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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 |
-Wake County | 366 | 107 | 32.6 | 26.6-39.2 | 39 | 12.5 | 7.8-19.6 | 220 | 54.9 | 48.1-61.5 |
GENDER | ||||||||||
Male | 163 | 50 | 33.1 | 24.5-43.0 | 16 | 13.8 | 6.8-25.9 | 97 | 53.1 | 43.1-62.9 |
Female | 203 | 57 | 31.9 | 24.9-39.9 | 23 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.4 | 123 | 57.3 | 49.4-64.8 |
RACE | ||||||||||
White | 291 | 81 | 32.2 | 25.7-39.5 | 21 | 5.9 | 3.7- 9.4 | 189 | 61.9 | 54.7-68.5 |
Other | 72 | 24 | 32.6 | 20.1-48.3 | 18 | 32.5 | 17.6-52.1 | 30 | 34.9 | 22.2-50.1 |
AGE | ||||||||||
18-44 | 137 | 56 | 42.4 | 32.3-53.2 | 21 | 17.3 | 9.2-30.0 | 60 | 40.3 | 30.7-50.8 |
45+ | 228 | 50 | 22.0 | 16.7-28.5 | 18 | 7.5 | 4.4-12.5 | 160 | 70.5 | 63.5-76.6 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||
H.S. or Less | 109 | 46 | 46.7 | 34.0-59.9 | 14 | 19.9 | 9.4-37.3 | 49 | 33.3 | 23.3-45.1 |
Some College + | 257 | 61 | 24.7 | 19.0-31.4 | 25 | 8.4 | 5.4-12.8 | 171 | 66.9 | 59.9-73.2 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
Less than $50,000 | 161 | 63 | 42.7 | 32.5-53.6 | 21 | 18.5 | 9.6-32.7 | 77 | 38.8 | 29.4-49.1 |
$50,000+ | 154 | 35 | 27.1 | 19.0-37.1 | 12 | 7.0 | 3.8-12.5 | 107 | 65.8 | 56.1-74.4 |
*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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