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Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 6,908 | 2,578 | 37.6 | 36.2-39.1 | 755 | 11.5 | 10.5-12.6 | 3,575 | 50.9 | 49.4-52.3 |
Have Health Insurance | ||||||||||
Yes | 5,730 | 1,956 | 34.1 | 32.6-35.7 | 573 | 10.3 | 9.3-11.4 | 3,201 | 55.6 | 53.9-57.1 |
No | 1,169 | 621 | 52.6 | 48.7-56.4 | 180 | 16.5 | 13.7-19.7 | 368 | 30.9 | 27.5-34.6 |
Body Mass Index | ||||||||||
Underweight | 120 | 67 | 52.7 | 41.0-64.1 | 13 | 10.0 | 5.2-18.3 | 40 | 37.3 | 26.5-49.5 |
Recommended Range | 2,372 | 1,028 | 44.2 | 41.6-46.7 | 272 | 11.9 | 10.3-13.8 | 1,072 | 43.9 | 41.4-46.4 |
Overweight | 2,500 | 861 | 34.8 | 32.5-37.2 | 290 | 12.9 | 11.1-14.8 | 1,349 | 52.3 | 49.8-54.8 |
Obese | 1,646 | 538 | 32.9 | 30.1-35.9 | 151 | 8.5 | 7.0-10.3 | 957 | 58.6 | 55.6-61.5 |
Current Smoker | ||||||||||
No | 3,575 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3,575 | 100 | . - . |
Yes | 3,333 | 2,578 | 76.6 | 74.6-78.4 | 755 | 23.4 | 21.6-25.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Binge Drinker | ||||||||||
No | 6,035 | 2,138 | 35.4 | 33.9-37.0 | 618 | 10.7 | 9.7-11.8 | 3,279 | 53.9 | 52.3-55.5 |
Yes | 736 | 379 | 51.1 | 46.6-55.6 | 117 | 17.3 | 14.1-21.1 | 240 | 31.5 | 27.5-35.8 |
Heavy Drinker | ||||||||||
No | 6,459 | 2,352 | 36.5 | 35.0-38.0 | 699 | 11.5 | 10.5-12.6 | 3,408 | 52.0 | 50.5-53.6 |
Yes | 350 | 181 | 53.6 | 47.0-60.1 | 39 | 11.5 | 7.8-16.6 | 130 | 34.9 | 29.0-41.3 |
Fair/Poor Health Status | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,742 | 657 | 38.6 | 35.7-41.6 | 188 | 9.9 | 8.4-11.7 | 897 | 51.5 | 48.5-54.4 |
No | 5,136 | 1,912 | 37.3 | 35.7-39.0 | 564 | 12.0 | 10.9-13.3 | 2,660 | 50.6 | 48.9-52.4 |
Current Asthma | ||||||||||
Yes | 634 | 225 | 36.2 | 31.6-41.2 | 85 | 14.4 | 11.1-18.4 | 324 | 49.4 | 44.4-54.3 |
No | 6,227 | 2,327 | 37.6 | 36.1-39.1 | 667 | 11.3 | 10.3-12.4 | 3,233 | 51.1 | 49.5-52.7 |
Diabetes | ||||||||||
Yes | 760 | 198 | 26.4 | 22.5-30.8 | 55 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.7 | 507 | 66.5 | 62.0-70.7 |
Yes, During Pregnancy | 51 | 26 | 50.9 | 35.3-66.3 | 4 | 9.9 | 3.4-25.4 | 21 | 39.2 | 25.3-55.2 |
No | 5,996 | 2,314 | 39.0 | 37.4-40.6 | 686 | 12.1 | 11.1-13.3 | 2,996 | 48.9 | 47.3-50.5 |
No, Bordeline Diabetes | 100 | 40 | 34.1 | 23.5-46.7 | 10 | 8.7 | 4.1-17.2 | 50 | 57.2 | 44.5-69.0 |
* 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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