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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 |
| -Forsyth County | 204 | 63 | 30.0 | 22.8-38.4 | 20 | 14.2 | 7.8-24.4 | 121 | 55.8 | 46.8-64.4 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 80 | 25 | 28.4 | 18.0-41.7 | 12 | 21.9 | 11.0-38.9 | 43 | 49.8 | 36.3-63.3 |
| Female | 124 | 38 | 31.9 | 23.0-42.3 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.7-11.4 | 78 | 62.5 | 52.2-71.8 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 163 | 53 | 30.9 | 22.6-40.5 | 12 | 13.8 | 6.5-26.7 | 98 | 55.4 | 45.0-65.3 |
| Other | 40 | 10 | 27.1 | 14.3-45.2 | 7 | 14.1 | 6.5-27.8 | 23 | 58.9 | 41.6-74.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-44 | 50 | 15 | 31.1 | 17.1-49.8 | 11 | 28.6 | 13.6-50.6 | 24 | 40.2 | 24.9-57.7 |
| 45+ | 154 | 48 | 29.4 | 22.0-38.0 | 9 | 6.6 | 3.0-13.8 | 97 | 64.0 | 55.0-72.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 81 | 27 | 40.0 | 27.4-54.2 | 6 | 6.1 | 2.4-14.5 | 48 | 53.9 | 40.4-66.8 |
| Some College + | 123 | 36 | 23.5 | 16.2-32.9 | 14 | 19.5 | 9.9-34.7 | 73 | 57.0 | 45.0-68.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 112 | 38 | 35.6 | 25.0-47.9 | 10 | 10.5 | 4.2-23.8 | 64 | 53.8 | 41.8-65.4 |
| $50,000+ | 67 | 16 | 20.3 | 12.0-32.3 | 7 | 12.6 | 5.5-26.6 | 44 | 67.0 | 53.3-78.4 |
*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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