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<10 cigaretts/per day | 10-20 cigarettes/per day | 20 cigs.(one pack)/per day | More than 20 cigarettes/per day | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,337 | 884 | 28.6 | 26.4-30.9 | 1,024 | 31.4 | 29.2-33.7 | 969 | 26.3 | 24.4-28.4 | 460 | 13.7 | 12.0-15.5 |
-Piedmont NC | 1,794 | 477 | 29.0 | 25.9-32.3 | 553 | 32.2 | 29.1-35.5 | 510 | 25.4 | 22.8-28.2 | 254 | 13.4 | 11.4-15.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 751 | 185 | 29.6 | 24.8-34.8 | 207 | 30.2 | 25.6-35.2 | 210 | 24.0 | 20.4-28.0 | 149 | 16.3 | 13.3-19.8 |
Female | 1,043 | 292 | 28.3 | 25.0-32.0 | 346 | 34.8 | 31.1-38.8 | 300 | 27.2 | 23.8-31.0 | 105 | 9.6 | 7.4-12.4 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 1,413 | 299 | 22.5 | 19.4-25.9 | 437 | 32.4 | 28.9-36.2 | 450 | 29.8 | 26.7-33.2 | 227 | 15.3 | 12.9-18.0 |
African American | 301 | 140 | 47.9 | 39.3-56.6 | 99 | 35.9 | 28.1-44.4 | 46 | 12.7 | 8.6-18.2 | 16 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.5 |
Other Minorities | 74 | 35 | 51.7 | 37.9-65.3 | 16 | 19.4 | 11.2-31.3 | 12 | 8.3 | 4.2-15.7 | 11 | 20.6 | 11.1-35.2 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 72 | 42 | 61.5 | 45.8-75.0 | 14 | 19.0 | 8.9-35.8 | 9 | 6.1 | 2.9-12.4 | 7 | 13.5 | 6.1-27.4 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,720 | 434 | 26.6 | 23.6-29.9 | 538 | 33.2 | 30.0-36.5 | 501 | 26.8 | 24.1-29.7 | 247 | 13.4 | 11.4-15.6 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 99 | 35 | 36.8 | 25.1-50.3 | 38 | 38.8 | 27.3-51.7 | 20 | 17.2 | 10.1-27.5 | 6 | 7.3 | 2.9-16.9 |
25-34 | 316 | 112 | 35.7 | 29.4-42.6 | 102 | 33.5 | 27.0-40.6 | 69 | 20.7 | 15.9-26.5 | 33 | 10.1 | 6.5-15.3 |
35-44 | 395 | 106 | 27.2 | 22.1-33.0 | 121 | 29.4 | 24.2-35.2 | 114 | 27.6 | 22.6-33.1 | 54 | 15.8 | 11.7-21.1 |
45-54 | 421 | 90 | 21.4 | 16.9-26.8 | 112 | 26.0 | 21.2-31.4 | 135 | 32.5 | 27.0-38.5 | 84 | 20.1 | 15.9-25.0 |
55-64 | 331 | 72 | 22.0 | 16.9-28.0 | 107 | 35.4 | 29.2-42.2 | 103 | 27.9 | 22.7-33.8 | 49 | 14.7 | 10.6-20.1 |
65-74 | 172 | 46 | 26.9 | 19.5-35.8 | 55 | 33.4 | 24.9-43.3 | 53 | 30.4 | 22.7-39.4 | 18 | 9.2 | 5.2-15.9 |
75+ | 54 | 16 | 34.1 | 20.8-50.4 | 15 | 27.8 | 16.6-42.8 | 13 | 23.4 | 13.3-37.8 | 10 | 14.7 | 7.5-26.6 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 346 | 88 | 30.2 | 22.4-39.4 | 98 | 30.5 | 23.4-38.6 | 114 | 24.7 | 19.3-31.0 | 46 | 14.6 | 9.7-21.3 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 678 | 176 | 27.8 | 23.1-33.2 | 208 | 32.1 | 27.0-37.7 | 200 | 26.3 | 22.2-30.8 | 94 | 13.8 | 10.7-17.5 |
Some Post-H.S. | 439 | 115 | 28.6 | 23.2-34.8 | 147 | 34.2 | 28.3-40.6 | 121 | 26.3 | 20.8-32.5 | 56 | 10.9 | 7.9-14.9 |
College Graduate | 330 | 98 | 30.6 | 24.6-37.4 | 100 | 31.9 | 25.9-38.5 | 74 | 23.1 | 17.9-29.4 | 58 | 14.4 | 10.5-19.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 236 | 78 | 37.3 | 28.5-47.0 | 68 | 33.1 | 24.6-43.0 | 59 | 18.1 | 13.1-24.5 | 31 | 11.4 | 7.1-17.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 380 | 110 | 27.9 | 21.9-34.7 | 116 | 31.6 | 24.8-39.3 | 107 | 27.8 | 21.6-35.0 | 47 | 12.7 | 8.7-18.3 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 284 | 67 | 20.5 | 15.5-26.7 | 97 | 36.1 | 28.9-44.1 | 87 | 29.2 | 22.8-36.5 | 33 | 14.2 | 8.8-22.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 273 | 62 | 29.0 | 19.7-40.4 | 83 | 29.1 | 22.2-37.1 | 81 | 26.6 | 20.2-34.2 | 47 | 15.4 | 10.6-21.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 208 | 51 | 25.0 | 18.3-33.1 | 55 | 29.9 | 21.2-40.3 | 63 | 28.4 | 21.5-36.5 | 39 | 16.7 | 11.6-23.4 |
$75,000+ | 211 | 49 | 28.2 | 20.6-37.3 | 72 | 32.9 | 25.8-40.9 | 58 | 27.3 | 20.6-35.3 | 32 | 11.6 | 7.7-17.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 637 | 169 | 27.2 | 22.7-32.2 | 174 | 30.3 | 25.2-35.8 | 201 | 29.9 | 25.3-34.9 | 93 | 12.6 | 9.6-16.4 |
No | 1,151 | 305 | 29.8 | 25.9-34.1 | 377 | 33.1 | 29.3-37.2 | 308 | 23.3 | 20.2-26.7 | 161 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.7 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 204 | 40 | 22.3 | 14.3-33.1 | 65 | 32.4 | 23.7-42.7 | 62 | 30.0 | 21.9-39.5 | 37 | 15.3 | 10.2-22.3 |
Non-Veteran | 1,588 | 437 | 30.0 | 26.7-33.5 | 487 | 32.1 | 28.8-35.6 | 447 | 24.8 | 22.1-27.7 | 217 | 13.1 | 11.0-15.5 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported 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, 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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