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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 |
-Wake County | 192 | 62 | 33.8 | 26.5-42.0 | 20 | 11.8 | 6.9-19.7 | 110 | 54.4 | 46.0-62.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 73 | 23 | 32.3 | 21.6-45.2 | 9 | 14.9 | 7.0-28.9 | 41 | 52.9 | 40.0-65.4 |
Female | 119 | 39 | 35.4 | 26.4-45.7 | 11 | 8.6 | 4.4-16.0 | 69 | 56.0 | 45.8-65.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 151 | 45 | 33.3 | 25.1-42.6 | 14 | 7.8 | 4.1-14.3 | 92 | 59.0 | 49.6-67.7 |
Other | 40 | 17 | 36.5 | 21.8-54.3 | 6 | 23.5 | 10.2-45.4 | 17 | 40.0 | 24.4-57.8 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 80 | 38 | 46.6 | 34.4-59.2 | 12 | 18.5 | 9.5-33.2 | 30 | 34.8 | 24.3-47.1 |
45+ | 110 | 23 | 22.6 | 14.7-33.2 | 8 | 6.2 | 2.8-13.0 | 79 | 71.2 | 60.4-79.9 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 64 | 34 | 50.0 | 36.1-63.9 | 3 | 11.0 | 3.4-30.1 | 27 | 39.1 | 26.6-53.1 |
Some College + | 127 | 27 | 22.3 | 15.0-31.8 | 17 | 12.6 | 7.2-20.9 | 83 | 65.1 | 55.0-74.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 91 | 35 | 42.3 | 31.1-54.4 | 10 | 12.9 | 6.2-25.0 | 46 | 44.8 | 33.6-56.6 |
$50,000+ | 68 | 17 | 24.4 | 14.8-37.4 | 8 | 9.1 | 4.3-18.3 | 43 | 66.5 | 53.3-77.6 |
* 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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