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| Total Respond.^ |
<10 cigaretts/per day | 10-20 cigarettes/per day | 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day | More than 20 cigarettes/per day | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 3,337 | 884 | 28.6 | 26.4-30.9 | 1,024 | 31.4 | 29.2-33.7 | 969 | 26.3 | 24.4-28.4 | 460 | 13.7 | 12.0-15.5 |
| -Forsyth County | 80 | 18 | 29.0 | 16.0-46.8 | 34 | 40.3 | 27.0-55.2 | 19 | 22.9 | 13.5-36.2 | 9 | 7.7 | 3.7-15.4 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 35 | 9 | 35.6 | 16.4-60.9 | 13 | 39.6 | 21.0-61.7 | 8 | 16.9 | 7.6-33.5 | 5 | 7.8 | 2.9-19.8 |
| Female | 45 | 9 | 19.3 | 9.6-35.2 | 21 | 41.4 | 26.2-58.4 | 11 | 31.8 | 16.7-52.0 | 4 | 7.5 | 2.6-19.8 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 62 | 12 | 29.4 | 14.4-50.8 | 27 | 38.6 | 23.6-56.0 | 17 | 26.3 | 14.9-42.2 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.3-13.7 |
| Other | 17 | 5 | 23.1 | 9.1-47.3 | 7 | 50.6 | 26.5-74.5 | 2 | 9.3 | 2.2-31.5 | 3 | 17.0 | 5.3-43.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 25 | 6 | 36.6 | 14.2-66.8 | 10 | 33.2 | 14.1-60.2 | 6 | 23.5 | 9.0-48.7 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.9-20.8 |
| 45+ | 55 | 12 | 22.4 | 12.5-37.0 | 24 | 46.4 | 31.8-61.7 | 13 | 22.5 | 12.7-36.6 | 6 | 8.7 | 3.6-19.5 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 32 | 8 | 21.2 | 9.9-39.7 | 12 | 41.7 | 21.8-64.8 | 9 | 28.7 | 13.2-51.4 | 3 | 8.5 | 2.5-24.7 |
| Some College + | 48 | 10 | 34.7 | 16.0-59.6 | 22 | 39.3 | 23.0-58.4 | 10 | 18.9 | 9.1-35.1 | 6 | 7.2 | 2.9-16.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 47 | 10 | 23.5 | 9.9-46.2 | 17 | 34.5 | 18.5-55.1 | 13 | 30.1 | 15.9-49.5 | 7 | 11.8 | 5.2-24.8 |
| $50,000+ | 21 | 4 | 19.6 | 7.0-44.2 | 10 | 52.5 | 29.3-74.7 | 5 | 23.2 | 9.2-47.3 | 2 | 4.7 | 1.1-18.1 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.
^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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