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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 3,288 | 666 | 21.4 | 19.4-23.5 | 519 | 15.4 | 13.8-17.2 | 304 | 8.2 | 7.1- 9.5 | 1,129 | 29.2 | 27.1-31.3 | 670 | 25.9 | 23.5-28.4 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||||||||
Alamance | 96 | 27 | 29.1 | 18.8-42.0 | 14 | 20.9 | 9.8-39.2 | 9 | 8.7 | 4.1-17.5 | 26 | 16.0 | 10.0-24.5 | 20 | 25.3 | 14.6-40.3 |
Buncombe | 63 | 17 | 36.2 | 21.3-54.3 | 4 | 5.3 | 1.6-16.2 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.9-12.9 | 26 | 27.5 | 17.1-41.1 | 11 | 25.9 | 13.9-43.1 |
Cabarrus | 78 | 17 | 17.6 | 10.2-28.7 | 14 | 14.8 | 8.3-24.9 | 6 | 4.7 | 1.9-11.4 | 25 | 39.5 | 25.2-55.8 | 16 | 23.4 | 12.5-39.5 |
Catawba | 87 | 16 | 11.1 | 6.3-18.9 | 14 | 16.4 | 9.0-28.2 | 8 | 10.1 | 4.2-22.7 | 27 | 29.3 | 18.0-44.0 | 22 | 33.0 | 18.9-50.9 |
Cumberland | 114 | 19 | 19.2 | 11.5-30.3 | 11 | 6.4 | 3.2-12.6 | 13 | 10.6 | 5.7-18.8 | 44 | 32.0 | 22.2-43.7 | 27 | 31.8 | 20.4-45.9 |
Davidson | 111 | 18 | 14.3 | 8.7-22.7 | 24 | 23.9 | 14.8-36.2 | 13 | 10.8 | 5.1-21.3 | 29 | 23.4 | 15.4-33.9 | 27 | 27.6 | 18.7-38.7 |
Durham | 71 | 15 | 31.3 | 16.4-51.4 | 17 | 17.7 | 9.4-30.8 | 5 | 8.4 | 3.2-20.4 | 17 | 14.7 | 7.9-25.6 | 17 | 28.0 | 13.9-48.2 |
Forsyth | 88 | 12 | 17.6 | 8.2-33.9 | 19 | 16.2 | 9.6-26.0 | 12 | 15.7 | 8.4-27.5 | 31 | 27.4 | 17.8-39.6 | 14 | 23.0 | 13.1-37.4 |
Gaston | 82 | 16 | 22.7 | 12.3-38.2 | 13 | 18.3 | 9.7-31.8 | 8 | 7.4 | 3.4-15.3 | 30 | 35.9 | 23.5-50.6 | 15 | 15.6 | 7.8-28.8 |
Guilford | 83 | 22 | 25.2 | 14.9-39.4 | 15 | 21.1 | 11.5-35.6 | 7 | 3.4 | 1.5- 7.4 | 24 | 27.9 | 17.4-41.6 | 15 | 22.4 | 11.3-39.5 |
Iredell | 87 | 23 | 22.3 | 13.7-34.3 | 10 | 9.2 | 4.3-18.3 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.8 | 28 | 37.4 | 24.7-52.2 | 19 | 26.8 | 16.1-41.0 |
Johnston | 97 | 19 | 22.1 | 11.2-38.8 | 16 | 13.8 | 7.3-24.7 | 5 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.9 | 43 | 39.5 | 25.2-55.7 | 14 | 22.0 | 10.7-39.8 |
Mecklenburg | 132 | 25 | 21.2 | 13.7-31.4 | 24 | 16.2 | 9.9-25.4 | 13 | 11.1 | 6.0-19.6 | 49 | 23.4 | 16.4-32.2 | 21 | 28.1 | 17.2-42.3 |
New Hanover | 73 | 9 | 13.2 | 6.6-24.5 | 20 | 27.0 | 16.5-41.0 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.6-16.1 | 24 | 33.4 | 22.2-46.9 | 12 | 18.6 | 10.1-31.6 |
Onslow | 94 | 13 | 10.1 | 5.3-18.6 | 11 | 11.1 | 5.7-20.5 | 11 | 8.3 | 3.8-17.4 | 42 | 37.9 | 26.2-51.3 | 17 | 32.5 | 19.5-48.9 |
Orange | 39 | 9 | 43.0 | 17.7-72.7 | 10 | 19.1 | 8.3-38.1 | 4 | 7.7 | 2.4-21.9 | 10 | 17.4 | 7.2-36.3 | 6 | 12.7 | 4.8-29.8 |
Pitt | 78 | 18 | 27.0 | 15.9-42.1 | 15 | 18.2 | 10.6-29.4 | 6 | 7.1 | 2.8-16.7 | 28 | 31.6 | 20.9-44.7 | 11 | 16.1 | 8.6-28.1 |
Randolph | 88 | 24 | 30.7 | 19.7-44.4 | 9 | 9.2 | 4.2-18.8 | 7 | 7.8 | 3.4-16.9 | 26 | 22.1 | 14.2-32.6 | 22 | 30.3 | 19.3-44.2 |
Robeson | 99 | 17 | 18.2 | 10.2-30.4 | 10 | 13.4 | 5.2-30.2 | 12 | 10.3 | 5.4-18.8 | 34 | 24.2 | 16.1-34.6 | 26 | 34.0 | 22.9-47.2 |
Rowan | 89 | 15 | 19.8 | 11.3-32.3 | 11 | 13.1 | 6.4-24.9 | 10 | 8.5 | 4.3-16.0 | 31 | 32.5 | 21.8-45.3 | 22 | 26.2 | 16.9-38.2 |
Union | 66 | 14 | 27.5 | 15.2-44.5 | 11 | 12.6 | 6.5-23.1 | 3 | 4.1 | 1.3-12.3 | 25 | 27.3 | 17.3-40.3 | 13 | 28.5 | 16.8-44.1 |
Wake | 87 | 11 | 18.2 | 9.4-32.3 | 12 | 15.3 | 7.8-27.8 | 9 | 8.0 | 3.9-15.8 | 35 | 29.0 | 19.2-41.2 | 20 | 29.5 | 16.9-46.2 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 85 | 19 | 18.3 | 10.8-29.4 | 16 | 20.9 | 10.5-37.1 | 8 | 11.8 | 5.2-24.7 | 30 | 36.9 | 24.6-51.3 | 12 | 12.1 | 6.4-21.5 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 122 | 22 | 14.9 | 9.0-23.8 | 14 | 9.5 | 5.0-17.3 | 14 | 12.3 | 6.1-23.4 | 44 | 33.2 | 23.5-44.6 | 28 | 30.0 | 19.4-43.4 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 83 | 22 | 20.8 | 13.1-31.4 | 13 | 11.6 | 6.4-20.0 | 7 | 12.1 | 4.8-27.4 | 28 | 31.0 | 20.7-43.6 | 13 | 24.5 | 13.8-39.5 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 95 | 19 | 16.0 | 9.7-25.3 | 12 | 11.4 | 6.0-20.7 | 7 | 10.3 | 4.2-22.9 | 33 | 31.0 | 21.4-42.6 | 24 | 31.3 | 20.2-45.0 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 101 | 25 | 31.0 | 20.0-44.8 | 17 | 14.2 | 8.3-23.1 | 14 | 15.8 | 8.5-27.6 | 29 | 19.8 | 12.9-29.3 | 16 | 19.1 | 11.0-31.2 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 107 | 24 | 21.2 | 13.3-32.1 | 20 | 25.2 | 15.9-37.6 | 9 | 7.0 | 3.1-14.8 | 35 | 28.8 | 20.0-39.6 | 19 | 17.8 | 10.4-28.7 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 126 | 24 | 22.7 | 12.7-37.4 | 21 | 16.6 | 9.2-28.2 | 11 | 5.1 | 2.6-10.0 | 44 | 32.9 | 22.1-46.0 | 26 | 22.6 | 13.8-34.7 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 89 | 27 | 30.7 | 20.7-43.0 | 16 | 16.3 | 9.6-26.5 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.5 | 22 | 20.2 | 13.1-29.8 | 20 | 29.7 | 19.2-43.0 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 110 | 22 | 16.1 | 9.3-26.4 | 16 | 21.7 | 11.9-36.1 | 12 | 11.4 | 6.1-20.2 | 37 | 25.7 | 16.3-38.0 | 23 | 25.2 | 15.0-39.2 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 117 | 26 | 22.8 | 15.1-32.8 | 18 | 12.7 | 7.3-21.1 | 7 | 4.9 | 2.1-10.7 | 41 | 32.7 | 22.4-45.1 | 25 | 26.9 | 16.5-40.7 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 94 | 15 | 14.5 | 7.8-25.5 | 10 | 9.0 | 4.5-17.2 | 10 | 7.7 | 3.4-16.6 | 34 | 33.0 | 21.7-46.7 | 25 | 35.7 | 22.4-51.7 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 114 | 20 | 18.2 | 10.4-29.9 | 17 | 9.8 | 5.6-16.7 | 13 | 6.8 | 3.5-12.8 | 41 | 33.2 | 23.1-45.0 | 23 | 32.0 | 20.8-45.8 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 143 | 25 | 19.6 | 12.3-29.9 | 25 | 24.4 | 15.5-36.1 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.9 | 57 | 34.0 | 24.6-45.0 | 29 | 20.3 | 13.1-30.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 245 | 53 | 17.0 | 12.3-23.1 | 33 | 10.9 | 7.2-16.3 | 26 | 12.4 | 7.6-19.7 | 86 | 33.6 | 26.4-41.6 | 47 | 26.1 | 18.6-35.3 |
No | 3,043 | 613 | 21.7 | 19.6-23.9 | 486 | 15.7 | 14.0-17.6 | 278 | 7.9 | 6.8- 9.2 | 1,043 | 28.9 | 26.7-31.1 | 623 | 25.8 | 23.4-28.4 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,159 | 226 | 20.0 | 16.9-23.6 | 177 | 14.7 | 12.2-17.6 | 116 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.4 | 418 | 30.3 | 27.0-33.8 | 222 | 24.4 | 20.8-28.4 |
Piedmont | 1,746 | 375 | 22.6 | 19.8-25.7 | 291 | 15.9 | 13.7-18.4 | 156 | 7.7 | 6.3- 9.4 | 562 | 26.9 | 24.2-29.8 | 362 | 26.8 | 23.4-30.5 |
Western NC | 383 | 65 | 19.5 | 14.6-25.6 | 51 | 15.0 | 10.7-20.5 | 32 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.7 | 149 | 35.0 | 28.9-41.6 | 86 | 25.4 | 19.8-32.0 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 206 | 42 | 24.6 | 17.3-33.8 | 29 | 18.7 | 12.1-27.6 | 12 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.2 | 83 | 32.1 | 24.5-40.7 | 40 | 22.0 | 15.4-30.4 |
Northwest | 710 | 122 | 16.2 | 12.7-20.3 | 111 | 13.7 | 10.9-17.0 | 76 | 9.0 | 6.7-11.9 | 236 | 32.0 | 27.4-37.1 | 165 | 29.1 | 24.1-34.7 |
Charlotte | 438 | 92 | 21.9 | 16.8-28.1 | 69 | 13.3 | 9.8-17.8 | 37 | 8.4 | 5.6-12.5 | 156 | 28.2 | 22.9-34.1 | 84 | 28.2 | 21.5-36.1 |
Greensboro | 398 | 109 | 29.0 | 22.9-36.0 | 63 | 18.9 | 13.6-25.7 | 34 | 5.6 | 3.8- 8.2 | 115 | 23.9 | 18.5-30.3 | 77 | 22.6 | 16.6-30.0 |
Southern Regional | 387 | 75 | 20.9 | 15.9-27.0 | 51 | 12.8 | 9.0-17.8 | 43 | 11.2 | 7.6-16.1 | 127 | 26.0 | 20.8-32.0 | 91 | 29.2 | 22.8-36.4 |
Coastal | 170 | 31 | 18.9 | 12.5-27.6 | 39 | 26.6 | 18.6-36.5 | 16 | 7.7 | 4.1-13.9 | 56 | 29.2 | 21.9-37.8 | 28 | 17.6 | 11.4-26.3 |
Wake | 407 | 79 | 23.4 | 17.1-31.0 | 71 | 15.3 | 11.0-20.7 | 29 | 6.6 | 4.2-10.2 | 144 | 27.9 | 22.4-34.1 | 84 | 26.9 | 20.0-35.1 |
Area L | 148 | 31 | 16.4 | 11.0-23.6 | 16 | 10.2 | 5.9-17.1 | 13 | 10.3 | 5.2-19.2 | 58 | 38.8 | 29.9-48.5 | 30 | 24.4 | 16.2-35.0 |
Eastern | 424 | 85 | 20.7 | 15.4-27.2 | 70 | 15.6 | 11.4-21.1 | 44 | 11.6 | 7.7-17.1 | 154 | 30.2 | 24.7-36.3 | 71 | 21.8 | 16.4-28.4 |
*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.
^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, Edgecombe, 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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