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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%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,330 | 335 | 13.9 | 12.3-15.8 | 201 | 9.1 | 7.7-10.7 | 1,794 | 77.0 | 74.8-79.1 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Alamance | 60 | 4 | 6.6 | 2.5-16.7 | 6 | 9.8 | 4.3-20.9 | 50 | 83.6 | 71.2-91.3 |
Buncombe | 66 | 7 | 8.7 | 4.0-18.1 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.3- 9.1 | 55 | 87.8 | 78.3-93.5 |
Cabarrus | 69 | 13 | 18.9 | 10.8-30.9 | 4 | 4.5 | 1.4-13.2 | 52 | 76.7 | 64.3-85.7 |
Catawba | 62 | 5 | 8.1 | 2.7-21.5 | 7 | 10.0 | 4.5-21.0 | 50 | 81.9 | 68.1-90.5 |
Cumberland | 59 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.5-15.2 | 9 | 16.9 | 8.5-30.8 | 45 | 76.7 | 62.7-86.6 |
Davidson | 63 | 8 | 9.9 | 4.6-20.0 | 8 | 17.8 | 6.8-39.1 | 47 | 72.3 | 54.0-85.3 |
Durham | 48 | 5 | 9.9 | 3.8-23.2 | 3 | 6.4 | 2.0-18.8 | 40 | 83.7 | 69.4-92.1 |
Forsyth | 63 | 12 | 22.8 | 13.1-36.7 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.5- 7.1 | 49 | 75.4 | 61.6-85.4 |
Gaston | 61 | 9 | 12.1 | 5.8-23.4 | 6 | 12.5 | 5.4-26.3 | 46 | 75.4 | 61.4-85.5 |
Guilford | 50 | 6 | 9.6 | 4.0-21.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 44 | 90.4 | 78.6-96.0 |
Iredell | 64 | 10 | 16.0 | 8.1-29.3 | 4 | 6.2 | 2.2-16.6 | 50 | 77.7 | 63.7-87.4 |
Johnston | 75 | 9 | 13.2 | 6.2-26.2 | 5 | 6.1 | 2.5-13.9 | 61 | 80.7 | 68.1-89.1 |
Mecklenburg | 86 | 11 | 11.2 | 5.9-20.4 | 9 | 9.3 | 4.5-18.0 | 66 | 79.5 | 69.0-87.1 |
New Hanover | 39 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.8-18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 36 | 94.0 | 81.8-98.2 |
Onslow | 74 | 9 | 11.1 | 5.4-21.6 | 9 | 15.1 | 7.1-29.2 | 56 | 73.8 | 59.9-84.1 |
Orange | 47 | 4 | 12.5 | 3.8-33.9 | 2 | 5.5 | 1.3-20.2 | 41 | 82.0 | 62.1-92.7 |
Pitt | 54 | 5 | 8.1 | 3.0-20.1 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.7-12.0 | 45 | 87.3 | 75.5-93.8 |
Randolph | 58 | 7 | 13.7 | 6.1-27.8 | 4 | 8.0 | 2.6-22.2 | 47 | 78.4 | 63.2-88.4 |
Robeson | 101 | 24 | 19.8 | 12.8-29.2 | 9 | 7.3 | 3.3-15.5 | 68 | 72.9 | 62.6-81.3 |
Rowan | 83 | 11 | 14.7 | 7.9-25.7 | 8 | 7.3 | 3.5-14.5 | 64 | 78.0 | 66.7-86.2 |
Union | 51 | 9 | 14.5 | 7.1-27.5 | 4 | 9.6 | 2.8-28.2 | 38 | 75.9 | 59.7-87.0 |
Wake | 65 | 5 | 8.2 | 2.8-21.9 | 4 | 8.7 | 3.0-22.6 | 56 | 83.1 | 68.3-91.8 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 54 | 6 | 10.1 | 4.2-22.4 | 6 | 13.1 | 5.8-26.9 | 42 | 76.9 | 62.3-87.0 |
Northeast Partnership II | 65 | 10 | 16.3 | 8.5-29.2 | 7 | 9.7 | 4.1-20.9 | 48 | 74.0 | 60.5-84.1 |
Northeast Partnership I | 58 | 8 | 14.3 | 6.6-28.4 | 4 | 5.8 | 2.1-14.9 | 46 | 79.9 | 65.9-89.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 55 | 9 | 12.3 | 6.1-23.1 | 5 | 10.5 | 4.3-23.7 | 41 | 77.2 | 63.5-86.8 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 75 | 11 | 16.1 | 8.2-29.0 | 9 | 8.5 | 4.0-17.1 | 55 | 75.4 | 62.6-84.9 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 62 | 5 | 8.2 | 3.2-19.5 | 6 | 10.7 | 4.3-24.0 | 51 | 81.2 | 67.4-90.0 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 62 | 7 | 9.9 | 4.5-20.5 | 8 | 11.5 | 5.5-22.4 | 47 | 78.6 | 66.2-87.3 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 59 | 8 | 12.9 | 6.2-24.9 | 5 | 10.0 | 4.0-23.0 | 46 | 77.0 | 63.1-86.8 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 106 | 22 | 20.0 | 12.7-29.9 | 8 | 9.1 | 4.1-18.9 | 76 | 71.0 | 59.9-80.0 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 61 | 10 | 18.3 | 8.8-34.0 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.7-16.2 | 46 | 74.9 | 59.8-85.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes | 82 | 14 | 18.0 | 10.0-30.3 | 12 | 17.8 | 9.4-31.1 | 56 | 64.2 | 50.7-75.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 81 | 17 | 17.9 | 10.9-27.9 | 8 | 14.4 | 7.1-26.8 | 56 | 67.7 | 55.4-78.0 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 112 | 27 | 22.3 | 14.2-33.1 | 7 | 8.8 | 4.0-18.2 | 78 | 69.0 | 57.4-78.5 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | ||||||||||
Yes | 146 | 22 | 16.0 | 10.2-24.1 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.7-15.8 | 111 | 75.2 | 66.3-82.4 |
No | 2,184 | 313 | 13.8 | 12.1-15.7 | 188 | 9.1 | 7.7-10.8 | 1,683 | 77.1 | 74.8-79.2 |
NC REGIONS*** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 804 | 114 | 12.8 | 10.3-15.7 | 75 | 9.5 | 7.3-12.2 | 615 | 77.7 | 74.2-80.9 |
Piedmont | 1,196 | 158 | 13.1 | 10.9-15.7 | 96 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.5 | 942 | 78.7 | 75.6-81.5 |
Western NC | 330 | 63 | 17.7 | 13.3-23.1 | 30 | 10.7 | 7.1-15.8 | 237 | 71.6 | 65.3-77.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 169 | 32 | 18.4 | 12.1-26.9 | 11 | 7.8 | 3.9-15.0 | 126 | 73.8 | 64.6-81.4 |
Northwest | 513 | 84 | 17.3 | 13.6-21.8 | 50 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.3 | 379 | 71.8 | 66.5-76.5 |
Charlotte | 328 | 53 | 14.5 | 10.6-19.5 | 27 | 9.0 | 5.8-13.7 | 248 | 76.5 | 70.5-81.5 |
Greensboro | 264 | 28 | 10.7 | 7.1-15.9 | 16 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.8 | 220 | 83.5 | 77.6-88.0 |
Southern Regional | 288 | 52 | 15.6 | 11.1-21.3 | 33 | 12.5 | 8.5-18.1 | 203 | 71.9 | 65.2-77.8 |
Coastal | 97 | 7 | 6.1 | 2.8-12.9 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.8 | 86 | 89.6 | 80.5-94.7 |
Wake | 271 | 25 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.2 | 21 | 8.4 | 4.8-14.2 | 225 | 83.1 | 76.2-88.3 |
Area L | 81 | 16 | 17.0 | 9.9-27.6 | 8 | 9.2 | 4.2-18.9 | 57 | 73.8 | 62.0-83.0 |
Eastern | 306 | 37 | 11.8 | 8.2-16.7 | 30 | 9.4 | 6.2-13.9 | 239 | 78.9 | 73.0-83.7 |
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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, 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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