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| Total Respond.^ |
Less than 6 mos. | 6 mos. to 1 year | Past year | Past 5 years | Past 10 years | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| -Western NC | 560 | 30 | 6.2 | 3.7-10.4 | 21 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.8 | 86 | 18.1 | 14.1-23.0 | 52 | 10.5 | 7.7-14.2 | 371 | 58.8 | 53.2-64.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 238 | 9 | 6.1 | 2.5-14.2 | 11 | 9.0 | 4.5-17.2 | 22 | 12.6 | 7.4-20.6 | 25 | 11.8 | 7.6-17.9 | 171 | 60.4 | 51.6-68.6 |
| Female | 322 | 21 | 6.3 | 3.6-10.9 | 10 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.5 | 64 | 24.4 | 18.9-30.8 | 27 | 9.0 | 5.8-13.7 | 200 | 57.0 | 50.3-63.3 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 520 | 28 | 4.9 | 3.1- 7.8 | 21 | 7.0 | 4.1-11.8 | 80 | 16.9 | 13.3-21.3 | 47 | 10.6 | 7.7-14.4 | 344 | 60.6 | 55.2-65.7 |
| African American | 17 | 1 | 19.9 | 3.2-65.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 15.2 | 4.6-40.0 | 2 | 6.3 | 1.4-23.3 | 11 | 58.7 | 29.4-82.9 |
| Other Minorities | 23 | 1 | 18.7 | 2.8-64.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 35.2 | 11.1-70.2 | 3 | 11.2 | 2.2-41.1 | 16 | 35.0 | 14.3-63.4 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 12 | 1 | 23.1 | 3.4-71.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 39.3 | 10.8-77.5 | 2 | 17.4 | 3.8-53.2 | 6 | 20.2 | 5.3-53.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 547 | 29 | 5.3 | 3.3- 8.3 | 21 | 6.8 | 3.9-11.4 | 83 | 17.0 | 13.4-21.2 | 50 | 10.1 | 7.4-13.8 | 364 | 60.9 | 55.6-65.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 12 | 3 | 25.0 | 5.8-64.3 | 4 | 33.9 | 10.1-69.9 | 5 | 41.2 | 14.4-74.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
| 25-34 | 46 | 7 | 12.8 | 5.1-28.6 | 4 | 9.3 | 3.4-22.8 | 20 | 42.6 | 27.7-58.9 | 7 | 20.8 | 9.7-39.0 | 8 | 14.6 | 7.0-27.9 |
| 35-44 | 43 | 4 | 12.6 | 4.0-33.4 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.4 | 11 | 25.5 | 12.6-44.9 | 7 | 13.5 | 5.4-29.8 | 19 | 46.0 | 28.8-64.3 |
| 45-54 | 95 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.3- 3.9 | 6 | 9.2 | 3.7-21.2 | 15 | 14.8 | 8.3-24.9 | 14 | 16.6 | 9.6-27.3 | 56 | 58.2 | 46.1-69.4 |
| 55-64 | 126 | 6 | 4.4 | 1.7-10.8 | 2 | 1.8 | 0.4- 6.8 | 20 | 16.3 | 10.1-25.4 | 11 | 9.5 | 4.7-18.2 | 87 | 68.0 | 57.8-76.8 |
| 65-74 | 120 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.4-11.0 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.7 | 11 | 8.6 | 4.4-16.1 | 9 | 7.1 | 3.4-14.3 | 94 | 76.7 | 66.7-84.5 |
| 75+ | 116 | 2 | 0.3 | 0.1- 1.3 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 8.7 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.7 | 4 | 5.2 | 1.8-13.6 | 105 | 90.2 | 81.6-95.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 91 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 | 3 | 8.9 | 2.7-25.9 | 14 | 24.4 | 12.5-42.3 | 3 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.1 | 69 | 62.8 | 46.6-76.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 153 | 15 | 13.3 | 6.4-25.5 | 10 | 7.6 | 3.9-14.5 | 18 | 10.5 | 6.2-17.4 | 14 | 10.5 | 5.6-18.9 | 96 | 58.0 | 47.7-67.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 149 | 8 | 5.7 | 2.4-12.9 | 5 | 6.9 | 2.0-21.0 | 34 | 25.6 | 18.0-35.2 | 18 | 11.9 | 6.9-19.8 | 84 | 49.9 | 40.0-59.8 |
| College Graduate | 164 | 5 | 2.6 | 0.9- 7.5 | 3 | 2.2 | 0.7- 6.6 | 20 | 13.9 | 8.6-21.6 | 17 | 14.4 | 8.6-23.3 | 119 | 66.9 | 57.7-75.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 75 | 4 | 5.1 | 1.6-15.5 | 2 | 12.0 | 2.2-45.2 | 12 | 15.0 | 7.5-27.8 | 11 | 15.4 | 6.9-30.7 | 46 | 52.5 | 36.2-68.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 119 | 8 | 4.6 | 1.9-10.4 | 10 | 11.5 | 5.3-23.2 | 22 | 24.6 | 14.4-38.6 | 8 | 7.5 | 3.3-16.2 | 71 | 51.8 | 39.9-63.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 74 | 4 | 12.4 | 3.1-38.5 | 5 | 9.1 | 3.6-21.2 | 16 | 25.7 | 15.0-40.4 | 6 | 7.6 | 3.2-17.0 | 43 | 45.3 | 31.4-59.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 73 | 6 | 6.7 | 2.1-18.9 | 1 | 2.3 | 0.3-14.5 | 12 | 18.7 | 10.4-31.3 | 4 | 4.9 | 1.7-13.4 | 50 | 67.4 | 53.8-78.7 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 62 | 4 | 7.4 | 1.9-25.2 | 1 | 1.6 | 0.2-10.6 | 6 | 9.5 | 3.8-21.7 | 11 | 20.2 | 10.3-35.7 | 40 | 61.3 | 45.8-74.9 |
| $75,000+ | 68 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.7 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-15.0 | 8 | 11.8 | 5.4-23.7 | 5 | 9.2 | 3.6-21.2 | 53 | 76.1 | 62.6-85.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 217 | 10 | 4.5 | 1.8-10.4 | 7 | 8.0 | 3.1-19.3 | 30 | 15.5 | 10.3-22.5 | 16 | 8.3 | 4.5-14.8 | 154 | 63.7 | 54.5-72.1 |
| No | 340 | 20 | 7.3 | 3.8-13.5 | 14 | 5.5 | 2.9-10.1 | 56 | 19.8 | 14.5-26.5 | 35 | 11.0 | 7.6-15.7 | 215 | 56.4 | 49.5-63.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 127 | 4 | 2.7 | 0.8- 8.8 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.3- 9.9 | 8 | 4.9 | 2.0-11.6 | 13 | 11.3 | 6.4-19.0 | 100 | 79.4 | 70.1-86.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 433 | 26 | 7.3 | 4.1-12.7 | 19 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.4 | 78 | 22.2 | 17.1-28.1 | 39 | 10.3 | 7.0-14.7 | 271 | 52.5 | 46.3-58.7 |
* 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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