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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 6 mos. | 6 mos. to 1 year | Past year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,463 | 87 | 7.1 | 5.4- 9.4 | 44 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.5 | 207 | 15.8 | 13.5-18.5 | 169 | 12.1 | 10.1-14.5 | 956 | 61.3 | 58.0-64.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 627 | 23 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.4 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.4- 6.8 | 88 | 16.0 | 12.6-20.2 | 66 | 11.4 | 8.5-15.2 | 435 | 64.2 | 59.1-69.0 |
| Female | 836 | 64 | 9.2 | 6.5-12.9 | 29 | 4.1 | 2.7- 6.3 | 119 | 15.6 | 12.8-18.9 | 103 | 12.9 | 10.3-16.0 | 521 | 58.1 | 53.8-62.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,106 | 60 | 6.8 | 4.8- 9.7 | 30 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 155 | 16.4 | 13.7-19.5 | 122 | 11.5 | 9.3-14.0 | 739 | 62.3 | 58.5-65.9 |
| African American | 269 | 21 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.0 | 11 | 3.7 | 1.9- 7.2 | 36 | 14.5 | 9.7-21.0 | 36 | 15.1 | 9.7-22.7 | 165 | 60.0 | 52.0-67.5 |
| Other Minorities | 84 | 6 | 12.1 | 4.8-27.2 | 3 | 10.6 | 1.9-42.8 | 16 | 13.5 | 7.5-23.2 | 10 | 9.9 | 4.5-20.3 | 49 | 53.8 | 37.9-69.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 44 | 6 | 13.8 | 5.2-31.8 | 1 | 12.9 | 2.0-52.2 | 11 | 25.2 | 12.2-45.0 | 6 | 9.1 | 3.7-20.6 | 20 | 39.0 | 22.4-58.5 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,417 | 81 | 6.8 | 5.0- 9.1 | 43 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.5 | 196 | 15.4 | 13.1-18.0 | 162 | 12.2 | 10.1-14.7 | 935 | 62.5 | 59.1-65.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 20 | 8 | 50.1 | 26.1-74.1 | 5 | 14.9 | 5.4-34.7 | 7 | 35.0 | 15.5-61.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 96 | 22 | 23.7 | 15.2-35.0 | 6 | 5.3 | 2.2-12.1 | 36 | 33.5 | 24.1-44.5 | 17 | 19.6 | 11.9-30.7 | 15 | 17.9 | 10.3-29.2 |
| 35-44 | 161 | 10 | 4.2 | 2.1- 8.4 | 9 | 5.4 | 2.6-10.9 | 38 | 22.8 | 15.9-31.6 | 30 | 18.1 | 12.0-26.4 | 74 | 49.5 | 40.2-58.8 |
| 45-54 | 294 | 17 | 4.5 | 2.6- 7.6 | 8 | 4.3 | 1.2-14.2 | 41 | 15.2 | 10.5-21.5 | 38 | 14.3 | 9.4-21.2 | 190 | 61.6 | 53.6-69.0 |
| 55-64 | 360 | 15 | 2.5 | 1.4- 4.3 | 7 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.5 | 56 | 15.2 | 11.1-20.4 | 42 | 10.6 | 7.4-14.8 | 240 | 69.6 | 63.6-75.1 |
| 65-74 | 319 | 11 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.0 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 | 22 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.1 | 29 | 8.6 | 5.6-12.8 | 250 | 80.4 | 75.0-84.8 |
| 75+ | 207 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.8 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.1- 2.2 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.3- 6.0 | 11 | 4.9 | 2.5- 9.4 | 183 | 89.1 | 83.1-93.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 219 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.5 | 9 | 6.9 | 2.3-19.1 | 28 | 12.1 | 7.3-19.3 | 21 | 10.0 | 4.9-19.3 | 149 | 66.8 | 56.4-75.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 479 | 31 | 10.1 | 6.2-16.0 | 13 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.4 | 77 | 17.0 | 13.3-21.4 | 48 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.7 | 310 | 60.7 | 54.9-66.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 388 | 25 | 6.8 | 4.3-10.8 | 16 | 4.6 | 2.6- 7.9 | 55 | 19.5 | 14.4-25.9 | 55 | 15.9 | 11.7-21.2 | 237 | 53.2 | 46.9-59.4 |
| College Graduate | 376 | 19 | 5.4 | 3.2- 8.8 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.1 | 47 | 12.5 | 9.2-16.7 | 45 | 11.9 | 8.5-16.4 | 259 | 68.3 | 62.5-73.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 197 | 16 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.9 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.6- 7.1 | 38 | 19.2 | 13.6-26.4 | 20 | 9.1 | 5.2-15.5 | 114 | 61.2 | 53.0-68.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 229 | 14 | 4.9 | 2.6- 9.2 | 10 | 6.9 | 2.3-19.0 | 36 | 19.5 | 12.7-28.7 | 22 | 13.0 | 7.2-22.3 | 147 | 55.6 | 45.8-65.0 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 175 | 9 | 8.8 | 3.6-20.0 | 6 | 3.6 | 1.3- 9.8 | 25 | 15.8 | 10.4-23.3 | 17 | 10.2 | 5.7-17.4 | 118 | 61.6 | 51.7-70.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 208 | 10 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.3 | 5 | 3.4 | 1.3- 8.7 | 33 | 18.3 | 12.6-25.7 | 31 | 15.7 | 10.5-22.8 | 129 | 58.7 | 50.4-66.6 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 205 | 11 | 7.2 | 3.8-13.2 | 7 | 3.9 | 1.8- 8.5 | 31 | 15.5 | 10.5-22.3 | 27 | 13.5 | 8.9-20.0 | 129 | 59.8 | 51.8-67.4 |
| $75,000+ | 225 | 12 | 5.9 | 3.2-10.8 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 5.4 | 22 | 10.3 | 6.5-15.9 | 25 | 9.6 | 6.2-14.6 | 164 | 73.2 | 66.0-79.3 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 577 | 26 | 4.6 | 2.9- 7.1 | 17 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.6 | 80 | 14.1 | 11.0-18.1 | 67 | 12.9 | 9.7-17.0 | 387 | 65.3 | 60.3-70.0 |
| No | 875 | 59 | 8.5 | 6.0-11.9 | 26 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.6 | 126 | 16.9 | 13.8-20.5 | 102 | 11.9 | 9.4-15.0 | 562 | 59.7 | 55.3-63.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 369 | 12 | 5.0 | 2.4-10.2 | 5 | 1.9 | 0.7- 5.0 | 57 | 18.2 | 13.8-23.6 | 36 | 11.6 | 8.0-16.5 | 259 | 63.3 | 56.9-69.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,092 | 75 | 8.0 | 5.9-10.7 | 39 | 4.3 | 2.6- 6.8 | 150 | 14.9 | 12.3-18.0 | 133 | 12.3 | 9.9-15.2 | 695 | 60.5 | 56.5-64.4 |
* 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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