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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,324 | 1,784 | 54.7 | 52.5-56.8 | 1,540 | 45.3 | 43.2-47.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 94 | 53 | 56.9 | 45.0-68.2 | 41 | 43.1 | 31.8-55.0 |
Buncombe | 95 | 53 | 56.9 | 45.6-67.4 | 42 | 43.1 | 32.6-54.4 |
Cabarrus | 94 | 43 | 47.2 | 36.1-58.6 | 51 | 52.8 | 41.4-63.9 |
Catawba | 82 | 42 | 59.6 | 46.7-71.3 | 40 | 40.4 | 28.7-53.3 |
Cumberland | 111 | 67 | 65.5 | 55.1-74.5 | 44 | 34.5 | 25.5-44.9 |
Davidson | 109 | 56 | 51.7 | 39.6-63.6 | 53 | 48.3 | 36.4-60.4 |
Durham | 67 | 35 | 52.9 | 38.9-66.5 | 32 | 47.1 | 33.5-61.1 |
Forsyth | 107 | 54 | 51.7 | 40.7-62.6 | 53 | 48.3 | 37.4-59.3 |
Gaston | 81 | 50 | 63.2 | 50.9-74.1 | 31 | 36.8 | 25.9-49.1 |
Guilford | 70 | 38 | 55.3 | 41.9-67.9 | 32 | 44.7 | 32.1-58.1 |
Iredell | 95 | 43 | 44.5 | 32.1-57.5 | 52 | 55.5 | 42.5-67.9 |
Johnston | 112 | 62 | 57.4 | 46.7-67.4 | 50 | 42.6 | 32.6-53.3 |
Mecklenburg | 108 | 61 | 56.5 | 45.6-66.7 | 47 | 43.5 | 33.3-54.4 |
New Hanover | 73 | 38 | 54.1 | 41.1-66.6 | 35 | 45.9 | 33.4-58.9 |
Onslow | 101 | 54 | 51.6 | 40.4-62.7 | 47 | 48.4 | 37.3-59.6 |
Orange | 63 | 41 | 63.7 | 49.8-75.7 | 22 | 36.3 | 24.3-50.2 |
Pitt | 79 | 44 | 56.3 | 43.8-68.1 | 35 | 43.7 | 31.9-56.2 |
Randolph | 89 | 48 | 53.3 | 41.2-65.0 | 41 | 46.7 | 35.0-58.8 |
Robeson | 110 | 57 | 52.3 | 41.5-62.9 | 53 | 47.7 | 37.1-58.5 |
Rowan | 127 | 68 | 52.7 | 42.7-62.5 | 59 | 47.3 | 37.5-57.3 |
Union | 74 | 33 | 48.5 | 36.0-61.1 | 41 | 51.5 | 38.9-64.0 |
Wake | 82 | 41 | 52.5 | 39.8-64.8 | 41 | 47.5 | 35.2-60.2 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 82 | 39 | 44.0 | 32.4-56.4 | 43 | 56.0 | 43.6-67.6 |
Northeast Partnership II | 100 | 56 | 62.4 | 51.3-72.4 | 44 | 37.6 | 27.6-48.7 |
Northeast Partnership I | 75 | 50 | 53.6 | 34.1-72.0 | 25 | 46.4 | 28.0-65.9 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 75 | 42 | 51.1 | 38.4-63.8 | 33 | 48.9 | 36.2-61.6 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 108 | 59 | 58.2 | 46.7-68.9 | 49 | 41.8 | 31.1-53.3 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 104 | 63 | 59.6 | 48.9-69.5 | 41 | 40.4 | 30.5-51.1 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 107 | 59 | 58.7 | 48.3-68.4 | 48 | 41.3 | 31.6-51.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 86 | 46 | 53.1 | 40.7-65.1 | 40 | 46.9 | 34.9-59.3 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 136 | 85 | 64.0 | 54.4-72.7 | 51 | 36.0 | 27.3-45.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 98 | 50 | 54.7 | 43.7-65.3 | 48 | 45.3 | 34.7-56.3 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 88 | 39 | 49.5 | 37.4-61.6 | 49 | 50.5 | 38.4-62.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 108 | 52 | 49.5 | 38.6-60.4 | 56 | 50.5 | 39.6-61.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 134 | 63 | 50.1 | 39.7-60.5 | 71 | 49.9 | 39.5-60.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 206 | 120 | 55.8 | 46.2-64.9 | 86 | 44.2 | 35.1-53.8 |
No | 3,118 | 1,664 | 54.6 | 52.4-56.8 | 1,454 | 45.4 | 43.2-47.6 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,161 | 652 | 57.2 | 53.6-60.8 | 509 | 42.8 | 39.2-46.4 |
Piedmont | 1,756 | 934 | 54.1 | 51.1-57.1 | 822 | 45.9 | 42.9-48.9 |
Western NC | 407 | 198 | 51.5 | 45.5-57.5 | 209 | 48.5 | 42.5-54.5 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 224 | 112 | 51.2 | 43.1-59.3 | 112 | 48.8 | 40.7-56.9 |
Northwest | 735 | 357 | 50.5 | 45.9-55.2 | 378 | 49.5 | 44.8-54.1 |
Charlotte | 435 | 234 | 55.7 | 49.8-61.4 | 201 | 44.3 | 38.6-50.2 |
Greensboro | 402 | 227 | 55.5 | 49.2-61.5 | 175 | 44.5 | 38.5-50.8 |
Southern Regional | 391 | 221 | 60.1 | 53.8-66.0 | 170 | 39.9 | 34.0-46.2 |
Coastal | 178 | 101 | 59.3 | 50.9-67.2 | 77 | 40.7 | 32.8-49.1 |
Wake | 407 | 222 | 54.9 | 48.3-61.2 | 185 | 45.1 | 38.8-51.7 |
Area L | 119 | 70 | 57.7 | 47.2-67.6 | 49 | 42.3 | 32.4-52.8 |
Eastern | 415 | 227 | 52.9 | 46.6-59.1 | 188 | 47.1 | 40.9-53.4 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking 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.
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