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Less than 6 mos. | 6 mos. to 1 year | Past year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years | |||||||||||
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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 | 4,481 | 266 | 7.2 | 6.1- 8.5 | 149 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.9 | 641 | 16.7 | 15.2-18.3 | 493 | 11.3 | 10.1-12.6 | 2,932 | 60.1 | 58.1-62.0 |
-Piedmont NC | 2,458 | 149 | 7.6 | 6.1- 9.3 | 84 | 4.8 | 3.6- 6.4 | 348 | 16.7 | 14.7-18.9 | 272 | 11.1 | 9.6-12.8 | 1,605 | 59.8 | 57.1-62.4 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 1,124 | 68 | 8.2 | 6.0-11.0 | 42 | 5.3 | 3.6- 7.7 | 163 | 17.5 | 14.6-20.9 | 100 | 9.4 | 7.4-11.8 | 751 | 59.6 | 55.7-63.4 |
Female | 1,334 | 81 | 6.8 | 5.2- 8.7 | 42 | 4.2 | 2.7- 6.6 | 185 | 15.7 | 13.2-18.5 | 172 | 13.3 | 11.2-15.8 | 854 | 60.0 | 56.6-63.3 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 2,082 | 124 | 7.6 | 6.0- 9.6 | 66 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.9 | 278 | 15.7 | 13.7-18.1 | 222 | 10.6 | 9.0-12.4 | 1,392 | 61.8 | 58.9-64.5 |
African American | 299 | 18 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.5 | 13 | 4.9 | 2.4- 9.7 | 55 | 19.8 | 14.8-26.0 | 37 | 13.2 | 8.9-19.2 | 176 | 55.8 | 48.5-62.9 |
Other Minorities | 69 | 7 | 11.2 | 4.8-24.1 | 5 | 13.8 | 4.7-34.4 | 15 | 25.7 | 13.0-44.4 | 13 | 14.5 | 7.7-25.7 | 29 | 34.9 | 21.9-50.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 67 | 6 | 7.4 | 2.7-19.0 | 7 | 14.1 | 5.2-32.9 | 18 | 29.4 | 16.6-46.6 | 13 | 14.7 | 7.7-26.1 | 23 | 34.4 | 21.6-50.0 |
Non-Hispanic | 2,390 | 143 | 7.6 | 6.1- 9.4 | 77 | 4.3 | 3.2- 5.8 | 330 | 16.0 | 14.1-18.2 | 259 | 10.9 | 9.4-12.6 | 1,581 | 61.2 | 58.5-63.7 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 34 | 10 | 24.5 | 12.0-43.6 | 6 | 24.8 | 10.1-49.3 | 13 | 39.2 | 22.1-59.6 | 4 | 8.8 | 3.1-23.0 | 1 | 2.6 | 0.4-16.4 |
25-34 | 176 | 25 | 15.8 | 9.3-25.6 | 20 | 11.5 | 6.7-19.0 | 65 | 38.5 | 29.4-48.5 | 35 | 15.7 | 10.6-22.7 | 31 | 18.4 | 11.9-27.5 |
35-44 | 310 | 25 | 8.3 | 5.2-12.8 | 21 | 7.3 | 4.3-12.1 | 74 | 21.8 | 16.9-27.7 | 50 | 16.2 | 11.8-21.8 | 140 | 46.4 | 39.8-53.1 |
45-54 | 449 | 37 | 7.8 | 5.2-11.4 | 17 | 4.1 | 2.3- 7.2 | 65 | 13.7 | 10.4-17.9 | 63 | 13.4 | 10.0-17.8 | 267 | 61.0 | 55.3-66.4 |
55-64 | 585 | 30 | 6.4 | 4.1- 9.7 | 10 | 1.2 | 0.6- 2.2 | 68 | 11.5 | 8.8-15.0 | 67 | 10.7 | 8.1-14.0 | 410 | 70.3 | 65.6-74.6 |
65-74 | 517 | 13 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.3 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.6 | 47 | 9.7 | 7.0-13.4 | 30 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.9 | 418 | 81.6 | 77.3-85.2 |
75+ | 377 | 9 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.6 | 1 | 0.1 | 0.0- 0.7 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.8- 5.7 | 22 | 4.9 | 2.9- 8.2 | 331 | 89.5 | 85.5-92.4 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 368 | 19 | 6.6 | 3.7-11.5 | 11 | 6.9 | 3.0-15.0 | 60 | 18.1 | 12.9-24.9 | 48 | 12.0 | 8.6-16.6 | 230 | 56.3 | 48.8-63.5 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 718 | 53 | 9.5 | 6.6-13.4 | 38 | 6.4 | 4.0- 9.9 | 113 | 19.5 | 15.5-24.3 | 65 | 8.9 | 6.6-12.0 | 449 | 55.8 | 50.7-60.7 |
Some Post-H.S. | 625 | 41 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.5 | 19 | 4.3 | 2.5- 7.5 | 91 | 18.1 | 14.3-22.6 | 69 | 11.1 | 8.4-14.6 | 405 | 57.9 | 52.8-62.9 |
College Graduate | 745 | 36 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.5 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.2 | 83 | 12.6 | 9.8-16.0 | 90 | 12.7 | 10.0-16.1 | 520 | 66.2 | 61.7-70.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 283 | 24 | 10.7 | 6.4-17.3 | 9 | 6.5 | 2.5-15.8 | 44 | 15.4 | 10.8-21.6 | 35 | 13.7 | 8.9-20.5 | 171 | 53.6 | 45.4-61.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 415 | 30 | 8.6 | 4.9-14.4 | 19 | 7.0 | 3.7-13.0 | 73 | 25.9 | 19.4-33.6 | 43 | 8.1 | 5.6-11.5 | 250 | 50.5 | 43.5-57.5 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 275 | 11 | 5.5 | 2.6-11.4 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.4- 8.2 | 36 | 15.9 | 10.4-23.7 | 35 | 11.0 | 7.5-15.9 | 185 | 64.0 | 55.9-71.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 325 | 28 | 11.8 | 7.9-17.2 | 10 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.6 | 54 | 15.7 | 11.4-21.1 | 36 | 13.2 | 8.8-19.5 | 197 | 56.4 | 49.5-63.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 347 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.7 | 13 | 4.7 | 2.5- 8.7 | 45 | 13.8 | 10.0-18.8 | 44 | 12.1 | 8.7-16.5 | 230 | 63.0 | 56.5-69.0 |
$75,000+ | 462 | 20 | 4.1 | 2.4- 7.0 | 13 | 3.7 | 2.0- 6.7 | 59 | 16.4 | 12.4-21.4 | 53 | 13.4 | 9.9-17.8 | 317 | 62.4 | 56.8-67.7 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 880 | 55 | 8.8 | 6.2-12.4 | 22 | 3.7 | 2.1- 6.5 | 117 | 14.8 | 12.0-18.0 | 91 | 10.5 | 8.0-13.7 | 595 | 62.2 | 57.7-66.4 |
No | 1,562 | 94 | 7.1 | 5.4- 9.2 | 62 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.5 | 230 | 17.6 | 15.1-20.5 | 179 | 11.4 | 9.6-13.5 | 997 | 58.6 | 55.3-61.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 500 | 22 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.7 | 10 | 2.2 | 0.9- 5.4 | 51 | 10.3 | 7.5-14.0 | 38 | 7.3 | 4.9-11.0 | 379 | 74.1 | 68.8-78.7 |
Non-Veteran | 1,958 | 127 | 8.0 | 6.3-10.0 | 74 | 5.5 | 4.0- 7.4 | 297 | 18.4 | 16.0-21.0 | 234 | 12.1 | 10.4-14.0 | 1,226 | 56.1 | 53.1-59.1 |
* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).
^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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