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Once | Twice | Three times | 4 or more times | Never | |||||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,771 | 687 | 19.2 | 17.4-21.0 | 582 | 15.0 | 13.5-16.6 | 380 | 8.5 | 7.5- 9.7 | 1,323 | 31.5 | 29.4-33.6 | 799 | 25.8 | 23.8-28.0 |
-Piedmont NC | 2,033 | 386 | 19.6 | 17.2-22.3 | 321 | 15.5 | 13.5-17.6 | 227 | 9.6 | 8.1-11.3 | 672 | 30.3 | 27.5-33.2 | 427 | 25.0 | 22.3-28.0 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 865 | 168 | 21.0 | 17.3-25.2 | 143 | 16.4 | 13.5-19.7 | 80 | 8.0 | 6.1-10.4 | 223 | 24.1 | 20.1-28.6 | 251 | 30.6 | 26.5-35.1 |
Female | 1,168 | 218 | 17.9 | 15.3-20.7 | 178 | 14.3 | 12.0-17.0 | 147 | 11.7 | 9.6-14.2 | 449 | 38.2 | 34.6-42.0 | 176 | 17.9 | 14.8-21.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,612 | 301 | 19.6 | 16.9-22.7 | 262 | 16.1 | 13.8-18.6 | 181 | 10.0 | 8.3-12.0 | 539 | 30.8 | 27.8-34.0 | 329 | 23.5 | 20.5-26.8 |
African American | 330 | 69 | 19.8 | 14.6-26.2 | 51 | 16.6 | 11.7-22.9 | 38 | 8.4 | 5.7-12.3 | 116 | 35.0 | 27.1-43.9 | 56 | 20.2 | 14.5-27.3 |
Other Minorities | 85 | 15 | 19.2 | 10.6-32.1 | 7 | 5.7 | 2.3-13.1 | 7 | 7.2 | 3.0-16.3 | 14 | 10.5 | 5.7-18.5 | 42 | 57.4 | 44.3-69.6 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 86 | 14 | 17.1 | 9.2-29.3 | 13 | 8.8 | 4.6-16.2 | 7 | 5.5 | 2.3-12.9 | 12 | 10.3 | 4.9-20.3 | 40 | 58.3 | 44.8-70.7 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,945 | 371 | 19.8 | 17.3-22.5 | 308 | 16.0 | 13.9-18.3 | 220 | 9.9 | 8.4-11.7 | 659 | 31.8 | 28.8-34.8 | 387 | 22.5 | 19.9-25.4 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 115 | 21 | 20.0 | 11.9-31.7 | 18 | 13.0 | 7.5-21.4 | 5 | 2.9 | 1.1- 7.5 | 39 | 29.7 | 19.7-42.1 | 32 | 34.4 | 23.9-46.6 |
25-34 | 367 | 78 | 20.4 | 15.8-26.1 | 59 | 15.9 | 11.9-20.9 | 43 | 11.3 | 7.9-16.1 | 104 | 26.8 | 21.2-33.3 | 83 | 25.5 | 20.2-31.6 |
35-44 | 450 | 99 | 23.0 | 18.5-28.4 | 78 | 16.3 | 12.7-20.7 | 39 | 8.6 | 6.0-12.3 | 111 | 22.2 | 18.2-26.9 | 123 | 29.8 | 24.8-35.4 |
45-54 | 475 | 93 | 20.4 | 16.2-25.3 | 69 | 14.2 | 10.7-18.7 | 57 | 11.9 | 8.8-15.9 | 168 | 34.0 | 28.9-39.6 | 88 | 19.5 | 15.4-24.4 |
55-64 | 367 | 64 | 14.9 | 11.2-19.7 | 50 | 15.9 | 11.6-21.3 | 44 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.8 | 137 | 39.1 | 33.1-45.4 | 72 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.0 |
65-74 | 187 | 24 | 12.5 | 7.8-19.6 | 31 | 19.7 | 12.7-29.3 | 32 | 15.6 | 10.5-22.6 | 75 | 37.2 | 29.2-46.0 | 25 | 15.0 | 9.6-22.6 |
75+ | 63 | 5 | 8.3 | 3.0-20.9 | 13 | 18.2 | 10.3-30.2 | 6 | 12.6 | 5.4-26.5 | 35 | 57.1 | 43.2-69.9 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.3-10.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 368 | 66 | 19.8 | 14.4-26.5 | 41 | 10.4 | 7.0-15.0 | 40 | 7.1 | 4.8-10.4 | 120 | 28.8 | 21.6-37.3 | 101 | 33.9 | 26.6-42.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 769 | 136 | 19.0 | 15.0-23.9 | 122 | 13.9 | 11.2-17.3 | 85 | 9.7 | 7.4-12.7 | 265 | 32.4 | 27.9-37.2 | 161 | 24.9 | 20.6-29.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 502 | 97 | 18.9 | 14.6-24.1 | 83 | 17.5 | 13.5-22.4 | 60 | 11.0 | 8.1-14.7 | 161 | 28.5 | 23.6-34.0 | 101 | 24.1 | 18.9-30.1 |
College Graduate | 391 | 86 | 21.5 | 16.9-27.0 | 73 | 21.0 | 16.1-27.0 | 42 | 10.3 | 6.9-15.3 | 126 | 30.4 | 25.1-36.3 | 64 | 16.7 | 12.7-21.8 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 260 | 34 | 11.4 | 7.4-17.1 | 26 | 12.3 | 7.5-19.5 | 21 | 6.9 | 4.0-11.6 | 133 | 41.3 | 33.2-49.9 | 46 | 28.1 | 19.6-38.5 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 429 | 87 | 22.5 | 17.2-28.8 | 58 | 13.7 | 9.6-19.1 | 48 | 6.7 | 4.7- 9.4 | 132 | 25.3 | 20.1-31.4 | 104 | 31.9 | 25.3-39.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 304 | 65 | 20.3 | 15.1-26.6 | 49 | 15.4 | 11.0-21.1 | 22 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.6 | 86 | 28.2 | 21.7-35.7 | 82 | 30.1 | 23.4-37.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 311 | 55 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.3 | 68 | 18.9 | 14.1-24.8 | 48 | 13.6 | 9.5-19.1 | 87 | 32.6 | 24.2-42.4 | 53 | 19.4 | 13.9-26.3 |
$50,000-74,999 | 239 | 50 | 23.1 | 15.9-32.3 | 38 | 19.2 | 13.5-26.6 | 28 | 10.7 | 7.0-16.0 | 80 | 29.3 | 22.5-37.2 | 43 | 17.6 | 12.6-24.2 |
$75,000+ | 247 | 52 | 23.3 | 16.9-31.2 | 44 | 16.3 | 11.6-22.4 | 38 | 13.7 | 9.5-19.3 | 74 | 29.4 | 23.0-36.8 | 39 | 17.3 | 12.0-24.2 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 703 | 85 | 13.2 | 10.0-17.3 | 81 | 13.2 | 10.0-17.2 | 81 | 10.8 | 8.1-14.3 | 353 | 44.5 | 39.6-49.6 | 103 | 18.3 | 14.2-23.2 |
No | 1,320 | 299 | 22.6 | 19.5-26.0 | 238 | 16.6 | 14.1-19.3 | 145 | 9.0 | 7.4-11.0 | 317 | 23.6 | 20.3-27.4 | 321 | 28.2 | 24.7-31.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 237 | 48 | 25.4 | 17.6-35.3 | 36 | 13.4 | 9.0-19.4 | 30 | 9.8 | 6.3-14.9 | 69 | 27.8 | 20.2-36.9 | 54 | 23.6 | 16.7-32.1 |
Non-Veteran | 1,794 | 338 | 18.8 | 16.4-21.5 | 285 | 15.8 | 13.7-18.2 | 197 | 9.6 | 8.0-11.4 | 602 | 30.6 | 27.7-33.8 | 372 | 25.2 | 22.2-28.3 |
*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.
^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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