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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 | 4,159 | 202 | 7.1 | 5.9- 8.6 | 117 | 3.7 | 2.8- 4.9 | 575 | 17.0 | 15.3-18.8 | 446 | 12.5 | 11.0-14.1 | 2,819 | 59.7 | 57.5-61.8 |
| -Eastern NC | 1,422 | 67 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.3 | 44 | 3.3 | 2.2- 5.0 | 209 | 16.5 | 14.1-19.3 | 148 | 11.5 | 9.3-14.1 | 954 | 60.6 | 57.0-64.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 655 | 31 | 8.9 | 5.4-14.4 | 18 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.3 | 90 | 15.9 | 12.4-20.1 | 61 | 10.5 | 7.5-14.5 | 455 | 61.1 | 55.6-66.4 |
| Female | 767 | 36 | 6.8 | 4.6-10.1 | 26 | 3.1 | 1.9- 4.9 | 119 | 17.5 | 14.3-21.1 | 87 | 12.7 | 10.0-16.1 | 499 | 59.9 | 55.5-64.2 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 1,089 | 48 | 8.0 | 5.3-11.9 | 33 | 3.0 | 1.9- 4.6 | 143 | 14.1 | 11.6-16.9 | 112 | 11.5 | 9.4-14.2 | 753 | 63.4 | 59.4-67.2 |
| African American | 234 | 9 | 4.3 | 2.1- 8.6 | 7 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.8 | 38 | 18.2 | 12.6-25.6 | 24 | 7.8 | 4.8-12.4 | 156 | 66.6 | 58.7-73.7 |
| Other Minorities | 97 | 10 | 13.8 | 5.4-30.9 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.7-18.9 | 28 | 30.8 | 19.5-45.1 | 12 | 16.4 | 7.1-33.6 | 43 | 32.9 | 22.0-46.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 49 | 2 | 9.9 | 1.9-38.1 | 2 | 6.0 | 1.2-25.3 | 18 | 33.2 | 18.9-51.5 | 5 | 18.6 | 6.8-41.4 | 22 | 32.2 | 18.7-49.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,368 | 65 | 7.9 | 5.6-11.1 | 42 | 3.1 | 2.1- 4.5 | 191 | 15.1 | 12.8-17.7 | 142 | 10.8 | 9.0-13.0 | 928 | 63.1 | 59.5-66.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 21 | 10 | 54.0 | 28.3-77.8 | 3 | 8.4 | 2.4-25.3 | 4 | 14.0 | 3.9-39.2 | 3 | 14.9 | 3.9-42.8 | 1 | 8.7 | 1.2-42.4 |
| 25-34 | 87 | 14 | 13.1 | 7.3-22.5 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.2-19.5 | 33 | 40.5 | 29.0-53.0 | 20 | 22.8 | 14.2-34.5 | 14 | 16.7 | 9.3-28.2 |
| 35-44 | 141 | 12 | 12.7 | 6.7-22.7 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.9- 8.8 | 37 | 23.8 | 16.5-33.1 | 30 | 20.7 | 12.9-31.5 | 53 | 38.6 | 29.1-49.1 |
| 45-54 | 252 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.6- 9.4 | 11 | 4.4 | 1.9- 9.8 | 46 | 17.6 | 12.6-24.1 | 27 | 9.6 | 6.4-14.3 | 155 | 63.3 | 55.9-70.2 |
| 55-64 | 377 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.5- 5.1 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.6 | 46 | 12.9 | 9.2-17.6 | 35 | 8.1 | 5.5-11.9 | 277 | 74.6 | 69.1-79.5 |
| 65-74 | 310 | 5 | 1.7 | 0.6- 4.8 | 5 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.3 | 31 | 9.7 | 6.4-14.5 | 22 | 7.9 | 5.0-12.3 | 247 | 79.2 | 73.3-84.1 |
| 75+ | 226 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 3 | 1.0 | 0.3- 3.5 | 12 | 3.8 | 2.0- 7.2 | 10 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.7 | 200 | 91.3 | 87.0-94.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 240 | 9 | 6.6 | 2.1-19.1 | 6 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.5 | 40 | 20.3 | 13.9-28.8 | 21 | 10.6 | 5.3-19.8 | 164 | 57.9 | 48.0-67.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 429 | 29 | 10.4 | 6.8-15.7 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.5 | 53 | 13.7 | 9.8-19.0 | 41 | 11.2 | 7.4-16.5 | 294 | 61.7 | 55.1-67.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 359 | 20 | 10.5 | 5.2-20.1 | 14 | 3.4 | 1.7- 6.5 | 56 | 16.4 | 12.0-21.9 | 39 | 11.2 | 7.8-15.7 | 230 | 58.6 | 51.1-65.7 |
| College Graduate | 394 | 9 | 3.5 | 1.6- 7.9 | 12 | 2.8 | 1.4- 5.3 | 60 | 17.6 | 13.2-22.9 | 47 | 12.8 | 9.2-17.6 | 266 | 63.3 | 57.1-69.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 163 | 11 | 8.9 | 4.1-18.1 | 4 | 2.5 | 0.9- 6.6 | 26 | 15.0 | 9.7-22.3 | 14 | 9.0 | 4.9-16.1 | 108 | 64.6 | 55.0-73.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 220 | 9 | 13.5 | 5.3-30.3 | 6 | 1.6 | 0.6- 3.9 | 34 | 17.6 | 11.3-26.5 | 17 | 12.8 | 6.2-24.6 | 154 | 54.4 | 43.2-65.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 175 | 10 | 7.1 | 3.2-15.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.5-17.1 | 28 | 18.0 | 11.9-26.5 | 18 | 9.7 | 5.6-16.3 | 115 | 59.8 | 49.9-69.0 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 208 | 9 | 4.1 | 2.0- 8.2 | 11 | 3.9 | 1.7- 8.7 | 30 | 16.8 | 11.5-24.0 | 29 | 13.3 | 8.9-19.4 | 129 | 62.0 | 53.5-69.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 212 | 8 | 6.7 | 3.0-14.3 | 6 | 3.1 | 1.0- 9.4 | 41 | 19.6 | 13.7-27.2 | 36 | 18.4 | 12.9-25.6 | 121 | 52.2 | 44.0-60.3 |
| $75,000+ | 233 | 11 | 8.4 | 4.1-16.4 | 6 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.7 | 26 | 10.5 | 6.9-15.6 | 20 | 8.0 | 4.8-12.9 | 170 | 70.3 | 62.5-77.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 633 | 26 | 5.4 | 3.3- 8.7 | 17 | 3.0 | 1.7- 5.3 | 84 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.2 | 54 | 9.8 | 7.2-13.2 | 452 | 67.7 | 62.8-72.3 |
| No | 777 | 40 | 9.6 | 6.1-14.7 | 25 | 3.4 | 2.0- 6.0 | 124 | 18.3 | 14.9-22.2 | 93 | 12.7 | 9.6-16.5 | 495 | 56.0 | 51.0-60.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 382 | 17 | 7.8 | 4.4-13.4 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.7- 4.6 | 42 | 12.2 | 8.6-17.0 | 36 | 10.0 | 7.0-14.2 | 281 | 68.2 | 61.9-73.8 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,040 | 50 | 8.1 | 5.3-12.4 | 38 | 3.9 | 2.5- 6.1 | 167 | 18.3 | 15.2-21.8 | 112 | 12.1 | 9.4-15.4 | 673 | 57.6 | 53.1-61.8 |
* 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.
** 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.
***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.
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