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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 6 mos. | 6 mos. to 1 year | Past year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years | |||||||||||
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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 | 4,481 | 266 | 7.2 | 6.1- 8.5 | 149 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.9 | 641 | 16.7 | 15.2-18.3 | 493 | 11.3 | 10.1-12.6 | 2,932 | 60.1 | 58.1-62.0 |
| -Buncombe County | 142 | 9 | 12.2 | 4.5-28.8 | 5 | 4.3 | 1.7-10.6 | 19 | 15.9 | 9.8-24.8 | 10 | 6.8 | 3.4-13.3 | 99 | 60.7 | 49.1-71.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 48 | 2 | 18.0 | 4.4-51.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.2-19.0 | 3 | 7.9 | 2.4-23.2 | 4 | 8.3 | 2.8-21.9 | 37 | 60.9 | 39.4-78.9 |
| Female | 94 | 7 | 7.4 | 3.2-16.2 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.1-11.7 | 16 | 22.6 | 13.8-34.8 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.4-13.0 | 62 | 60.6 | 48.8-71.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 129 | 8 | 7.2 | 3.1-16.1 | 5 | 5.0 | 2.0-12.2 | 18 | 16.7 | 10.3-26.0 | 8 | 7.1 | 3.3-14.5 | 90 | 63.9 | 53.6-73.1 |
| Other | 13 | 1 | 43.3 | 8.8-85.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 10.9 | 1.3-52.6 | 2 | 5.3 | 1.0-23.3 | 9 | 40.5 | 11.6-77.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 30 | 4 | 27.9 | 9.5-58.8 | 4 | 9.6 | 3.2-25.6 | 11 | 30.9 | 15.9-51.4 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.0-21.8 | 9 | 26.6 | 12.9-47.0 |
| 45+ | 111 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.6 | 8 | 7.4 | 3.3-15.6 | 8 | 8.0 | 3.8-16.1 | 89 | 80.3 | 70.6-87.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 53 | 6 | 24.1 | 7.7-54.8 | 3 | 6.8 | 1.9-21.6 | 5 | 8.3 | 2.7-22.7 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5-10.1 | 37 | 58.4 | 36.6-77.4 |
| Some College + | 88 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.3-13.3 | 2 | 2.7 | 0.7-10.2 | 14 | 21.0 | 12.5-33.2 | 8 | 9.9 | 4.6-19.9 | 61 | 62.0 | 49.8-72.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 85 | 7 | 17.5 | 6.2-40.7 | 4 | 5.5 | 1.9-15.1 | 13 | 17.8 | 9.8-30.2 | 6 | 7.1 | 2.8-16.9 | 55 | 52.1 | 37.5-66.3 |
| $50,000+ | 35 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.2-17.3 | 1 | 3.6 | 0.5-21.7 | 3 | 12.1 | 3.6-33.9 | 4 | 10.5 | 3.8-25.8 | 25 | 69.1 | 50.1-83.3 |
* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).
^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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