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| Total Respond.^ |
Regular | Lights | Ultra lights | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,175 | 1,145 | 38.7 | 36.5-40.9 | 1,460 | 45.1 | 42.9-47.3 | 570 | 16.2 | 14.7-17.9 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,683 | 596 | 38.4 | 35.4-41.5 | 784 | 45.4 | 42.3-48.5 | 303 | 16.2 | 14.2-18.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 686 | 287 | 43.2 | 38.6-47.9 | 320 | 45.9 | 41.3-50.6 | 79 | 10.9 | 8.4-14.0 |
| Female | 997 | 309 | 32.9 | 29.4-36.7 | 464 | 44.8 | 41.0-48.7 | 224 | 22.3 | 19.2-25.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,296 | 370 | 30.1 | 27.0-33.4 | 652 | 50.3 | 46.8-53.8 | 274 | 19.6 | 17.1-22.4 |
| African American | 292 | 182 | 64.7 | 57.9-71.0 | 92 | 30.1 | 24.2-36.8 | 18 | 5.2 | 2.9- 9.1 |
| Other Minorities | 7 | 2 | 34.8 | 8.0-76.7 | 2 | 31.8 | 7.6-72.5 | 3 | 33.4 | 9.3-71.1 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 96 | 40 | 42.5 | 30.9-54.9 | 53 | 55.6 | 43.2-67.3 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.0 |
| 25-34 | 328 | 120 | 41.2 | 34.4-48.4 | 164 | 47.5 | 40.7-54.4 | 44 | 11.3 | 8.0-15.8 |
| 35-44 | 394 | 142 | 37.5 | 31.5-43.9 | 175 | 44.0 | 37.8-50.4 | 77 | 18.4 | 14.2-23.5 |
| 45-54 | 369 | 137 | 39.0 | 33.0-45.2 | 166 | 43.9 | 37.8-50.2 | 66 | 17.1 | 12.9-22.3 |
| 55-64 | 285 | 96 | 36.7 | 29.8-44.1 | 121 | 40.2 | 33.1-47.7 | 68 | 23.1 | 17.2-30.3 |
| 65-74 | 144 | 41 | 31.3 | 21.9-42.6 | 73 | 49.6 | 39.1-60.2 | 30 | 19.1 | 12.2-28.6 |
| 75+ | 61 | 18 | 36.1 | 23.0-51.7 | 30 | 43.5 | 30.0-58.1 | 13 | 20.3 | 11.4-33.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 364 | 161 | 47.1 | 40.4-53.9 | 159 | 43.1 | 36.6-49.8 | 44 | 9.8 | 6.6-14.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 615 | 226 | 40.4 | 35.6-45.5 | 294 | 46.1 | 41.1-51.1 | 95 | 13.5 | 10.6-17.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 438 | 147 | 37.6 | 31.7-43.9 | 201 | 41.9 | 36.1-48.0 | 90 | 20.5 | 16.1-25.7 |
| College Graduate | 263 | 60 | 21.8 | 16.5-28.1 | 129 | 53.0 | 45.7-60.2 | 74 | 25.2 | 19.6-31.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 254 | 111 | 46.4 | 38.4-54.7 | 113 | 41.6 | 33.7-50.0 | 30 | 11.9 | 7.8-17.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 356 | 161 | 51.4 | 44.5-58.2 | 157 | 39.3 | 33.0-46.1 | 38 | 9.3 | 6.0-14.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 220 | 67 | 30.0 | 23.0-38.1 | 111 | 53.5 | 45.1-61.8 | 42 | 16.5 | 11.4-23.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 246 | 71 | 29.3 | 23.0-36.6 | 120 | 52.0 | 44.4-59.6 | 55 | 18.6 | 13.6-25.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 172 | 46 | 28.1 | 20.6-37.1 | 85 | 49.7 | 40.8-58.6 | 41 | 22.2 | 15.6-30.6 |
| $75,000+ | 162 | 35 | 25.7 | 18.0-35.3 | 76 | 46.1 | 36.9-55.6 | 51 | 28.2 | 20.7-37.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 621 | 246 | 44.4 | 39.3-49.8 | 266 | 38.0 | 33.2-43.1 | 109 | 17.5 | 14.0-21.7 |
| No | 1,035 | 338 | 34.6 | 31.0-38.4 | 504 | 49.5 | 45.7-53.4 | 193 | 15.8 | 13.4-18.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 201 | 84 | 41.7 | 33.5-50.3 | 92 | 45.1 | 36.9-53.5 | 25 | 13.2 | 8.4-20.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,475 | 510 | 38.0 | 34.8-41.3 | 689 | 45.5 | 42.2-48.8 | 276 | 16.5 | 14.4-19.0 |
| Currently Serving | 6 | 2 | 22.6 | 4.4-65.1 | 2 | 32.9 | 6.3-78.0 | 2 | 44.5 | 11.3-83.5 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke 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, 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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