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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 |
-Wake County | 140 | 48 | 34.7 | 24.1-47.0 | 47 | 35.6 | 25.5-47.2 | 26 | 18.1 | 11.8-26.8 | 19 | 11.6 | 6.8-19.1 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 62 | 20 | 35.7 | 20.4-54.5 | 21 | 36.3 | 21.9-53.6 | 11 | 15.5 | 8.0-28.0 | 10 | 12.6 | 6.0-24.3 |
Female | 78 | 28 | 33.2 | 22.7-45.6 | 26 | 34.7 | 23.6-47.8 | 15 | 22.0 | 13.0-34.7 | 9 | 10.1 | 4.7-20.3 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 99 | 27 | 22.5 | 14.7-32.7 | 36 | 40.6 | 28.7-53.7 | 22 | 24.1 | 15.4-35.5 | 14 | 12.9 | 7.1-22.3 |
Other | 39 | 21 | 58.2 | 36.1-77.5 | 11 | 27.8 | 13.0-49.9 | 2 | 4.4 | 0.9-18.1 | 5 | 9.6 | 3.0-26.4 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-44 | 73 | 31 | 38.4 | 24.2-55.0 | 23 | 35.3 | 22.0-51.4 | 11 | 15.2 | 8.1-26.9 | 8 | 11.0 | 5.2-22.1 |
45+ | 66 | 17 | 27.1 | 16.5-41.1 | 23 | 35.8 | 24.3-49.1 | 15 | 24.4 | 14.5-37.9 | 11 | 12.8 | 6.8-22.9 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 56 | 20 | 37.1 | 20.4-57.6 | 16 | 32.4 | 17.7-51.7 | 12 | 18.1 | 9.2-32.4 | 8 | 12.4 | 5.4-26.1 |
Some College + | 84 | 28 | 32.1 | 21.9-44.3 | 31 | 39.1 | 27.6-52.0 | 14 | 18.1 | 10.6-29.4 | 11 | 10.7 | 5.6-19.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 79 | 30 | 40.8 | 25.7-57.9 | 27 | 34.4 | 21.6-50.0 | 13 | 15.2 | 7.9-27.1 | 9 | 9.6 | 4.1-20.8 |
$50,000+ | 46 | 12 | 23.2 | 12.5-38.8 | 16 | 39.4 | 22.9-58.7 | 10 | 22.6 | 11.9-38.7 | 8 | 14.8 | 7.0-28.8 |
*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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