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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,228 | 823 | 25.5 | 23.7-27.5 | 2,405 | 74.5 | 72.5-76.3 |
-Piedmont NC | 1,707 | 436 | 25.7 | 23.2-28.4 | 1,271 | 74.3 | 71.6-76.8 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 701 | 168 | 23.9 | 20.3-27.9 | 533 | 76.1 | 72.1-79.7 |
Female | 1,006 | 268 | 27.9 | 24.5-31.5 | 738 | 72.1 | 68.5-75.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 1,313 | 333 | 26.3 | 23.4-29.5 | 980 | 73.7 | 70.5-76.6 |
African American | 297 | 80 | 25.9 | 20.3-32.5 | 217 | 74.1 | 67.5-79.7 |
Other Minorities | 8 | 2 | 26.2 | 5.5-68.3 | 6 | 73.8 | 31.7-94.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 98 | 24 | 24.7 | 15.6-36.7 | 74 | 75.3 | 63.3-84.4 |
25-34 | 330 | 75 | 22.1 | 17.1-28.0 | 255 | 77.9 | 72.0-82.9 |
35-44 | 396 | 98 | 22.5 | 18.0-27.7 | 298 | 77.5 | 72.3-82.0 |
45-54 | 380 | 110 | 31.8 | 26.1-38.1 | 270 | 68.2 | 61.9-73.9 |
55-64 | 292 | 75 | 25.6 | 19.7-32.5 | 217 | 74.4 | 67.5-80.3 |
65-74 | 143 | 36 | 31.0 | 21.3-42.8 | 107 | 69.0 | 57.2-78.7 |
75+ | 64 | 18 | 34.6 | 21.6-50.4 | 46 | 65.4 | 49.6-78.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 365 | 78 | 22.7 | 17.6-28.7 | 287 | 77.3 | 71.3-82.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 628 | 162 | 24.8 | 20.8-29.3 | 466 | 75.2 | 70.7-79.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 443 | 120 | 27.1 | 22.1-32.8 | 323 | 72.9 | 67.2-77.9 |
College Graduate | 268 | 76 | 30.2 | 23.9-37.4 | 192 | 69.8 | 62.6-76.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 260 | 52 | 22.2 | 16.2-29.8 | 208 | 77.8 | 70.2-83.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 357 | 90 | 24.6 | 19.3-30.7 | 267 | 75.4 | 69.3-80.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 224 | 59 | 25.1 | 18.5-33.0 | 165 | 74.9 | 67.0-81.5 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 252 | 79 | 29.6 | 23.2-36.8 | 173 | 70.4 | 63.2-76.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 176 | 58 | 32.7 | 25.1-41.4 | 118 | 67.3 | 58.6-74.9 |
$75,000+ | 167 | 43 | 26.6 | 18.9-36.0 | 124 | 73.4 | 64.0-81.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 630 | 168 | 27.0 | 22.8-31.6 | 462 | 73.0 | 68.4-77.2 |
No | 1,050 | 261 | 24.9 | 21.7-28.4 | 789 | 75.1 | 71.6-78.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 208 | 56 | 26.9 | 20.2-34.9 | 152 | 73.1 | 65.1-79.8 |
Non-Veteran | 1,493 | 378 | 25.4 | 22.6-28.3 | 1,115 | 74.6 | 71.7-77.4 |
Currently Serving | 5 | 2 | 66.4 | 23.2-92.8 | 3 | 33.6 | 7.2-76.8 |
*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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