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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%) | ||
| North Carolina | 6,908 | 2,578 | 37.6 | 36.2-39.1 | 755 | 11.5 | 10.5-12.6 | 3,575 | 50.9 | 49.4-52.3 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,747 | 1,361 | 36.2 | 34.3-38.2 | 401 | 11.2 | 9.9-12.7 | 1,985 | 52.6 | 50.6-54.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,666 | 564 | 34.1 | 31.4-37.0 | 167 | 11.1 | 9.2-13.3 | 935 | 54.7 | 51.7-57.7 |
| Female | 2,081 | 797 | 38.9 | 36.3-41.5 | 234 | 11.3 | 9.7-13.2 | 1,050 | 49.8 | 47.2-52.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 3,040 | 1,094 | 36.4 | 34.2-38.6 | 259 | 8.1 | 7.0- 9.4 | 1,687 | 55.5 | 53.3-57.7 |
| African American | 545 | 210 | 38.7 | 33.8-43.8 | 98 | 16.8 | 13.3-20.9 | 237 | 44.6 | 39.4-49.8 |
| Other Minorities | 11 | 4 | 32.1 | 10.9-64.5 | 5 | 41.3 | 15.9-72.4 | 2 | 26.7 | 6.8-64.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 145 | 75 | 55.6 | 45.3-65.5 | 27 | 20.6 | 12.9-31.2 | 43 | 23.8 | 16.5-33.0 |
| 25-34 | 505 | 244 | 47.5 | 42.0-53.0 | 90 | 19.2 | 14.9-24.4 | 171 | 33.3 | 28.4-38.7 |
| 35-44 | 677 | 327 | 47.3 | 42.5-52.0 | 84 | 13.1 | 10.1-16.8 | 266 | 39.7 | 35.1-44.4 |
| 45-54 | 769 | 308 | 37.4 | 33.3-41.6 | 85 | 11.2 | 8.6-14.4 | 376 | 51.4 | 47.0-55.8 |
| 55-64 | 751 | 235 | 30.8 | 26.7-35.2 | 64 | 7.1 | 5.2- 9.6 | 452 | 62.1 | 57.6-66.4 |
| 65-74 | 549 | 115 | 18.2 | 14.5-22.5 | 33 | 5.4 | 3.5- 8.2 | 401 | 76.4 | 71.8-80.5 |
| 75+ | 334 | 54 | 13.0 | 9.6-17.5 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.7- 5.9 | 266 | 83.8 | 79.0-87.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 678 | 304 | 44.6 | 39.8-49.5 | 77 | 13.7 | 10.2-18.1 | 297 | 41.7 | 37.0-46.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,182 | 526 | 46.0 | 42.4-49.6 | 123 | 9.9 | 7.9-12.4 | 533 | 44.1 | 40.5-47.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 937 | 338 | 35.8 | 32.0-39.9 | 114 | 12.1 | 9.6-15.1 | 485 | 52.1 | 48.0-56.2 |
| College Graduate | 944 | 190 | 19.0 | 16.2-22.1 | 87 | 10.3 | 8.0-13.0 | 667 | 70.8 | 67.1-74.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 457 | 217 | 47.1 | 41.2-53.1 | 50 | 13.6 | 9.4-19.2 | 190 | 39.3 | 33.7-45.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 649 | 277 | 41.9 | 36.9-47.0 | 89 | 15.4 | 11.9-19.8 | 283 | 42.7 | 37.7-47.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 432 | 183 | 45.7 | 39.8-51.7 | 47 | 11.1 | 7.8-15.7 | 202 | 43.2 | 37.5-49.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 528 | 200 | 37.9 | 32.9-43.1 | 57 | 11.0 | 8.1-14.8 | 271 | 51.1 | 45.8-56.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 459 | 139 | 30.0 | 25.2-35.3 | 42 | 9.6 | 6.7-13.5 | 278 | 60.4 | 54.8-65.7 |
| $75,000+ | 496 | 127 | 25.8 | 21.3-30.9 | 44 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.5 | 325 | 66.1 | 60.8-71.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,347 | 503 | 38.5 | 35.2-41.9 | 141 | 9.9 | 7.9-12.4 | 703 | 51.5 | 48.1-55.0 |
| No | 2,289 | 814 | 34.9 | 32.4-37.3 | 244 | 11.8 | 10.1-13.7 | 1,231 | 53.3 | 50.7-55.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 653 | 174 | 26.4 | 22.5-30.7 | 42 | 5.6 | 3.9- 8.0 | 437 | 68.0 | 63.5-72.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,079 | 1,181 | 38.7 | 36.5-40.9 | 357 | 12.7 | 11.2-14.5 | 1,541 | 48.6 | 46.3-50.9 |
| Currently Serving | 11 | 6 | 60.9 | 30.0-85.0 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-20.0 | 4 | 36.0 | 13.1-67.8 |
* 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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