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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 |
-Wake County | 92 | 27 | 27.8 | 18.8-39.1 | 19 | 20.6 | 12.8-31.4 | 4 | 4.8 | 1.6-13.4 | 24 | 23.0 | 14.7-34.1 | 18 | 23.8 | 14.2-36.9 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 36 | 12 | 27.9 | 15.3-45.4 | 5 | 11.3 | 4.3-26.3 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-22.4 | 6 | 19.4 | 8.6-38.3 | 12 | 37.6 | 21.3-57.2 |
Female | 56 | 15 | 27.7 | 16.5-42.6 | 14 | 31.0 | 18.6-46.8 | 3 | 6.0 | 1.8-18.6 | 18 | 27.1 | 16.7-40.8 | 6 | 8.2 | 3.5-18.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 64 | 20 | 28.8 | 18.2-42.4 | 13 | 21.4 | 12.2-34.9 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.5-17.7 | 17 | 25.3 | 15.0-39.4 | 11 | 19.2 | 10.1-33.4 |
Other | 28 | 7 | 26.2 | 12.2-47.5 | 6 | 19.1 | 7.9-39.6 | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.5 | 7 | 19.2 | 8.1-39.0 | 7 | 31.5 | 13.9-56.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 59 | 17 | 25.6 | 15.4-39.4 | 14 | 21.7 | 12.3-35.4 | 3 | 5.6 | 1.6-18.0 | 8 | 13.1 | 6.0-26.3 | 17 | 34.0 | 20.8-50.2 |
45+ | 31 | 9 | 33.0 | 17.1-54.1 | 4 | 15.5 | 5.5-36.9 | 1 | 3.1 | 0.4-19.2 | 16 | 47.6 | 28.7-67.1 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 41 | 11 | 29.1 | 16.1-46.7 | 8 | 15.9 | 7.7-30.0 | 1 | 3.8 | 0.5-22.6 | 11 | 22.8 | 11.3-40.5 | 10 | 28.4 | 14.2-48.8 |
Some College + | 51 | 16 | 26.4 | 15.6-41.1 | 11 | 25.7 | 13.9-42.6 | 3 | 5.9 | 1.7-18.4 | 13 | 23.3 | 13.1-37.9 | 8 | 18.7 | 8.7-35.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 51 | 15 | 29.6 | 17.7-45.3 | 10 | 17.0 | 8.8-30.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 18 | 33.7 | 20.7-49.8 | 8 | 19.7 | 9.1-37.5 |
$50,000+ | 28 | 8 | 29.5 | 14.4-51.0 | 7 | 29.1 | 13.4-52.1 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.4-26.7 | 5 | 12.7 | 4.9-28.8 | 6 | 22.0 | 9.6-42.9 |
*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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