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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 |
| -Northeastern Partnership | 616 | 212 | 39.0 | 33.7-44.5 | 67 | 14.3 | 10.5-19.1 | 337 | 46.8 | 41.6-52.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 281 | 96 | 41.2 | 33.6-49.3 | 33 | 14.2 | 9.0-21.6 | 152 | 44.6 | 37.2-52.2 |
| Female | 335 | 116 | 35.5 | 29.6-41.8 | 34 | 14.3 | 9.9-20.3 | 185 | 50.2 | 43.9-56.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 404 | 137 | 39.8 | 33.2-46.8 | 38 | 13.2 | 8.6-19.7 | 229 | 47.0 | 40.6-53.6 |
| African American | 184 | 60 | 34.2 | 25.7-43.8 | 26 | 15.9 | 10.0-24.4 | 98 | 49.9 | 40.4-59.4 |
| Other Minorities | 24 | 13 | 50.3 | 28.1-72.4 | 3 | 19.7 | 6.3-47.0 | 8 | 30.0 | 13.8-53.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 15 | 4 | 39.3 | 13.3-73.3 | 3 | 27.6 | 8.5-60.9 | 8 | 33.1 | 12.9-62.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 601 | 208 | 39.0 | 33.7-44.5 | 64 | 13.7 | 9.9-18.6 | 329 | 47.4 | 42.1-52.7 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 17 | 9 | 56.9 | 30.3-80.0 | 6 | 31.6 | 12.2-60.7 | 2 | 11.5 | 2.4-40.4 |
| 25-34 | 63 | 36 | 60.8 | 45.8-74.0 | 10 | 16.2 | 8.1-29.7 | 17 | 23.0 | 13.4-36.6 |
| 35-44 | 92 | 49 | 48.1 | 36.3-60.1 | 11 | 13.8 | 7.4-24.1 | 32 | 38.1 | 27.2-50.4 |
| 45-54 | 149 | 57 | 38.4 | 29.6-47.9 | 21 | 14.7 | 8.8-23.7 | 71 | 46.9 | 37.2-56.9 |
| 55-64 | 122 | 35 | 29.1 | 20.4-39.6 | 14 | 14.0 | 7.8-23.8 | 73 | 56.9 | 46.2-67.0 |
| 65-74 | 103 | 19 | 15.5 | 9.4-24.4 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.2 | 81 | 81.5 | 72.2-88.3 |
| 75+ | 67 | 7 | 10.7 | 4.7-22.6 | 1 | 3.0 | 0.4-18.3 | 59 | 86.3 | 73.2-93.5 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 132 | 50 | 43.9 | 32.9-55.6 | 12 | 8.4 | 3.8-17.2 | 70 | 47.7 | 36.4-59.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 231 | 85 | 43.1 | 34.1-52.5 | 28 | 17.6 | 10.8-27.3 | 118 | 39.4 | 31.6-47.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 145 | 53 | 38.3 | 28.4-49.2 | 16 | 14.7 | 8.5-24.2 | 76 | 47.0 | 36.8-57.6 |
| College Graduate | 108 | 24 | 22.8 | 14.8-33.4 | 11 | 12.2 | 6.0-23.5 | 73 | 65.0 | 53.4-75.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 104 | 38 | 36.4 | 25.8-48.5 | 12 | 15.0 | 6.7-30.1 | 54 | 48.6 | 36.7-60.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 129 | 49 | 41.0 | 29.6-53.4 | 12 | 17.3 | 7.9-33.5 | 68 | 41.7 | 30.0-54.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 73 | 28 | 50.9 | 34.3-67.4 | 11 | 17.3 | 8.6-31.8 | 34 | 31.8 | 20.3-46.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 73 | 21 | 28.4 | 18.0-41.8 | 6 | 9.3 | 3.9-20.4 | 46 | 62.4 | 49.0-74.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 76 | 29 | 37.1 | 25.4-50.4 | 7 | 11.9 | 5.3-24.9 | 40 | 51.0 | 37.9-63.9 |
| $75,000+ | 67 | 17 | 30.8 | 19.6-44.9 | 10 | 13.3 | 7.1-23.8 | 40 | 55.8 | 42.4-68.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 272 | 88 | 39.7 | 31.2-48.8 | 25 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.6 | 159 | 50.8 | 42.5-59.0 |
| No | 328 | 114 | 37.4 | 30.9-44.5 | 41 | 17.3 | 11.7-24.6 | 173 | 45.3 | 38.4-52.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 118 | 30 | 36.1 | 24.7-49.3 | 11 | 8.6 | 4.6-15.6 | 77 | 55.3 | 43.1-66.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 494 | 179 | 39.3 | 33.6-45.5 | 56 | 15.9 | 11.4-21.9 | 259 | 44.7 | 39.0-50.6 |
*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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