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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 |
| -Forsyth County | 119 | 9 | 9.6 | 4.8-18.4 | 5 | 5.5 | 2.0-14.3 | 16 | 14.0 | 8.0-23.4 | 15 | 13.1 | 7.4-22.0 | 74 | 57.8 | 47.2-67.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 43 | 5 | 12.3 | 4.9-27.6 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.7-23.0 | 6 | 15.6 | 6.3-33.5 | 5 | 14.3 | 5.8-31.3 | 24 | 51.2 | 34.7-67.4 |
| Female | 76 | 4 | 7.2 | 2.4-19.5 | 2 | 4.4 | 0.9-18.4 | 10 | 12.5 | 6.5-22.9 | 10 | 12.0 | 6.1-22.2 | 50 | 63.9 | 50.9-75.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 97 | 6 | 7.2 | 2.9-16.4 | 5 | 6.8 | 2.4-17.4 | 13 | 14.1 | 7.6-24.7 | 13 | 14.5 | 7.9-25.1 | 60 | 57.5 | 45.6-68.5 |
| Other | 22 | 3 | 19.9 | 6.4-47.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 13.7 | 3.4-41.4 | 2 | 7.3 | 1.5-28.6 | 14 | 59.2 | 35.3-79.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 23 | 5 | 23.4 | 9.2-48.2 | 2 | 10.8 | 2.2-39.7 | 5 | 22.3 | 7.9-48.8 | 3 | 16.6 | 5.0-42.8 | 8 | 26.9 | 12.2-49.2 |
| 45+ | 96 | 4 | 5.1 | 1.8-13.7 | 3 | 3.7 | 1.0-13.0 | 11 | 11.3 | 5.9-20.7 | 12 | 12.0 | 6.3-21.4 | 66 | 67.9 | 56.4-77.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 47 | 2 | 5.4 | 1.2-21.1 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.3-24.3 | 7 | 17.1 | 7.9-33.4 | 5 | 8.1 | 2.9-20.3 | 31 | 63.4 | 46.5-77.5 |
| Some College + | 72 | 7 | 12.2 | 5.6-24.8 | 3 | 5.1 | 1.3-18.2 | 9 | 12.1 | 5.3-25.2 | 10 | 16.2 | 8.2-29.3 | 43 | 54.4 | 40.9-67.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 63 | 3 | 7.0 | 2.2-20.0 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.6-21.6 | 11 | 20.5 | 10.4-36.2 | 7 | 8.2 | 3.5-18.1 | 39 | 58.1 | 43.1-71.8 |
| $50,000+ | 44 | 4 | 12.1 | 4.2-30.0 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.2-23.2 | 3 | 5.4 | 1.6-16.6 | 7 | 21.0 | 9.9-39.1 | 28 | 55.9 | 38.9-71.6 |
* 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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