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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,175 | 1,145 | 38.7 | 36.5-40.9 | 1,460 | 45.1 | 42.9-47.3 | 570 | 16.2 | 14.7-17.9 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 91 | 33 | 38.6 | 27.5-50.9 | 45 | 50.8 | 38.8-62.8 | 13 | 10.6 | 5.6-19.2 |
Buncombe | 91 | 38 | 43.4 | 32.6-55.0 | 31 | 34.9 | 24.7-46.8 | 22 | 21.6 | 13.8-32.2 |
Cabarrus | 90 | 26 | 31.8 | 21.8-43.9 | 44 | 47.5 | 36.1-59.1 | 20 | 20.7 | 13.0-31.3 |
Catawba | 81 | 29 | 38.8 | 25.9-53.5 | 34 | 43.4 | 30.8-57.1 | 18 | 17.7 | 10.4-28.5 |
Cumberland | 106 | 50 | 52.0 | 41.0-62.8 | 44 | 39.7 | 29.6-50.8 | 12 | 8.3 | 4.4-15.1 |
Davidson | 106 | 29 | 29.9 | 20.2-41.8 | 57 | 51.3 | 39.1-63.3 | 20 | 18.9 | 11.2-30.0 |
Durham | 62 | 31 | 55.9 | 42.2-68.8 | 22 | 26.5 | 17.1-38.7 | 9 | 17.6 | 9.2-31.2 |
Forsyth | 106 | 41 | 42.3 | 31.7-53.7 | 51 | 46.5 | 35.8-57.6 | 14 | 11.2 | 5.8-20.4 |
Gaston | 79 | 27 | 39.2 | 27.8-52.0 | 35 | 39.4 | 28.3-51.8 | 17 | 21.3 | 12.8-33.3 |
Guilford | 68 | 28 | 43.7 | 30.9-57.5 | 30 | 45.9 | 32.8-59.6 | 10 | 10.4 | 5.1-19.9 |
Iredell | 86 | 31 | 43.8 | 29.8-59.0 | 40 | 43.0 | 30.2-56.8 | 15 | 13.2 | 7.5-22.0 |
Johnston | 106 | 25 | 23.5 | 15.5-34.1 | 50 | 47.3 | 36.7-58.2 | 31 | 29.1 | 20.2-40.1 |
Mecklenburg | 99 | 36 | 33.6 | 24.0-44.8 | 45 | 49.1 | 38.0-60.4 | 18 | 17.3 | 10.5-27.2 |
New Hanover | 70 | 20 | 32.5 | 20.9-46.8 | 35 | 50.0 | 36.8-63.1 | 15 | 17.5 | 10.0-28.7 |
Onslow | 96 | 36 | 33.6 | 24.2-44.6 | 44 | 50.0 | 38.5-61.4 | 16 | 16.4 | 9.1-27.7 |
Orange | 59 | 18 | 32.4 | 20.6-47.0 | 31 | 53.8 | 39.7-67.3 | 10 | 13.9 | 7.1-25.2 |
Pitt | 74 | 27 | 42.5 | 30.1-55.8 | 29 | 36.9 | 25.3-50.1 | 18 | 20.7 | 12.7-31.9 |
Randolph | 85 | 24 | 34.8 | 23.6-48.0 | 41 | 46.4 | 34.5-58.8 | 20 | 18.8 | 11.3-29.5 |
Robeson | 105 | 56 | 57.2 | 46.1-67.5 | 40 | 37.2 | 27.3-48.4 | 9 | 5.6 | 2.8-11.1 |
Rowan | 126 | 46 | 38.7 | 29.4-48.9 | 63 | 48.8 | 38.9-58.8 | 17 | 12.5 | 6.9-21.5 |
Union | 73 | 21 | 35.2 | 23.6-48.9 | 37 | 44.4 | 32.2-57.3 | 15 | 20.4 | 11.8-32.9 |
Wake | 81 | 28 | 39.7 | 27.6-53.2 | 33 | 39.5 | 27.8-52.5 | 20 | 20.8 | 13.0-31.6 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 79 | 22 | 29.1 | 18.9-41.8 | 39 | 43.1 | 31.5-55.4 | 18 | 27.8 | 17.5-41.3 |
Northeast Partnership II | 99 | 41 | 47.2 | 35.7-59.0 | 37 | 31.8 | 22.4-42.9 | 21 | 21.0 | 13.4-31.2 |
Northeast Partnership I | 70 | 30 | 42.0 | 29.8-55.1 | 28 | 41.5 | 29.2-55.0 | 12 | 16.5 | 8.9-28.6 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 71 | 31 | 48.8 | 35.9-61.9 | 28 | 36.5 | 25.2-49.4 | 12 | 14.7 | 7.8-25.8 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 106 | 32 | 36.1 | 25.2-48.6 | 58 | 47.6 | 36.5-59.0 | 16 | 16.3 | 9.7-26.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 92 | 44 | 44.9 | 34.1-56.2 | 36 | 43.1 | 32.2-54.7 | 12 | 11.9 | 6.6-20.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 99 | 46 | 50.2 | 39.5-60.9 | 34 | 33.6 | 24.2-44.5 | 19 | 16.2 | 10.1-25.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 77 | 26 | 38.6 | 26.4-52.3 | 38 | 49.2 | 36.2-62.2 | 13 | 12.3 | 6.9-20.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 131 | 45 | 36.4 | 27.5-46.4 | 65 | 52.3 | 42.5-62.0 | 21 | 11.3 | 6.9-17.9 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 95 | 30 | 29.4 | 20.1-40.8 | 55 | 61.1 | 49.7-71.4 | 10 | 9.5 | 4.8-18.0 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 88 | 26 | 29.8 | 20.2-41.6 | 48 | 55.3 | 43.0-66.9 | 14 | 15.0 | 8.0-26.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 103 | 36 | 34.1 | 24.3-45.6 | 52 | 51.1 | 39.8-62.3 | 15 | 14.7 | 8.2-25.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 125 | 36 | 34.4 | 24.7-45.5 | 61 | 45.5 | 35.0-56.5 | 28 | 20.1 | 12.8-30.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 198 | 84 | 45.3 | 37.2-53.6 | 74 | 33.7 | 26.6-41.7 | 40 | 21.0 | 15.1-28.4 |
No | 2,977 | 1,061 | 38.3 | 36.0-40.6 | 1,386 | 45.8 | 43.5-48.1 | 530 | 15.9 | 14.4-17.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,103 | 425 | 41.3 | 37.7-45.0 | 484 | 42.9 | 39.3-46.6 | 194 | 15.8 | 13.4-18.5 |
Piedmont | 1,683 | 596 | 38.4 | 35.4-41.5 | 784 | 45.4 | 42.3-48.5 | 303 | 16.2 | 14.2-18.5 |
Western NC | 389 | 124 | 34.5 | 28.8-40.6 | 192 | 48.5 | 42.3-54.7 | 73 | 17.0 | 12.9-22.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 211 | 71 | 35.8 | 28.2-44.3 | 90 | 42.7 | 34.5-51.3 | 50 | 21.5 | 15.4-29.1 |
Northwest | 715 | 234 | 34.5 | 30.1-39.2 | 371 | 52.7 | 48.0-57.4 | 110 | 12.8 | 10.1-16.0 |
Charlotte | 418 | 143 | 36.0 | 30.4-41.9 | 194 | 45.0 | 39.1-51.0 | 81 | 19.0 | 14.7-24.2 |
Greensboro | 376 | 130 | 38.8 | 32.6-45.3 | 182 | 48.4 | 42.0-54.9 | 64 | 12.8 | 9.4-17.1 |
Southern Regional | 378 | 167 | 47.7 | 41.3-54.2 | 159 | 40.0 | 34.0-46.3 | 52 | 12.3 | 8.8-16.9 |
Coastal | 162 | 62 | 40.1 | 31.5-49.4 | 72 | 45.9 | 37.1-54.9 | 28 | 14.0 | 9.4-20.4 |
Wake | 392 | 142 | 40.7 | 34.3-47.5 | 158 | 37.7 | 31.6-44.3 | 92 | 21.6 | 17.0-27.0 |
Area L | 114 | 52 | 50.9 | 40.4-61.3 | 45 | 37.3 | 27.9-47.7 | 17 | 11.8 | 6.9-19.4 |
Eastern | 397 | 143 | 37.2 | 31.5-43.3 | 183 | 44.9 | 39.1-50.9 | 71 | 17.8 | 13.6-23.0 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke 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, Edgecombe, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Click here to learn about other NC Area Health Education Centers
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