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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 |
| -Gaston County | 130 | 9 | 12.0 | 5.8-22.9 | 5 | 4.5 | 1.3-14.3 | 12 | 8.3 | 4.4-14.9 | 19 | 15.9 | 9.9-24.6 | 85 | 59.3 | 49.0-68.9 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 59 | 5 | 14.6 | 5.7-32.6 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.7-26.4 | 3 | 5.3 | 1.6-15.9 | 9 | 15.3 | 7.6-28.3 | 41 | 60.1 | 44.6-73.8 |
| Female | 71 | 4 | 8.4 | 3.1-20.8 | 4 | 4.3 | 1.5-11.4 | 9 | 12.2 | 6.0-23.1 | 10 | 16.8 | 8.8-29.6 | 44 | 58.3 | 45.3-70.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 119 | 9 | 13.3 | 6.5-25.1 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.4 | 9 | 6.8 | 3.3-13.5 | 17 | 16.3 | 9.9-25.6 | 81 | 62.2 | 51.5-71.9 |
| Other | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 33.5 | 7.7-75.3 | 3 | 21.2 | 5.4-55.8 | 2 | 12.7 | 2.7-43.3 | 4 | 32.6 | 10.1-67.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 22 | 6 | 30.1 | 13.5-54.3 | 1 | 2.5 | 0.3-16.2 | 3 | 13.4 | 4.3-34.9 | 6 | 28.9 | 13.0-52.5 | 6 | 25.1 | 11.3-46.8 |
| 45+ | 107 | 3 | 6.2 | 1.6-21.3 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.3-18.4 | 9 | 6.6 | 3.2-13.2 | 13 | 11.9 | 6.7-20.3 | 78 | 70.1 | 58.0-79.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 69 | 4 | 9.8 | 3.4-24.8 | 4 | 7.4 | 1.9-24.9 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.4-15.9 | 10 | 14.6 | 7.7-26.1 | 46 | 61.8 | 47.4-74.4 |
| Some College + | 61 | 5 | 14.4 | 5.3-33.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.6 | 7 | 10.4 | 4.6-21.8 | 9 | 17.4 | 8.6-32.1 | 39 | 56.5 | 41.5-70.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 73 | 4 | 13.3 | 4.6-32.6 | 4 | 7.4 | 1.9-25.0 | 8 | 12.0 | 5.7-23.5 | 13 | 17.2 | 9.6-28.7 | 44 | 50.1 | 36.7-63.6 |
| $50,000+ | 37 | 3 | 10.7 | 3.4-29.0 | 1 | 1.9 | 0.3-12.3 | 3 | 4.0 | 1.2-12.8 | 6 | 21.4 | 9.6-41.1 | 24 | 62.1 | 43.6-77.6 |
* 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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