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Total Respond.^ |
Smoke everyday | Smoke some days | Former smoker | Never smoked | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,183 | 2,744 | 17.1 | 16.3-17.9 | 798 | 5.5 | 5.0- 6.1 | 4,586 | 23.6 | 22.8-24.4 | 9,055 | 53.8 | 52.8-54.8 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Alamance | 462 | 83 | 19.7 | 15.3-24.9 | 15 | 2.9 | 1.7- 4.9 | 110 | 19.4 | 15.7-23.8 | 254 | 58.1 | 52.2-63.7 |
Buncombe | 451 | 71 | 17.2 | 13.2-22.2 | 21 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.5 | 146 | 27.1 | 22.4-32.5 | 213 | 49.0 | 42.9-55.1 |
Cabarrus | 419 | 71 | 16.3 | 12.3-21.4 | 12 | 3.6 | 1.6- 8.0 | 103 | 22.2 | 17.7-27.5 | 233 | 57.9 | 51.6-63.8 |
Catawba | 446 | 62 | 12.4 | 9.4-16.3 | 18 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.2 | 109 | 20.3 | 16.3-25.1 | 257 | 62.5 | 56.9-67.8 |
Cumberland | 453 | 77 | 19.1 | 14.6-24.6 | 28 | 6.7 | 4.3-10.3 | 102 | 19.0 | 15.1-23.5 | 246 | 55.2 | 49.3-60.9 |
Davidson | 457 | 90 | 20.4 | 16.1-25.6 | 18 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.5 | 112 | 23.3 | 18.8-28.6 | 237 | 53.0 | 47.0-58.9 |
Durham | 466 | 43 | 9.3 | 6.2-13.6 | 27 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.5 | 111 | 20.6 | 16.5-25.5 | 285 | 63.0 | 57.1-68.6 |
Forsyth | 454 | 63 | 12.6 | 9.3-16.7 | 20 | 6.0 | 3.2-10.9 | 121 | 23.4 | 19.2-28.1 | 250 | 58.1 | 52.3-63.7 |
Gaston | 445 | 97 | 29.7 | 23.3-37.0 | 16 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.4 | 133 | 27.1 | 22.4-32.4 | 199 | 39.5 | 34.0-45.3 |
Guilford | 471 | 65 | 12.4 | 9.1-16.6 | 20 | 6.1 | 3.7-10.1 | 123 | 23.5 | 19.3-28.4 | 263 | 58.0 | 52.2-63.5 |
Iredell | 403 | 75 | 19.7 | 15.4-24.9 | 29 | 8.2 | 5.4-12.4 | 98 | 20.3 | 16.2-25.1 | 201 | 51.8 | 45.8-57.7 |
Johnston | 387 | 63 | 15.5 | 11.5-20.5 | 16 | 5.5 | 2.6-11.5 | 106 | 24.0 | 19.1-29.7 | 202 | 55.0 | 48.3-61.5 |
Mecklenburg | 880 | 87 | 10.8 | 8.3-14.0 | 34 | 5.2 | 3.3- 8.1 | 253 | 25.1 | 21.9-28.6 | 506 | 58.9 | 54.7-62.9 |
New Hanover | 447 | 61 | 13.2 | 9.9-17.3 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 | 141 | 28.2 | 23.7-33.2 | 225 | 54.4 | 48.8-60.0 |
Onslow | 397 | 74 | 20.7 | 15.8-26.6 | 20 | 8.0 | 3.8-16.0 | 105 | 21.2 | 17.0-26.1 | 198 | 50.2 | 43.7-56.8 |
Orange | 418 | 34 | 7.4 | 5.0-10.7 | 19 | 5.4 | 3.2- 9.0 | 116 | 22.5 | 17.6-28.2 | 249 | 64.7 | 58.5-70.4 |
Pitt | 440 | 49 | 11.0 | 8.0-14.9 | 27 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.4 | 105 | 20.3 | 16.3-25.0 | 259 | 61.4 | 55.6-67.0 |
Randolph | 454 | 78 | 19.4 | 15.3-24.2 | 15 | 4.3 | 2.3- 7.9 | 113 | 22.3 | 18.3-27.0 | 248 | 54.0 | 48.5-59.4 |
Robeson | 448 | 87 | 20.7 | 16.3-25.8 | 23 | 6.2 | 3.8- 9.9 | 103 | 20.0 | 15.9-24.8 | 235 | 53.2 | 47.2-59.1 |
Rowan | 473 | 90 | 20.6 | 16.2-25.8 | 17 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.3 | 118 | 23.1 | 18.9-27.9 | 248 | 50.8 | 45.0-56.7 |
Union | 379 | 51 | 17.5 | 13.1-22.9 | 19 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.6 | 111 | 23.9 | 19.6-28.8 | 198 | 52.5 | 46.5-58.4 |
Wake | 856 | 107 | 12.8 | 10.2-16.0 | 39 | 4.9 | 3.0- 8.0 | 220 | 21.6 | 18.7-24.9 | 490 | 60.6 | 56.4-64.6 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 472 | 94 | 22.4 | 17.7-27.9 | 30 | 7.6 | 4.7-12.1 | 153 | 27.1 | 22.6-32.1 | 195 | 42.9 | 37.1-48.8 |
Northeast Partnership II | 510 | 96 | 20.6 | 16.6-25.3 | 17 | 5.2 | 3.0- 8.8 | 143 | 25.1 | 20.7-29.9 | 254 | 49.1 | 43.8-54.5 |
Northeast Partnership I | 517 | 83 | 17.8 | 13.3-23.4 | 39 | 9.3 | 6.5-13.0 | 134 | 23.5 | 19.5-28.0 | 261 | 49.5 | 43.9-55.1 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 423 | 53 | 14.5 | 10.6-19.7 | 18 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.0 | 121 | 26.5 | 21.5-32.3 | 231 | 52.1 | 45.8-58.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 527 | 81 | 17.7 | 13.1-23.5 | 33 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 | 131 | 22.2 | 18.3-26.8 | 282 | 54.0 | 48.2-59.6 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 428 | 84 | 23.1 | 18.3-28.8 | 20 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.5 | 132 | 27.8 | 23.3-32.8 | 192 | 44.0 | 38.5-49.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 479 | 84 | 18.6 | 14.5-23.4 | 26 | 5.0 | 3.2- 7.6 | 114 | 20.6 | 16.8-24.9 | 255 | 55.9 | 50.3-61.3 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 523 | 78 | 16.3 | 12.6-20.9 | 20 | 4.2 | 2.5- 7.0 | 154 | 25.9 | 21.8-30.5 | 271 | 53.6 | 48.2-58.9 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 651 | 117 | 21.2 | 17.1-25.9 | 30 | 8.1 | 4.4-14.4 | 163 | 20.4 | 17.0-24.2 | 341 | 50.4 | 45.0-55.8 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 467 | 97 | 24.6 | 20.0-30.0 | 26 | 5.6 | 3.6- 8.8 | 122 | 22.6 | 18.6-27.0 | 222 | 47.2 | 41.6-52.8 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 407 | 68 | 16.0 | 12.2-20.6 | 11 | 3.9 | 1.9- 8.0 | 108 | 26.1 | 20.9-32.0 | 220 | 54.0 | 47.8-60.1 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 507 | 96 | 20.7 | 16.4-25.8 | 16 | 4.0 | 1.9- 8.3 | 117 | 20.5 | 16.8-24.8 | 278 | 54.7 | 49.1-60.2 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 766 | 135 | 20.0 | 16.5-24.2 | 39 | 4.2 | 2.9- 6.2 | 235 | 28.6 | 24.7-32.9 | 357 | 47.1 | 42.3-52.0 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,186 | 212 | 21.4 | 18.2-25.0 | 67 | 7.8 | 5.7-10.7 | 337 | 25.7 | 22.7-28.9 | 570 | 45.1 | 41.4-48.8 |
No | 15,997 | 2,532 | 16.8 | 16.0-17.7 | 731 | 5.4 | 4.9- 6.0 | 4,249 | 23.5 | 22.6-24.3 | 8,485 | 54.3 | 53.3-55.4 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 5,547 | 931 | 18.5 | 17.1-20.1 | 290 | 6.4 | 5.5- 7.4 | 1,494 | 23.8 | 22.4-25.3 | 2,832 | 51.3 | 49.5-53.1 |
Piedmont | 9,638 | 1,472 | 15.9 | 14.9-17.0 | 423 | 5.4 | 4.7- 6.3 | 2,512 | 22.6 | 21.6-23.7 | 5,231 | 56.0 | 54.7-57.4 |
Western NC | 1,998 | 341 | 18.6 | 16.4-21.0 | 85 | 4.4 | 3.3- 5.9 | 580 | 26.6 | 24.3-29.1 | 992 | 50.3 | 47.4-53.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC | 1,217 | 206 | 19.1 | 16.3-22.3 | 60 | 5.0 | 3.5- 7.1 | 381 | 28.1 | 25.0-31.5 | 570 | 47.7 | 43.9-51.6 |
Northwest | 3,268 | 575 | 18.0 | 16.3-19.8 | 135 | 4.7 | 3.7- 5.9 | 819 | 22.5 | 20.8-24.4 | 1,739 | 54.8 | 52.6-57.1 |
Charlotte | 2,537 | 366 | 16.1 | 14.1-18.3 | 104 | 5.5 | 4.1- 7.4 | 708 | 24.3 | 22.3-26.4 | 1,359 | 54.1 | 51.4-56.7 |
Greensboro | 2,216 | 341 | 16.1 | 14.1-18.4 | 98 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.8 | 568 | 22.3 | 20.1-24.7 | 1,209 | 55.6 | 52.7-58.5 |
Southern Regional | 1,790 | 318 | 20.3 | 17.4-23.7 | 91 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.2 | 458 | 21.6 | 19.2-24.2 | 923 | 51.7 | 48.3-55.1 |
Coastal | 873 | 143 | 17.7 | 14.7-21.2 | 40 | 4.5 | 3.1- 6.5 | 265 | 27.1 | 23.9-30.7 | 425 | 50.6 | 46.6-54.7 |
Wake | 2,418 | 327 | 13.5 | 11.7-15.5 | 114 | 5.3 | 4.0- 7.1 | 603 | 21.6 | 19.6-23.7 | 1,374 | 59.6 | 56.8-62.2 |
Area L | 700 | 119 | 17.8 | 14.2-22.1 | 43 | 7.7 | 5.1-11.3 | 169 | 23.6 | 19.8-28.0 | 369 | 50.9 | 45.9-55.9 |
Eastern | 2,164 | 349 | 18.4 | 16.3-20.8 | 113 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.2 | 615 | 24.7 | 22.6-27.0 | 1,087 | 50.4 | 47.7-53.2 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.
^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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