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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 17,183 | 13,641 | 77.4 | 76.5-78.3 | 3,542 | 22.6 | 21.7-23.5 |
-Piedmont NC | 9,638 | 7,743 | 78.7 | 77.4-79.8 | 1,895 | 21.3 | 20.2-22.6 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 3,516 | 2,725 | 75.8 | 73.7-77.8 | 791 | 24.2 | 22.2-26.3 |
Female | 6,122 | 5,018 | 81.4 | 80.1-82.7 | 1,104 | 18.6 | 17.3-19.9 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,481 | 5,996 | 77.9 | 76.5-79.3 | 1,485 | 22.1 | 20.7-23.5 |
African American | 1,571 | 1,243 | 77.3 | 73.9-80.3 | 328 | 22.7 | 19.7-26.1 |
Other Minorities | 545 | 469 | 86.8 | 82.9-89.9 | 76 | 13.2 | 10.1-17.1 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 554 | 477 | 85.2 | 80.7-88.8 | 77 | 14.8 | 11.2-19.3 |
Non-Hispanic | 9,078 | 7,262 | 77.9 | 76.7-79.2 | 1,816 | 22.1 | 20.8-23.3 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 438 | 331 | 72.1 | 66.0-77.4 | 107 | 27.9 | 22.6-34.0 |
25-34 | 1,355 | 1,017 | 74.5 | 71.5-77.4 | 338 | 25.5 | 22.6-28.5 |
35-44 | 1,885 | 1,463 | 78.5 | 76.1-80.6 | 422 | 21.5 | 19.4-23.9 |
45-54 | 1,841 | 1,406 | 77.3 | 74.9-79.6 | 435 | 22.7 | 20.4-25.1 |
55-64 | 1,720 | 1,375 | 80.0 | 77.6-82.2 | 345 | 20.0 | 17.8-22.4 |
65-74 | 1,294 | 1,116 | 86.4 | 83.9-88.6 | 178 | 13.6 | 11.4-16.1 |
75+ | 1,056 | 996 | 94.6 | 92.9-95.9 | 60 | 5.4 | 4.1- 7.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,503 | 1,138 | 72.0 | 68.2-75.6 | 365 | 28.0 | 24.4-31.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,745 | 2,033 | 71.4 | 68.9-73.8 | 712 | 28.6 | 26.2-31.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,288 | 1,823 | 77.5 | 74.9-79.9 | 465 | 22.5 | 20.1-25.1 |
College Graduate | 3,083 | 2,735 | 88.8 | 87.4-90.2 | 348 | 11.2 | 9.8-12.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,039 | 785 | 71.7 | 67.2-75.7 | 254 | 28.3 | 24.3-32.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,635 | 1,232 | 72.6 | 69.1-75.8 | 403 | 27.4 | 24.2-30.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,134 | 838 | 72.6 | 68.9-76.1 | 296 | 27.4 | 23.9-31.1 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,262 | 981 | 76.1 | 72.3-79.6 | 281 | 23.9 | 20.4-27.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,306 | 1,090 | 82.2 | 79.2-84.9 | 216 | 17.8 | 15.1-20.8 |
$75,000+ | 1,809 | 1,588 | 86.4 | 84.2-88.4 | 221 | 13.6 | 11.6-15.8 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,829 | 2,165 | 72.7 | 70.3-75.1 | 664 | 27.3 | 24.9-29.7 |
No | 6,543 | 5,365 | 80.7 | 79.2-82.0 | 1,178 | 19.3 | 18.0-20.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 1,142 | 928 | 77.2 | 73.2-80.7 | 214 | 22.8 | 19.3-26.8 |
Non-Veteran | 8,484 | 6,807 | 78.9 | 77.6-80.1 | 1,677 | 21.1 | 19.9-22.4 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
^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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