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| Total Respond.^ |
Not allowed anywhere | Allowed in some places | Allowed anywhere | No rules about smoking | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 14,761 | 10,413 | 72.3 | 71.5-73.2 | 1,234 | 8.1 | 7.6- 8.7 | 1,062 | 7.0 | 6.5- 7.5 | 2,052 | 12.6 | 12.0-13.2 |
| -Western NC | 1,609 | 1,048 | 66.0 | 63.1-68.8 | 159 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.6 | 129 | 8.6 | 7.0-10.7 | 273 | 15.7 | 13.7-17.9 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 598 | 373 | 64.6 | 59.9-69.1 | 62 | 10.3 | 7.7-13.6 | 60 | 9.8 | 7.2-13.3 | 103 | 15.3 | 12.3-18.8 |
| Female | 1,011 | 675 | 67.3 | 63.7-70.7 | 97 | 9.1 | 7.2-11.5 | 69 | 7.5 | 5.6-10.0 | 170 | 16.1 | 13.6-18.9 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 1,430 | 935 | 65.9 | 62.8-68.8 | 137 | 9.5 | 7.8-11.5 | 110 | 8.3 | 6.6-10.4 | 248 | 16.3 | 14.2-18.7 |
| African American | 72 | 39 | 52.7 | 39.1-65.9 | 13 | 17.4 | 9.3-30.4 | 8 | 14.1 | 6.8-27.0 | 12 | 15.8 | 8.2-28.2 |
| Other Minorities | 2 | 2 | 100 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 88 | 54 | 66.8 | 55.0-76.7 | 17 | 16.0 | 9.3-26.3 | 5 | 5.4 | 1.9-14.6 | 12 | 11.7 | 6.3-20.8 |
| 25-34 | 205 | 156 | 73.8 | 64.4-81.4 | 20 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.3 | 12 | 10.6 | 5.1-20.8 | 17 | 7.7 | 4.3-13.3 |
| 35-44 | 292 | 195 | 67.8 | 61.2-73.7 | 36 | 11.3 | 7.7-16.3 | 28 | 10.2 | 6.8-15.0 | 33 | 10.7 | 7.3-15.4 |
| 45-54 | 304 | 192 | 64.8 | 57.9-71.2 | 27 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.9 | 27 | 9.0 | 5.6-14.3 | 58 | 19.0 | 14.1-25.1 |
| 55-64 | 273 | 170 | 61.3 | 54.0-68.2 | 30 | 13.1 | 8.5-19.8 | 20 | 8.4 | 5.2-13.4 | 53 | 17.1 | 12.6-22.8 |
| 65-74 | 250 | 161 | 65.9 | 58.6-72.5 | 19 | 7.4 | 4.3-12.5 | 21 | 7.5 | 4.5-12.2 | 49 | 19.2 | 14.1-25.5 |
| 75+ | 191 | 115 | 60.0 | 51.1-68.2 | 10 | 6.7 | 3.3-13.3 | 16 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.6 | 50 | 26.7 | 19.5-35.3 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 294 | 152 | 54.1 | 46.8-61.3 | 41 | 13.2 | 8.9-19.1 | 30 | 12.2 | 7.8-18.5 | 71 | 20.5 | 15.5-26.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 479 | 286 | 60.8 | 55.3-66.0 | 52 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.4 | 52 | 11.7 | 8.5-15.9 | 89 | 16.2 | 12.8-20.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 420 | 291 | 71.1 | 65.7-76.0 | 38 | 9.0 | 6.2-12.8 | 27 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.7 | 64 | 15.0 | 11.3-19.6 |
| College Graduate | 412 | 319 | 76.7 | 71.2-81.5 | 25 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.7 | 20 | 6.4 | 3.5-11.4 | 48 | 11.8 | 8.6-16.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 209 | 108 | 57.2 | 47.9-66.0 | 21 | 10.2 | 5.5-18.2 | 24 | 10.0 | 6.1-16.1 | 56 | 22.6 | 16.4-30.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 300 | 179 | 57.2 | 50.0-64.1 | 38 | 12.8 | 8.8-18.4 | 22 | 9.8 | 5.8-16.0 | 61 | 20.2 | 15.2-26.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 223 | 134 | 59.0 | 51.1-66.5 | 27 | 12.0 | 7.8-18.1 | 20 | 9.1 | 5.5-14.6 | 42 | 19.9 | 14.3-27.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 219 | 147 | 65.1 | 57.2-72.3 | 24 | 11.3 | 7.2-17.4 | 16 | 7.9 | 4.6-13.4 | 32 | 15.7 | 10.6-22.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 181 | 140 | 78.7 | 71.2-84.7 | 10 | 6.4 | 3.1-12.6 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.7- 9.6 | 20 | 9.7 | 6.0-15.5 |
| $75,000+ | 145 | 118 | 82.6 | 74.9-88.4 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.6 | 4 | 2.3 | 0.8- 6.4 | 14 | 10.8 | 6.2-18.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 576 | 350 | 59.8 | 54.6-64.8 | 64 | 12.5 | 9.3-16.5 | 50 | 9.0 | 6.3-12.8 | 112 | 18.7 | 15.0-22.9 |
| No | 1,016 | 688 | 69.1 | 65.6-72.5 | 93 | 8.2 | 6.4-10.4 | 78 | 8.5 | 6.5-11.1 | 157 | 14.2 | 11.9-16.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 222 | 142 | 66.4 | 58.6-73.4 | 18 | 6.8 | 4.1-11.2 | 15 | 7.0 | 3.6-13.2 | 47 | 19.7 | 14.3-26.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,382 | 902 | 65.8 | 62.7-68.9 | 141 | 10.3 | 8.4-12.5 | 114 | 9.0 | 7.1-11.2 | 225 | 14.9 | 12.9-17.3 |
| Currently Serving | 5 | 4 | 89.7 | 45.6-98.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 10.3 | 1.1-54.4 |
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^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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