 | 9.0 | 7.1-11.4 | 869 | 76.3 | 73.1-79.2 |
Currently Serving | 62 | 7 | 8.7 | 3.6-19.5 | 12 | 21.9 | 12.2-36.3 | 43 | 69.4 | 54.9-80.8 |
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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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