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| Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 8,128 | 2,744 | 37.0 | 35.5-38.4 | 798 | 12.0 | 10.9-13.2 | 4,586 | 51.0 | 49.5-52.5 |
| -Eastern NC | 2,715 | 931 | 38.0 | 35.5-40.7 | 290 | 13.1 | 11.3-15.1 | 1,494 | 48.9 | 46.3-51.5 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,133 | 371 | 37.9 | 33.9-42.0 | 120 | 13.6 | 10.9-16.9 | 642 | 48.5 | 44.6-52.5 |
| Female | 1,582 | 560 | 38.2 | 35.2-41.3 | 170 | 12.5 | 10.5-14.8 | 852 | 49.3 | 46.2-52.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,971 | 667 | 38.0 | 35.2-41.0 | 180 | 11.0 | 9.1-13.3 | 1,124 | 50.9 | 48.0-53.8 |
| African American | 541 | 180 | 35.4 | 30.3-40.9 | 81 | 16.3 | 12.5-20.9 | 280 | 48.4 | 42.9-53.9 |
| Other Minorities | 194 | 80 | 43.5 | 31.3-56.6 | 28 | 22.4 | 14.1-33.5 | 86 | 34.1 | 24.6-45.1 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 87 | 20 | 27.0 | 16.7-40.6 | 22 | 31.9 | 20.4-46.1 | 45 | 41.1 | 28.9-54.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,625 | 910 | 38.7 | 36.1-41.4 | 268 | 12.0 | 10.2-13.9 | 1,447 | 49.3 | 46.7-51.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 103 | 54 | 56.6 | 43.8-68.7 | 28 | 25.8 | 16.4-38.1 | 21 | 17.6 | 10.6-27.8 |
| 25-34 | 315 | 162 | 49.6 | 43.0-56.3 | 54 | 19.5 | 14.3-26.0 | 99 | 30.8 | 25.2-37.1 |
| 35-44 | 439 | 220 | 46.3 | 40.7-52.0 | 53 | 14.0 | 10.1-18.9 | 166 | 39.7 | 34.2-45.5 |
| 45-54 | 622 | 250 | 41.9 | 37.1-46.9 | 74 | 11.5 | 8.8-14.9 | 298 | 46.6 | 41.6-51.6 |
| 55-64 | 574 | 150 | 26.3 | 22.0-31.0 | 59 | 10.0 | 7.5-13.3 | 365 | 63.7 | 58.7-68.4 |
| 65-74 | 411 | 69 | 14.4 | 11.1-18.6 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.4 | 326 | 81.9 | 77.4-85.6 |
| 75+ | 240 | 24 | 10.7 | 6.8-16.3 | 6 | 2.9 | 1.2- 6.8 | 210 | 86.4 | 80.4-90.8 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 430 | 151 | 40.4 | 33.9-47.3 | 50 | 15.6 | 10.9-21.7 | 229 | 44.0 | 37.5-50.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 965 | 372 | 42.4 | 37.7-47.2 | 106 | 14.6 | 11.3-18.7 | 487 | 43.0 | 38.7-47.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 744 | 262 | 38.4 | 33.9-43.0 | 88 | 12.0 | 9.4-15.1 | 394 | 49.7 | 45.1-54.2 |
| College Graduate | 572 | 144 | 26.2 | 22.1-30.7 | 46 | 9.3 | 6.6-12.8 | 382 | 64.6 | 59.7-69.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 404 | 155 | 40.8 | 34.7-47.2 | 50 | 15.7 | 11.1-21.7 | 199 | 43.5 | 37.6-49.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 517 | 210 | 42.3 | 36.6-48.3 | 70 | 18.5 | 13.7-24.5 | 237 | 39.2 | 33.6-45.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 349 | 129 | 46.6 | 37.7-55.7 | 42 | 12.8 | 8.3-19.1 | 178 | 40.6 | 33.1-48.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 383 | 137 | 38.8 | 33.0-45.0 | 36 | 9.8 | 6.7-14.0 | 210 | 51.4 | 45.4-57.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 353 | 113 | 32.2 | 26.8-38.2 | 31 | 11.2 | 7.7-16.1 | 209 | 56.5 | 50.4-62.5 |
| $75,000+ | 330 | 75 | 27.7 | 21.8-34.5 | 28 | 9.6 | 5.9-15.3 | 227 | 62.6 | 55.6-69.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,051 | 355 | 39.4 | 34.7-44.2 | 112 | 12.4 | 9.6-15.7 | 584 | 48.3 | 43.9-52.7 |
| No | 1,592 | 545 | 36.7 | 33.7-39.9 | 168 | 13.6 | 11.2-16.3 | 879 | 49.7 | 46.5-52.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 570 | 149 | 30.6 | 25.8-35.8 | 45 | 8.3 | 6.0-11.3 | 376 | 61.2 | 56.0-66.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,138 | 778 | 40.1 | 37.1-43.1 | 245 | 14.5 | 12.3-17.0 | 1,115 | 45.4 | 42.5-48.3 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.
^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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