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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 |
-Piedmont NC | 4,407 | 1,472 | 36.2 | 34.2-38.2 | 423 | 12.4 | 10.8-14.1 | 2,512 | 51.5 | 49.4-53.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 1,941 | 611 | 34.4 | 31.5-37.4 | 180 | 13.9 | 11.4-16.8 | 1,150 | 51.7 | 48.6-54.8 |
Female | 2,466 | 861 | 38.5 | 36.0-41.1 | 243 | 10.4 | 9.0-12.0 | 1,362 | 51.1 | 48.6-53.6 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 3,609 | 1,192 | 36.7 | 34.6-39.0 | 293 | 9.7 | 8.2-11.4 | 2,124 | 53.6 | 51.3-55.8 |
African American | 639 | 232 | 37.7 | 32.6-43.1 | 96 | 19.5 | 14.4-25.9 | 311 | 42.8 | 37.5-48.1 |
Other Minorities | 145 | 44 | 23.2 | 16.3-31.8 | 32 | 30.0 | 20.9-41.0 | 69 | 46.8 | 36.4-57.5 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||
Hispanic | 144 | 39 | 20.3 | 13.6-29.2 | 38 | 35.6 | 25.6-47.0 | 67 | 44.1 | 33.8-54.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 4,260 | 1,432 | 37.2 | 35.2-39.3 | 384 | 10.9 | 9.3-12.6 | 2,444 | 51.9 | 49.9-54.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-24 | 143 | 78 | 54.5 | 43.6-64.9 | 29 | 26.3 | 17.0-38.3 | 36 | 19.2 | 13.0-27.5 |
25-34 | 519 | 243 | 45.2 | 39.8-50.8 | 95 | 19.3 | 15.2-24.2 | 181 | 35.5 | 30.3-41.1 |
35-44 | 741 | 331 | 41.9 | 37.7-46.2 | 91 | 13.7 | 10.8-17.2 | 319 | 44.4 | 40.1-48.8 |
45-54 | 894 | 355 | 37.8 | 34.0-41.8 | 80 | 8.8 | 6.6-11.5 | 459 | 53.4 | 49.4-57.5 |
55-64 | 939 | 272 | 28.3 | 24.9-31.9 | 73 | 7.9 | 6.0-10.4 | 594 | 63.8 | 60.0-67.5 |
65-74 | 706 | 137 | 19.6 | 16.2-23.6 | 41 | 5.2 | 3.6- 7.3 | 528 | 75.2 | 71.1-78.9 |
75+ | 445 | 48 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.3 | 12 | 2.4 | 1.3- 4.4 | 385 | 87.8 | 84.0-90.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 746 | 302 | 46.5 | 40.9-52.1 | 63 | 13.2 | 8.7-19.4 | 381 | 40.4 | 35.3-45.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,448 | 571 | 41.6 | 38.0-45.2 | 141 | 12.4 | 9.8-15.7 | 736 | 46.0 | 42.5-49.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,100 | 364 | 36.8 | 32.9-40.9 | 101 | 11.8 | 9.0-15.3 | 635 | 51.4 | 47.4-55.4 |
College Graduate | 1,106 | 230 | 21.1 | 18.3-24.2 | 118 | 12.3 | 9.9-15.2 | 758 | 66.6 | 63.0-70.1 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 544 | 195 | 43.7 | 37.6-50.1 | 59 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.2 | 290 | 43.3 | 37.5-49.3 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 828 | 316 | 41.9 | 36.9-47.0 | 87 | 14.3 | 10.7-18.9 | 425 | 43.8 | 38.9-48.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 574 | 251 | 47.9 | 42.5-53.5 | 45 | 7.7 | 5.2-11.1 | 278 | 44.4 | 39.1-49.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 612 | 224 | 37.4 | 32.3-42.8 | 57 | 13.6 | 8.6-20.9 | 331 | 49.0 | 43.4-54.6 |
$50,000-74,999 | 571 | 162 | 31.3 | 26.4-36.6 | 54 | 11.4 | 8.2-15.7 | 355 | 57.3 | 51.9-62.5 |
$75,000+ | 690 | 156 | 25.1 | 21.2-29.5 | 65 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.2 | 469 | 64.1 | 59.5-68.5 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
Yes | 1,557 | 528 | 39.7 | 36.3-43.2 | 136 | 10.0 | 8.0-12.3 | 893 | 50.3 | 47.0-53.7 |
No | 2,744 | 905 | 34.5 | 32.1-37.0 | 273 | 13.2 | 11.1-15.6 | 1,566 | 52.3 | 49.7-54.9 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
Veteran | 724 | 178 | 28.7 | 24.1-33.7 | 36 | 7.4 | 4.5-12.0 | 510 | 63.9 | 58.6-68.9 |
Non-Veteran | 3,677 | 1,291 | 37.6 | 35.4-39.8 | 386 | 13.3 | 11.6-15.3 | 2,000 | 49.1 | 46.8-51.3 |
*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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