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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 |
-Rowan County | 227 | 101 | 45.2 | 37.8-52.8 | 27 | 11.6 | 7.4-17.6 | 99 | 43.2 | 35.8-50.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 97 | 38 | 38.9 | 28.6-50.2 | 12 | 12.8 | 6.8-22.9 | 47 | 48.3 | 37.2-59.5 |
Female | 130 | 63 | 53.5 | 44.0-62.8 | 15 | 10.0 | 5.8-16.7 | 52 | 36.5 | 28.0-45.9 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 198 | 85 | 43.7 | 36.0-51.7 | 21 | 10.0 | 5.9-16.4 | 92 | 46.3 | 38.4-54.3 |
Other | 29 | 16 | 51.6 | 31.6-71.0 | 6 | 18.2 | 7.6-37.6 | 7 | 30.2 | 14.2-53.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 80 | 43 | 51.9 | 39.2-64.3 | 15 | 18.2 | 10.1-30.7 | 22 | 29.9 | 19.4-43.1 |
45+ | 147 | 58 | 40.5 | 31.8-49.8 | 12 | 6.8 | 3.7-12.3 | 77 | 52.7 | 43.4-61.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 140 | 68 | 48.1 | 38.4-57.9 | 22 | 14.7 | 8.9-23.2 | 50 | 37.3 | 28.1-47.5 |
Some College + | 87 | 33 | 40.0 | 29.2-51.8 | 5 | 5.9 | 2.4-14.0 | 49 | 54.1 | 42.4-65.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 141 | 69 | 50.2 | 40.5-60.0 | 21 | 13.8 | 8.3-22.1 | 51 | 36.0 | 27.0-46.1 |
$50,000+ | 45 | 14 | 33.8 | 20.0-51.0 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.4-15.8 | 28 | 61.3 | 44.4-75.9 |
* 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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