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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 6 mos. | 6 mos. to 1 year | Past year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,498 | 253 | 7.8 | 6.7- 9.0 | 139 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.8 | 583 | 16.4 | 14.9-18.0 | 375 | 10.2 | 9.1-11.5 | 2,148 | 61.7 | 59.6-63.7 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,943 | 136 | 7.5 | 6.1- 9.2 | 73 | 4.0 | 3.0- 5.4 | 311 | 15.6 | 13.7-17.6 | 203 | 10.0 | 8.5-11.8 | 1,220 | 62.9 | 60.2-65.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 908 | 62 | 7.3 | 5.4- 9.7 | 33 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.1 | 127 | 13.6 | 11.2-16.4 | 78 | 8.4 | 6.5-10.7 | 608 | 66.6 | 62.8-70.3 |
| Female | 1,035 | 74 | 7.8 | 5.9-10.1 | 40 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.8 | 184 | 18.3 | 15.6-21.4 | 125 | 12.4 | 10.1-15.1 | 612 | 57.6 | 53.9-61.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,654 | 109 | 6.0 | 4.8- 7.5 | 54 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.1 | 262 | 15.2 | 13.3-17.4 | 172 | 10.1 | 8.5-12.0 | 1,057 | 65.0 | 62.1-67.8 |
| African American | 231 | 19 | 12.8 | 7.7-20.4 | 13 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.6 | 36 | 14.9 | 10.1-21.3 | 22 | 9.2 | 5.7-14.5 | 141 | 60.0 | 51.9-67.6 |
| Other Minorities | 2 | 1 | 63.0 | 9.6-96.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 37.0 | 3.5-90.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 40 | 16 | 39.1 | 22.1-59.3 | 4 | 17.6 | 5.8-42.7 | 15 | 34.3 | 18.3-54.8 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.1-12.6 | 2 | 5.2 | 1.2-19.8 |
| 25-34 | 166 | 36 | 23.3 | 16.2-32.3 | 15 | 11.6 | 6.4-20.3 | 68 | 37.3 | 29.0-46.4 | 22 | 13.4 | 8.3-20.8 | 25 | 14.4 | 8.4-23.4 |
| 35-44 | 260 | 27 | 11.5 | 7.1-17.9 | 17 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.4 | 56 | 18.5 | 13.7-24.6 | 43 | 18.6 | 13.4-25.3 | 117 | 46.0 | 38.5-53.6 |
| 45-54 | 369 | 25 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.3 | 12 | 3.2 | 1.5- 6.7 | 59 | 14.5 | 10.7-19.3 | 40 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.6 | 233 | 65.5 | 59.2-71.2 |
| 55-64 | 447 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.2 | 55 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.1 | 48 | 9.2 | 6.6-12.6 | 314 | 72.9 | 67.7-77.5 |
| 65-74 | 390 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.5 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.5 | 42 | 10.9 | 7.5-15.4 | 33 | 6.5 | 4.3- 9.7 | 294 | 78.0 | 72.7-82.5 |
| 75+ | 263 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.4 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.2- 4.8 | 16 | 6.1 | 3.5-10.6 | 12 | 2.9 | 1.3- 6.1 | 230 | 89.0 | 83.7-92.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 286 | 22 | 10.6 | 6.5-16.8 | 13 | 4.6 | 2.5- 8.3 | 42 | 16.9 | 11.9-23.6 | 26 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.5 | 183 | 58.6 | 51.0-65.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 520 | 38 | 7.6 | 5.2-11.0 | 20 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.5 | 90 | 15.2 | 12.0-19.0 | 63 | 12.4 | 9.3-16.3 | 309 | 60.4 | 55.2-65.5 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 476 | 39 | 8.0 | 5.5-11.6 | 15 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.1 | 84 | 17.6 | 13.9-22.2 | 47 | 8.2 | 5.8-11.5 | 291 | 62.3 | 56.8-67.5 |
| College Graduate | 659 | 37 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.7 | 25 | 3.7 | 2.2- 6.3 | 95 | 13.9 | 11.1-17.4 | 67 | 9.8 | 7.4-13.0 | 435 | 66.7 | 62.0-71.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 188 | 15 | 10.1 | 5.8-17.1 | 10 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.5 | 33 | 15.3 | 10.3-22.2 | 18 | 10.5 | 6.1-17.4 | 112 | 57.2 | 48.2-65.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 274 | 24 | 12.0 | 7.5-18.5 | 9 | 3.9 | 1.7- 9.0 | 42 | 14.6 | 9.9-21.0 | 26 | 8.8 | 5.4-14.1 | 173 | 60.7 | 52.7-68.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 202 | 21 | 10.1 | 6.0-16.6 | 7 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.9 | 33 | 17.5 | 12.0-24.7 | 24 | 10.6 | 6.6-16.6 | 117 | 58.9 | 50.6-66.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 267 | 15 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.8 | 12 | 4.8 | 2.5- 9.2 | 52 | 19.1 | 14.0-25.5 | 28 | 8.8 | 5.7-13.3 | 160 | 62.0 | 54.6-68.8 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 273 | 17 | 6.6 | 3.6-11.9 | 11 | 4.7 | 2.2- 9.8 | 45 | 14.4 | 10.4-19.6 | 32 | 11.7 | 7.9-17.1 | 168 | 62.5 | 55.3-69.2 |
| $75,000+ | 321 | 20 | 5.7 | 3.2- 9.8 | 11 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.3 | 41 | 13.6 | 9.6-18.7 | 38 | 12.1 | 8.3-17.2 | 211 | 66.5 | 59.8-72.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 692 | 46 | 6.5 | 4.6- 9.0 | 25 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.9 | 106 | 15.3 | 12.2-19.0 | 73 | 10.3 | 7.8-13.5 | 442 | 64.2 | 59.7-68.6 |
| No | 1,222 | 88 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.1 | 46 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.8 | 199 | 15.5 | 13.3-18.1 | 124 | 9.6 | 7.8-11.8 | 765 | 63.0 | 59.5-66.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 426 | 13 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.0 | 12 | 3.4 | 1.8- 6.2 | 45 | 9.4 | 6.8-12.9 | 28 | 5.7 | 3.7- 8.8 | 328 | 78.8 | 74.0-82.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,512 | 121 | 9.1 | 7.3-11.2 | 61 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.9 | 265 | 17.8 | 15.5-20.3 | 175 | 11.6 | 9.8-13.8 | 890 | 57.3 | 54.0-60.4 |
| Currently Serving | 4 | 2 | 60.0 | 16.7-91.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 25.2 | 3.3-77.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 14.8 | 1.8-62.9 |
* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).
^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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