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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 | 16,780 | 12,461 | 75.1 | 74.2-76.0 | 1,382 | 8.6 | 8.0- 9.2 | 886 | 5.1 | 4.7- 5.6 | 2,051 | 11.2 | 10.6-11.9 |
-Alamance County | 447 | 328 | 75.8 | 70.8-80.2 | 33 | 7.2 | 4.9-10.6 | 23 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.9 | 63 | 11.9 | 8.9-15.9 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 141 | 103 | 78.0 | 69.1-84.8 | 8 | 5.2 | 2.4-11.2 | 11 | 6.0 | 3.2-11.2 | 19 | 10.8 | 6.2-18.1 |
Female | 306 | 225 | 74.2 | 68.1-79.6 | 25 | 8.7 | 5.6-13.3 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.3 | 44 | 12.8 | 9.1-17.6 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 339 | 252 | 77.2 | 71.6-82.0 | 19 | 4.6 | 2.8- 7.5 | 18 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.5 | 50 | 13.0 | 9.3-17.9 |
Other | 106 | 74 | 72.4 | 61.2-81.4 | 14 | 13.2 | 7.3-22.6 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.9-12.0 | 13 | 9.5 | 5.1-17.2 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-44 | 167 | 125 | 78.3 | 70.5-84.4 | 12 | 6.5 | 3.5-12.1 | 12 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.0 | 18 | 9.1 | 5.4-15.0 |
45+ | 279 | 202 | 72.9 | 66.3-78.6 | 21 | 8.0 | 5.0-12.6 | 11 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.3 | 45 | 15.2 | 10.8-21.0 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 212 | 142 | 69.6 | 61.2-76.8 | 23 | 10.0 | 6.3-15.7 | 13 | 5.5 | 2.9-10.1 | 34 | 15.0 | 9.9-21.9 |
Some College + | 232 | 185 | 82.3 | 76.0-87.1 | 10 | 4.7 | 2.3- 9.4 | 8 | 3.8 | 1.7- 8.1 | 29 | 9.2 | 6.1-13.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 257 | 182 | 73.2 | 66.1-79.3 | 23 | 9.5 | 5.9-15.0 | 9 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.6 | 43 | 14.6 | 10.3-20.3 |
$50,000+ | 114 | 89 | 80.9 | 71.3-87.9 | 6 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.6 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.7-11.6 | 14 | 10.3 | 5.3-19.0 |
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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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