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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 | 5,476 | 2,032 | 37.7 | 36.1-39.4 | 482 | 8.9 | 7.9- 9.9 | 2,962 | 53.4 | 51.8-55.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 2,420 | 855 | 36.0 | 33.7-38.3 | 187 | 8.3 | 7.0- 9.8 | 1,378 | 55.7 | 53.3-58.1 |
Female | 3,056 | 1,177 | 40.0 | 37.8-42.1 | 295 | 9.5 | 8.3-10.9 | 1,584 | 50.5 | 48.3-52.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 216 | 121 | 64.3 | 56.3-71.5 | 33 | 14.8 | 9.7-22.1 | 62 | 20.9 | 15.6-27.4 |
25-34 | 689 | 331 | 49.9 | 45.3-54.5 | 103 | 14.1 | 11.2-17.7 | 255 | 36.0 | 31.8-40.5 |
35-44 | 949 | 462 | 48.9 | 45.0-52.9 | 108 | 12.1 | 9.7-15.1 | 379 | 38.9 | 35.2-42.8 |
45-54 | 1,090 | 466 | 41.5 | 38.0-45.2 | 91 | 8.5 | 6.6-10.8 | 533 | 50.0 | 46.3-53.6 |
55-64 | 1,144 | 389 | 32.8 | 29.5-36.3 | 80 | 6.3 | 4.8- 8.3 | 675 | 60.9 | 57.3-64.4 |
65-74 | 853 | 183 | 19.1 | 16.1-22.5 | 46 | 4.8 | 3.3- 6.9 | 624 | 76.1 | 72.4-79.4 |
75+ | 523 | 77 | 11.9 | 9.1-15.3 | 19 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.6 | 427 | 84.8 | 81.0-87.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 862 | 404 | 49.3 | 45.1-53.5 | 75 | 8.0 | 6.2-10.3 | 383 | 42.7 | 38.6-46.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,714 | 745 | 45.8 | 42.8-48.8 | 154 | 8.0 | 6.5- 9.8 | 815 | 46.2 | 43.3-49.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,480 | 546 | 36.1 | 33.1-39.3 | 136 | 10.4 | 8.4-12.7 | 798 | 53.5 | 50.3-56.7 |
College Graduate | 1,414 | 334 | 22.8 | 20.3-25.6 | 117 | 8.9 | 7.2-11.0 | 963 | 68.3 | 65.2-71.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 620 | 298 | 46.7 | 41.7-51.8 | 64 | 10.7 | 7.7-14.7 | 258 | 42.6 | 37.6-47.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 870 | 386 | 47.0 | 42.8-51.4 | 80 | 7.2 | 5.5- 9.2 | 404 | 45.8 | 41.6-50.1 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 667 | 278 | 44.4 | 39.8-49.1 | 73 | 11.4 | 8.6-15.0 | 316 | 44.2 | 39.7-48.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 823 | 321 | 40.3 | 36.2-44.5 | 68 | 8.5 | 6.4-11.3 | 434 | 51.2 | 46.9-55.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 693 | 221 | 31.8 | 27.8-36.2 | 50 | 7.7 | 5.5-10.6 | 422 | 60.5 | 56.0-64.8 |
$75,000+ | 725 | 185 | 26.0 | 22.2-30.1 | 58 | 8.1 | 6.0-10.9 | 482 | 65.9 | 61.5-70.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 2,030 | 744 | 37.7 | 35.1-40.4 | 181 | 7.9 | 6.6- 9.4 | 1,105 | 54.4 | 51.6-57.1 |
No | 3,286 | 1,220 | 37.3 | 35.3-39.4 | 285 | 9.3 | 8.1-10.7 | 1,781 | 53.4 | 51.3-55.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 1,050 | 287 | 26.6 | 23.6-29.9 | 47 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.9 | 716 | 69.2 | 65.8-72.4 |
Non-Veteran | 4,362 | 1,717 | 41.0 | 39.1-42.9 | 420 | 9.9 | 8.8-11.2 | 2,225 | 49.1 | 47.2-50.9 |
Currently Serving | 57 | 27 | 44.5 | 30.4-59.6 | 14 | 28.3 | 16.3-44.5 | 16 | 27.2 | 15.8-42.6 |
* 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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