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Once | Twice | Three times | 4 or more times | Never | |||||||||||
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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 | 3,548 | 797 | 23.2 | 21.5-25.1 | 538 | 14.4 | 13.1-15.9 | 350 | 9.5 | 8.4-10.8 | 1,112 | 29.2 | 27.4-31.1 | 751 | 23.6 | 21.8-25.6 |
-Rowan County | 132 | 30 | 19.6 | 13.3-27.9 | 14 | 11.9 | 6.5-20.9 | 8 | 5.1 | 2.4-10.7 | 52 | 35.7 | 27.1-45.3 | 28 | 27.7 | 19.3-38.1 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 55 | 11 | 16.8 | 8.9-29.2 | 7 | 13.2 | 5.6-28.0 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.1-13.8 | 15 | 25.3 | 14.8-39.9 | 19 | 40.7 | 27.1-55.9 |
Female | 77 | 19 | 23.0 | 14.3-35.0 | 7 | 10.3 | 4.5-21.9 | 5 | 6.5 | 2.6-15.5 | 37 | 48.4 | 36.4-60.6 | 9 | 11.7 | 5.8-22.0 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 106 | 22 | 18.8 | 12.1-28.2 | 10 | 10.5 | 4.8-21.3 | 7 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.0 | 49 | 43.9 | 33.6-54.8 | 18 | 21.6 | 13.5-32.7 |
Other | 26 | 8 | 21.5 | 9.6-41.3 | 4 | 15.8 | 5.7-36.8 | 1 | 4.9 | 0.7-27.8 | 3 | 13.7 | 3.9-38.3 | 10 | 44.0 | 24.6-65.5 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 62 | 16 | 19.8 | 11.4-32.2 | 7 | 15.0 | 6.6-30.6 | 4 | 4.7 | 1.4-14.3 | 17 | 25.1 | 15.0-39.0 | 18 | 35.4 | 22.6-50.8 |
45+ | 70 | 14 | 19.3 | 11.1-31.5 | 7 | 8.5 | 3.8-17.6 | 4 | 5.6 | 2.0-14.4 | 35 | 47.7 | 35.0-60.6 | 10 | 19.0 | 10.2-32.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 92 | 19 | 15.6 | 9.3-24.8 | 8 | 10.4 | 4.5-22.2 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.4-13.7 | 33 | 31.8 | 22.1-43.4 | 26 | 36.3 | 25.3-48.9 |
Some College + | 40 | 11 | 29.6 | 16.4-47.3 | 6 | 15.7 | 6.6-32.9 | 2 | 3.0 | 0.7-11.4 | 19 | 45.3 | 29.5-62.2 | 2 | 6.4 | 1.6-22.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 95 | 19 | 17.0 | 10.3-26.7 | 9 | 11.9 | 5.7-23.3 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.4 | 40 | 37.3 | 27.1-48.7 | 21 | 27.9 | 18.2-40.2 |
$50,000+ | 17 | 5 | 27.7 | 10.6-55.4 | 3 | 17.2 | 4.4-48.5 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.7 | 4 | 21.2 | 7.4-47.7 | 4 | 31.4 | 11.8-61.2 |
*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.
^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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