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Doctor/other health care provider | Worksite | School | Media | Other | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 780 | 90 | 12.1 | 9.5-15.2 | 70 | 9.5 | 7.2-12.4 | 11 | 1.0 | 0.5- 1.9 | 450 | 56.5 | 52.1-60.8 | 159 | 21.0 | 17.6-24.8 |
-Piedmont NC | 413 | 42 | 10.4 | 7.3-14.6 | 32 | 7.0 | 4.7-10.5 | 5 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.1 | 247 | 61.9 | 55.9-67.5 | 87 | 19.8 | 15.4-25.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 154 | 16 | 10.3 | 5.9-17.4 | 7 | 4.4 | 1.7-10.9 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 | 92 | 61.3 | 51.7-70.1 | 38 | 23.5 | 16.3-32.6 |
Female | 259 | 26 | 10.6 | 6.8-16.1 | 25 | 9.5 | 6.2-14.4 | 4 | 1.1 | 0.4- 2.9 | 155 | 62.4 | 55.0-69.3 | 49 | 16.4 | 11.8-22.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 311 | 29 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.0 | 26 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.5 | 4 | 0.9 | 0.3- 2.6 | 181 | 58.9 | 51.8-65.6 | 71 | 22.3 | 16.8-28.9 |
African American | 79 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.1 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.5-14.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 51 | 70.1 | 57.6-80.1 | 14 | 16.0 | 8.9-27.2 |
Other Minorities | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 23 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.3-16.9 | 1 | 1.8 | 0.2-12.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 15 | 61.1 | 34.9-82.2 | 6 | 34.5 | 14.4-62.2 |
25-34 | 68 | 12 | 14.8 | 7.8-26.3 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 9.4 | 3 | 3.2 | 1.0-10.0 | 33 | 58.7 | 44.8-71.4 | 17 | 20.4 | 11.8-33.0 |
35-44 | 92 | 6 | 5.4 | 2.2-12.6 | 12 | 13.7 | 7.6-23.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.4 | 55 | 60.8 | 48.5-71.9 | 18 | 19.4 | 11.1-31.7 |
45-54 | 107 | 11 | 10.6 | 5.4-19.9 | 10 | 6.7 | 3.3-12.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 66 | 66.3 | 55.0-76.0 | 20 | 16.4 | 9.8-26.1 |
55-64 | 72 | 7 | 10.8 | 4.6-23.5 | 6 | 11.0 | 3.7-28.5 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.1- 2.6 | 41 | 53.1 | 38.2-67.5 | 17 | 24.7 | 13.5-40.8 |
65-74 | 34 | 5 | 22.8 | 8.2-49.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 25 | 69.9 | 45.4-86.7 | 4 | 7.3 | 2.2-21.4 |
75+ | 17 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 12 | 78.5 | 50.8-92.8 | 5 | 21.5 | 7.2-49.2 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 75 | 9 | 12.1 | 5.8-23.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2- 9.7 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 49 | 68.5 | 54.6-79.7 | 15 | 17.7 | 9.3-31.2 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 154 | 15 | 9.1 | 5.1-15.6 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.9 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.3 | 94 | 63.0 | 53.0-72.0 | 35 | 22.5 | 15.0-32.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 118 | 13 | 10.1 | 5.3-18.4 | 12 | 9.1 | 4.8-16.8 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.7 | 66 | 58.5 | 47.1-69.0 | 25 | 20.6 | 13.0-31.1 |
College Graduate | 66 | 5 | 11.5 | 4.2-27.7 | 10 | 14.9 | 6.8-29.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.0 | 38 | 56.8 | 41.7-70.7 | 12 | 16.0 | 7.9-29.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 50 | 5 | 9.6 | 3.4-24.2 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.6-11.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.5 | 36 | 77.2 | 62.0-87.6 | 6 | 9.9 | 4.2-21.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 87 | 9 | 12.4 | 5.9-24.2 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.4-11.0 | 2 | 2.2 | 0.5- 8.8 | 50 | 54.0 | 40.7-66.8 | 22 | 27.3 | 16.5-41.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 55 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 7.6 | 4 | 5.7 | 1.8-16.1 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.8 | 38 | 80.6 | 66.3-89.8 | 10 | 10.7 | 4.3-24.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 75 | 11 | 13.7 | 7.2-24.6 | 7 | 8.7 | 3.9-18.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 40 | 50.6 | 37.0-64.1 | 17 | 27.0 | 15.7-42.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 50 | 4 | 13.8 | 4.8-33.8 | 4 | 6.5 | 1.9-20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 29 | 56.0 | 39.6-71.2 | 13 | 23.7 | 13.1-39.1 |
$75,000+ | 43 | 5 | 9.4 | 3.1-24.8 | 8 | 18.0 | 7.4-37.6 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 8.4 | 19 | 50.3 | 32.0-68.5 | 10 | 21.1 | 9.9-39.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 159 | 17 | 10.8 | 6.3-17.9 | 9 | 4.9 | 2.3-10.3 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.6 | 101 | 60.7 | 50.9-69.6 | 29 | 22.5 | 15.0-32.4 |
No | 247 | 25 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.3 | 22 | 8.3 | 5.0-13.4 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.9 | 143 | 63.5 | 55.8-70.6 | 55 | 17.0 | 12.2-23.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 52 | 6 | 17.0 | 7.0-35.9 | 4 | 5.9 | 2.0-15.9 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.5 | 29 | 55.8 | 39.2-71.2 | 12 | 19.4 | 9.9-34.5 |
Non-Veteran | 360 | 36 | 9.4 | 6.5-13.4 | 28 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.2 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.8 | 217 | 62.7 | 56.3-68.7 | 75 | 20.0 | 15.2-25.9 |
Currently Serving | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.
*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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