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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Western NC | 1,006 | 341 | 37.5 | 33.6-41.5 | 85 | 8.9 | 6.7-11.8 | 580 | 53.6 | 49.6-57.6 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 426 | 142 | 36.7 | 31.1-42.7 | 34 | 9.2 | 5.8-14.2 | 250 | 54.1 | 48.0-60.1 |
| Female | 580 | 199 | 38.4 | 33.4-43.6 | 51 | 8.6 | 6.3-11.6 | 330 | 53.1 | 48.0-58.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 911 | 303 | 37.5 | 33.6-41.6 | 69 | 7.7 | 5.9-10.0 | 539 | 54.8 | 50.8-58.8 |
| African American | 42 | 18 | 36.6 | 18.3-59.7 | 6 | 29.8 | 8.5-66.1 | 18 | 33.6 | 16.9-55.8 |
| Other Minorities | 53 | 20 | 37.5 | 20.6-58.0 | 10 | 12.6 | 5.0-28.4 | 23 | 49.9 | 30.1-69.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 23 | 9 | 31.4 | 13.5-57.4 | 2 | 8.6 | 1.6-35.1 | 12 | 59.9 | 33.9-81.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 982 | 332 | 37.8 | 34.0-41.8 | 83 | 8.9 | 6.7-11.9 | 567 | 53.2 | 49.2-57.2 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 38 | 18 | 46.8 | 28.3-66.2 | 7 | 14.7 | 4.3-39.4 | 13 | 38.6 | 21.1-59.6 |
| 25-34 | 126 | 61 | 52.7 | 42.5-62.7 | 18 | 10.6 | 6.0-18.0 | 47 | 36.7 | 27.6-46.8 |
| 35-44 | 145 | 75 | 53.6 | 43.7-63.3 | 23 | 15.8 | 9.9-24.2 | 47 | 30.6 | 22.2-40.4 |
| 45-54 | 198 | 89 | 45.2 | 37.2-53.4 | 12 | 7.1 | 3.9-12.4 | 97 | 47.7 | 39.7-55.9 |
| 55-64 | 194 | 57 | 25.4 | 18.8-33.3 | 8 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.5 | 129 | 70.3 | 62.1-77.4 |
| 65-74 | 165 | 30 | 18.4 | 12.3-26.6 | 8 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.3 | 127 | 77.5 | 69.2-84.1 |
| 75+ | 138 | 11 | 6.1 | 3.2-11.5 | 9 | 5.7 | 2.8-11.0 | 118 | 88.2 | 81.6-92.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 190 | 78 | 43.2 | 34.0-52.8 | 16 | 10.9 | 4.8-22.7 | 96 | 46.0 | 36.5-55.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 318 | 132 | 44.3 | 37.5-51.3 | 26 | 8.4 | 5.3-13.0 | 160 | 47.3 | 40.5-54.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 264 | 87 | 31.5 | 24.8-39.0 | 23 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.5 | 154 | 61.2 | 53.6-68.2 |
| College Graduate | 231 | 44 | 28.1 | 20.6-37.0 | 20 | 9.8 | 6.2-15.2 | 167 | 62.1 | 53.6-69.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 158 | 64 | 42.2 | 31.9-53.3 | 14 | 7.7 | 4.4-13.3 | 80 | 50.0 | 39.3-60.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 235 | 92 | 44.3 | 36.2-52.7 | 21 | 8.5 | 5.2-13.6 | 122 | 47.2 | 39.1-55.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 143 | 55 | 40.2 | 30.4-50.9 | 12 | 8.3 | 4.1-16.1 | 76 | 51.5 | 41.0-61.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 143 | 54 | 45.3 | 35.5-55.4 | 13 | 6.4 | 3.4-11.9 | 76 | 48.3 | 38.6-58.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 95 | 27 | 30.3 | 20.6-42.3 | 5 | 6.0 | 2.4-14.2 | 63 | 63.7 | 51.7-74.2 |
| $75,000+ | 95 | 20 | 21.7 | 13.2-33.7 | 6 | 6.9 | 3.0-15.0 | 69 | 71.4 | 59.4-81.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 397 | 140 | 36.7 | 30.8-43.1 | 33 | 9.5 | 6.4-13.8 | 224 | 53.8 | 47.5-60.0 |
| No | 584 | 193 | 38.4 | 33.4-43.7 | 50 | 8.7 | 5.8-12.8 | 341 | 52.9 | 47.6-58.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 180 | 42 | 25.1 | 18.1-33.7 | 6 | 4.0 | 1.5-10.4 | 132 | 71.0 | 62.1-78.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 825 | 299 | 40.1 | 35.8-44.6 | 79 | 10.0 | 7.4-13.3 | 447 | 49.9 | 45.4-54.3 |
*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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