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<10 cigaretts/per day | 10-20 cigarettes/per day | 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day | More than 20 cigarettes/per day | |||||||||
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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 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 92 | 23 | 27.3 | 17.9-39.3 | 29 | 30.0 | 19.8-42.7 | 20 | 21.5 | 13.4-32.8 | 20 | 21.2 | 12.7-33.1 |
Buncombe | 87 | 28 | 37.5 | 25.8-50.8 | 29 | 31.5 | 21.4-43.7 | 22 | 23.5 | 14.3-36.0 | 8 | 7.6 | 3.6-15.5 |
Cabarrus | 77 | 19 | 25.9 | 15.0-40.9 | 28 | 34.3 | 22.7-48.1 | 23 | 27.8 | 15.8-44.0 | 7 | 12.0 | 4.0-30.8 |
Catawba | 77 | 18 | 25.9 | 15.3-40.4 | 24 | 34.8 | 23.1-48.6 | 19 | 20.7 | 12.5-32.4 | 16 | 18.5 | 10.9-29.8 |
Cumberland | 100 | 29 | 31.1 | 21.1-43.2 | 31 | 27.8 | 19.1-38.5 | 26 | 23.9 | 15.5-35.0 | 14 | 17.2 | 10.0-28.0 |
Davidson | 101 | 25 | 29.9 | 19.1-43.4 | 28 | 27.5 | 18.2-39.3 | 42 | 37.0 | 26.7-48.7 | 6 | 5.6 | 2.4-12.6 |
Durham | 66 | 21 | 32.7 | 19.0-50.0 | 25 | 39.0 | 24.2-56.2 | 9 | 11.1 | 4.7-23.7 | 11 | 17.3 | 8.3-32.4 |
Forsyth | 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 |
Gaston | 109 | 31 | 22.2 | 13.8-33.6 | 31 | 40.1 | 25.7-56.5 | 36 | 29.9 | 20.0-42.1 | 11 | 7.8 | 4.0-14.8 |
Guilford | 80 | 25 | 31.5 | 20.2-45.5 | 24 | 34.6 | 22.5-49.2 | 20 | 25.0 | 14.3-39.9 | 11 | 8.9 | 4.3-17.5 |
Iredell | 93 | 28 | 31.9 | 21.5-44.4 | 21 | 17.5 | 10.9-26.8 | 31 | 36.2 | 25.4-48.6 | 13 | 14.5 | 7.8-25.2 |
Johnston | 76 | 18 | 29.8 | 15.9-48.7 | 23 | 23.7 | 14.6-36.1 | 22 | 23.4 | 13.4-37.7 | 13 | 23.1 | 12.8-38.2 |
Mecklenburg | 113 | 39 | 38.3 | 26.8-51.4 | 36 | 32.7 | 21.4-46.4 | 24 | 18.3 | 11.4-28.0 | 14 | 10.7 | 5.8-19.0 |
New Hanover | 73 | 18 | 21.0 | 12.5-33.1 | 17 | 25.7 | 15.6-39.4 | 24 | 35.7 | 23.7-49.8 | 14 | 17.6 | 10.1-28.8 |
Onslow | 89 | 27 | 37.7 | 22.6-55.7 | 30 | 35.1 | 22.8-49.7 | 24 | 21.2 | 12.6-33.5 | 8 | 6.0 | 2.7-12.7 |
Orange | 49 | 15 | 39.7 | 24.6-57.0 | 10 | 19.6 | 9.8-35.5 | 14 | 24.2 | 13.6-39.3 | 10 | 16.6 | 8.4-30.2 |
Pitt | 73 | 25 | 41.8 | 28.6-56.4 | 20 | 23.7 | 14.4-36.4 | 18 | 22.1 | 13.5-34.1 | 10 | 12.4 | 6.3-23.0 |
Randolph | 89 | 18 | 22.8 | 13.3-36.2 | 21 | 24.9 | 15.6-37.4 | 38 | 37.5 | 26.9-49.4 | 12 | 14.8 | 7.6-26.8 |
Robeson | 105 | 30 | 31.0 | 21.2-43.0 | 38 | 35.1 | 25.0-46.7 | 24 | 22.8 | 14.8-33.5 | 13 | 11.1 | 5.8-20.1 |
Rowan | 101 | 14 | 20.6 | 9.6-38.7 | 35 | 34.3 | 22.6-48.3 | 38 | 32.6 | 22.3-45.0 | 14 | 12.5 | 6.7-22.1 |
Union | 68 | 17 | 23.4 | 13.3-37.9 | 26 | 45.4 | 31.8-59.7 | 20 | 24.9 | 15.5-37.5 | 5 | 6.3 | 2.6-14.5 |
Wake | 140 | 48 | 34.7 | 24.1-47.0 | 47 | 35.6 | 25.5-47.2 | 26 | 18.1 | 11.8-26.8 | 19 | 11.6 | 6.8-19.1 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 117 | 34 | 28.4 | 18.6-40.7 | 30 | 27.4 | 18.6-38.3 | 41 | 35.7 | 24.9-48.2 | 12 | 8.6 | 4.2-16.5 |
Northeast Partnership II | 103 | 25 | 30.6 | 20.5-43.1 | 32 | 27.2 | 18.8-37.6 | 35 | 30.8 | 21.7-41.8 | 11 | 11.3 | 6.1-20.0 |
Northeast Partnership I | 113 | 32 | 21.9 | 14.5-31.6 | 35 | 31.1 | 21.1-43.3 | 26 | 19.2 | 12.3-28.8 | 20 | 27.8 | 15.6-44.5 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 66 | 15 | 32.4 | 18.8-49.7 | 18 | 21.1 | 12.1-34.1 | 25 | 38.5 | 25.0-54.2 | 8 | 8.0 | 3.4-17.4 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 107 | 31 | 28.6 | 18.7-41.2 | 35 | 32.9 | 22.3-45.6 | 25 | 16.4 | 9.9-25.9 | 16 | 22.1 | 9.7-42.9 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 97 | 19 | 19.3 | 11.6-30.5 | 26 | 20.7 | 13.3-30.9 | 39 | 43.3 | 31.5-55.9 | 13 | 16.6 | 9.0-28.8 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 105 | 32 | 32.5 | 21.9-45.2 | 26 | 24.9 | 16.2-36.3 | 30 | 24.6 | 16.7-34.8 | 17 | 18.0 | 11.0-28.0 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 94 | 21 | 25.4 | 16.0-37.8 | 28 | 27.4 | 18.2-39.0 | 27 | 30.8 | 19.8-44.5 | 18 | 16.5 | 9.4-27.2 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 135 | 37 | 31.3 | 21.5-43.2 | 39 | 25.2 | 17.5-34.8 | 41 | 27.7 | 19.1-38.4 | 18 | 15.8 | 8.4-27.6 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 119 | 30 | 20.2 | 13.3-29.5 | 41 | 36.5 | 26.6-47.6 | 30 | 23.7 | 15.7-34.2 | 18 | 19.6 | 11.8-30.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 78 | 14 | 22.1 | 12.0-37.0 | 25 | 32.2 | 20.9-46.0 | 32 | 37.7 | 26.0-51.1 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.5-17.3 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 105 | 25 | 23.6 | 13.7-37.6 | 36 | 39.3 | 27.7-52.3 | 31 | 24.6 | 16.0-35.8 | 13 | 12.6 | 5.9-24.9 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 160 | 35 | 23.8 | 16.2-33.6 | 46 | 30.6 | 22.3-40.5 | 48 | 29.5 | 21.2-39.3 | 31 | 16.1 | 10.2-24.4 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 259 | 73 | 29.7 | 22.3-38.2 | 72 | 23.8 | 18.1-30.5 | 80 | 30.9 | 23.5-39.4 | 34 | 15.7 | 10.1-23.5 |
No | 3,078 | 811 | 28.5 | 26.2-30.9 | 952 | 32.0 | 29.7-34.4 | 889 | 26.0 | 24.0-28.1 | 426 | 13.5 | 11.8-15.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,143 | 310 | 29.1 | 25.5-33.1 | 341 | 28.3 | 25.0-31.8 | 339 | 27.4 | 24.1-31.0 | 153 | 15.2 | 11.8-19.3 |
Piedmont | 1,794 | 477 | 29.0 | 25.9-32.3 | 553 | 32.2 | 29.1-35.5 | 510 | 25.4 | 22.8-28.2 | 254 | 13.4 | 11.4-15.6 |
Western NC | 400 | 97 | 25.9 | 20.7-31.9 | 130 | 35.0 | 29.3-41.2 | 120 | 27.4 | 22.3-33.2 | 53 | 11.7 | 8.4-16.1 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 247 | 63 | 28.0 | 21.3-35.8 | 75 | 30.9 | 24.1-38.6 | 70 | 27.6 | 21.1-35.4 | 39 | 13.5 | 9.1-19.6 |
Northwest | 669 | 147 | 23.6 | 19.3-28.5 | 217 | 34.7 | 30.0-39.8 | 221 | 29.4 | 25.3-33.9 | 84 | 12.2 | 9.4-15.8 |
Charlotte | 447 | 130 | 30.5 | 24.4-37.3 | 147 | 34.7 | 28.3-41.7 | 121 | 22.9 | 18.3-28.3 | 49 | 11.9 | 8.1-17.2 |
Greensboro | 418 | 111 | 29.3 | 23.6-35.7 | 115 | 31.2 | 25.2-37.9 | 121 | 25.9 | 20.5-32.2 | 71 | 13.6 | 10.0-18.4 |
Southern Regional | 387 | 105 | 28.6 | 22.6-35.5 | 124 | 29.3 | 23.5-35.9 | 108 | 24.2 | 19.1-30.2 | 50 | 17.9 | 10.7-28.3 |
Coastal | 167 | 37 | 20.9 | 14.3-29.5 | 44 | 26.6 | 19.2-35.5 | 59 | 37.9 | 28.9-47.8 | 27 | 14.7 | 9.6-21.8 |
Wake | 418 | 127 | 32.6 | 25.9-40.1 | 128 | 30.8 | 24.6-37.7 | 97 | 21.5 | 16.8-27.2 | 66 | 15.1 | 11.3-19.8 |
Area L | 152 | 43 | 32.7 | 22.9-44.3 | 49 | 29.2 | 21.0-39.0 | 41 | 24.3 | 16.8-33.8 | 19 | 13.8 | 6.9-25.7 |
Eastern | 432 | 121 | 30.1 | 24.3-36.6 | 125 | 28.4 | 23.3-34.0 | 131 | 29.2 | 23.8-35.4 | 55 | 12.3 | 9.0-16.5 |
*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, Edgecombe, 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.
*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson,
Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.
****Learn about the NC Area Health Education Centers Program
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