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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,538 | 1,910 | 54.9 | 52.5-57.2 | 1,628 | 45.1 | 42.8-47.5 |
COUNTY/REGIONS*** | |||||||
Alamance | 98 | 50 | 52.9 | 40.6-65.0 | 48 | 47.1 | 35.0-59.4 |
Buncombe | 92 | 51 | 58.2 | 44.7-70.6 | 41 | 41.8 | 29.4-55.3 |
Cabarrus | 83 | 43 | 56.7 | 42.7-69.6 | 40 | 43.3 | 30.4-57.3 |
Catawba | 80 | 41 | 54.6 | 41.6-67.1 | 39 | 45.4 | 32.9-58.4 |
Cumberland | 104 | 57 | 54.6 | 42.2-66.4 | 47 | 45.4 | 33.6-57.8 |
Davidson | 108 | 43 | 41.8 | 30.9-53.6 | 65 | 58.2 | 46.4-69.1 |
Durham | 70 | 46 | 70.2 | 54.3-82.3 | 24 | 29.8 | 17.7-45.7 |
Forsyth | 83 | 48 | 59.7 | 44.9-72.8 | 35 | 40.3 | 27.2-55.1 |
Gaston | 113 | 55 | 51.0 | 37.2-64.6 | 58 | 49.0 | 35.4-62.8 |
Guilford | 85 | 47 | 57.7 | 43.6-70.7 | 38 | 42.3 | 29.3-56.4 |
Iredell | 104 | 55 | 57.4 | 46.2-68.0 | 49 | 42.6 | 32.0-53.8 |
Johnston | 79 | 39 | 49.9 | 35.1-64.7 | 40 | 50.1 | 35.3-64.9 |
Mecklenburg | 120 | 65 | 57.5 | 45.7-68.5 | 55 | 42.5 | 31.5-54.3 |
New Hanover | 81 | 45 | 50.9 | 38.2-63.5 | 36 | 49.1 | 36.5-61.8 |
Onslow | 93 | 53 | 57.5 | 42.8-71.1 | 40 | 42.5 | 28.9-57.2 |
Orange | 52 | 22 | 48.9 | 33.6-64.3 | 30 | 51.1 | 35.7-66.4 |
Pitt | 76 | 40 | 52.4 | 38.9-65.5 | 36 | 47.6 | 34.5-61.1 |
Randolph | 93 | 50 | 54.8 | 42.7-66.3 | 43 | 45.2 | 33.7-57.3 |
Robeson | 110 | 61 | 51.9 | 40.7-62.9 | 49 | 48.1 | 37.1-59.3 |
Rowan | 107 | 63 | 65.9 | 54.0-76.0 | 44 | 34.1 | 24.0-46.0 |
Union | 70 | 40 | 61.0 | 47.5-72.9 | 30 | 39.0 | 27.1-52.5 |
Wake | 146 | 80 | 50.4 | 39.3-61.4 | 66 | 49.6 | 38.6-60.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 124 | 73 | 60.0 | 48.0-71.0 | 51 | 40.0 | 29.0-52.0 |
Northeast Partnership II | 113 | 57 | 52.6 | 41.9-63.1 | 56 | 47.4 | 36.9-58.1 |
Northeast Partnership I | 122 | 75 | 66.9 | 55.7-76.5 | 47 | 33.1 | 23.5-44.3 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 71 | 40 | 52.6 | 37.7-67.1 | 31 | 47.4 | 32.9-62.3 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 114 | 57 | 46.8 | 34.0-60.1 | 57 | 53.2 | 39.9-66.0 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 104 | 55 | 54.1 | 42.4-65.5 | 49 | 45.9 | 34.5-57.6 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 110 | 64 | 57.8 | 46.4-68.4 | 46 | 42.2 | 31.6-53.6 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 98 | 54 | 48.6 | 36.6-60.8 | 44 | 51.4 | 39.2-63.4 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 147 | 89 | 62.6 | 50.9-73.0 | 58 | 37.4 | 27.0-49.1 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 123 | 64 | 54.0 | 43.1-64.5 | 59 | 46.0 | 35.5-56.9 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 79 | 36 | 49.6 | 36.4-62.9 | 43 | 50.4 | 37.1-63.6 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 112 | 59 | 52.0 | 39.6-64.2 | 53 | 48.0 | 35.8-60.4 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 174 | 93 | 53.9 | 44.3-63.2 | 81 | 46.1 | 36.8-55.7 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP** | |||||||
Yes | 279 | 157 | 59.2 | 51.1-66.8 | 122 | 40.8 | 33.2-48.9 |
No | 3,259 | 1,753 | 54.5 | 52.1-57.0 | 1,506 | 45.5 | 43.0-47.9 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 1,219 | 666 | 54.3 | 50.2-58.3 | 553 | 45.7 | 41.7-49.8 |
Piedmont | 1,893 | 1,017 | 54.8 | 51.6-58.1 | 876 | 45.2 | 41.9-48.4 |
Western NC | 426 | 227 | 56.1 | 50.0-62.0 | 199 | 43.9 | 38.0-50.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)**** | |||||||
Mountain AHEC | 266 | 144 | 55.3 | 47.4-62.9 | 122 | 44.7 | 37.1-52.6 |
Northwest | 710 | 363 | 55.7 | 50.9-60.4 | 347 | 44.3 | 39.6-49.1 |
Charlotte | 469 | 250 | 54.8 | 48.0-61.3 | 219 | 45.2 | 38.7-52.0 |
Greensboro | 438 | 235 | 55.6 | 49.0-62.0 | 203 | 44.4 | 38.0-51.0 |
Southern Regional | 408 | 227 | 51.4 | 43.8-59.0 | 181 | 48.6 | 41.0-56.2 |
Coastal | 183 | 99 | 54.3 | 45.3-63.0 | 84 | 45.7 | 37.0-54.7 |
Wake | 441 | 249 | 53.7 | 46.7-60.6 | 192 | 46.3 | 39.4-53.3 |
Area L | 162 | 98 | 63.1 | 52.6-72.4 | 64 | 36.9 | 27.6-47.4 |
Eastern | 461 | 245 | 54.4 | 48.3-60.4 | 216 | 45.6 | 39.6-51.7 |
* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently 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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