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Total Respond.^ |
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 |
-Wake County | 216 | 11 | 7.2 | 3.5-14.1 | 8 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.4 | 30 | 16.8 | 11.4-24.1 | 22 | 9.8 | 6.1-15.5 | 145 | 62.3 | 54.2-69.8 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 96 | 6 | 9.2 | 3.7-21.0 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.8-11.9 | 12 | 16.2 | 8.7-27.9 | 7 | 7.6 | 3.3-16.6 | 69 | 63.9 | 51.5-74.7 |
Female | 120 | 5 | 4.6 | 1.7-11.8 | 6 | 4.8 | 2.0-11.0 | 18 | 17.7 | 11.2-26.7 | 15 | 12.8 | 7.4-21.3 | 76 | 60.2 | 50.2-69.4 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 186 | 7 | 6.0 | 2.3-14.5 | 7 | 4.5 | 2.0- 9.9 | 24 | 14.3 | 9.4-21.1 | 17 | 9.4 | 5.4-15.7 | 131 | 65.8 | 57.1-73.5 |
Other | 29 | 4 | 13.6 | 4.8-32.8 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.9 | 6 | 30.5 | 12.9-56.6 | 5 | 12.6 | 4.4-31.1 | 13 | 42.8 | 23.5-64.6 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-44 | 58 | 6 | 13.7 | 5.5-30.2 | 5 | 7.8 | 2.9-19.3 | 19 | 30.1 | 18.4-45.2 | 5 | 8.2 | 3.0-20.9 | 23 | 40.1 | 27.0-54.9 |
45+ | 158 | 5 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.3 | 3 | 1.5 | 0.5- 4.8 | 11 | 8.8 | 4.8-15.6 | 17 | 10.8 | 6.3-17.7 | 122 | 75.7 | 67.3-82.5 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 49 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.0 | 8 | 24.3 | 10.8-45.9 | 3 | 6.1 | 1.7-19.3 | 36 | 66.2 | 46.9-81.3 |
Some College + | 167 | 11 | 9.2 | 4.5-17.8 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.8 | 22 | 14.7 | 9.6-21.8 | 19 | 10.9 | 6.5-17.7 | 109 | 61.2 | 52.2-69.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 76 | 6 | 7.7 | 3.2-17.5 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.6 | 9 | 15.8 | 6.7-33.0 | 10 | 15.1 | 7.2-28.9 | 50 | 60.1 | 45.2-73.3 |
$50,000+ | 105 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.4-15.3 | 6 | 6.5 | 2.7-14.8 | 20 | 22.0 | 14.3-32.2 | 8 | 6.6 | 3.2-13.3 | 68 | 60.1 | 49.3-70.0 |
* 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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