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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,569 | 12,436 | 77.9 | 77.0-78.9 | 3,133 | 22.1 | 21.1-23.0 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||
Alamance | 389 | 290 | 73.0 | 66.3-78.9 | 99 | 27.0 | 21.1-33.7 |
Buncombe | 358 | 300 | 80.2 | 73.6-85.5 | 58 | 19.8 | 14.5-26.4 |
Cabarrus | 386 | 317 | 81.6 | 75.6-86.4 | 69 | 18.4 | 13.6-24.4 |
Catawba | 402 | 316 | 77.3 | 70.8-82.7 | 86 | 22.7 | 17.3-29.2 |
Cumberland | 442 | 335 | 70.8 | 64.4-76.5 | 107 | 29.2 | 23.5-35.6 |
Davidson | 423 | 325 | 76.1 | 70.5-80.9 | 98 | 23.9 | 19.1-29.5 |
Durham | 399 | 338 | 82.0 | 75.3-87.2 | 61 | 18.0 | 12.8-24.7 |
Forsyth | 417 | 331 | 76.7 | 70.8-81.7 | 86 | 23.3 | 18.3-29.2 |
Gaston | 390 | 307 | 75.9 | 69.4-81.4 | 83 | 24.1 | 18.6-30.6 |
Guilford | 445 | 367 | 78.6 | 72.6-83.6 | 78 | 21.4 | 16.4-27.4 |
Iredell | 439 | 354 | 74.4 | 67.9-79.9 | 85 | 25.6 | 20.1-32.1 |
Johnston | 447 | 353 | 75.8 | 68.7-81.6 | 94 | 24.2 | 18.4-31.3 |
Mecklenburg | 832 | 705 | 82.1 | 77.9-85.6 | 127 | 17.9 | 14.4-22.1 |
New Hanover | 390 | 322 | 83.2 | 78.4-87.2 | 68 | 16.8 | 12.8-21.6 |
Onslow | 391 | 303 | 74.9 | 68.4-80.4 | 88 | 25.1 | 19.6-31.6 |
Orange | 363 | 329 | 88.0 | 79.8-93.2 | 34 | 12.0 | 6.8-20.2 |
Pitt | 395 | 323 | 82.2 | 77.1-86.4 | 72 | 17.8 | 13.6-22.9 |
Randolph | 386 | 302 | 77.6 | 71.2-82.9 | 84 | 22.4 | 17.1-28.8 |
Robeson | 395 | 300 | 75.2 | 69.3-80.3 | 95 | 24.8 | 19.7-30.7 |
Rowan | 450 | 362 | 79.6 | 73.8-84.3 | 88 | 20.4 | 15.7-26.2 |
Union | 391 | 330 | 83.3 | 78.0-87.5 | 61 | 16.7 | 12.5-22.0 |
Wake | 652 | 572 | 87.5 | 83.7-90.6 | 80 | 12.5 | 9.4-16.3 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 418 | 335 | 80.4 | 74.8-85.0 | 83 | 19.6 | 15.0-25.2 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 506 | 389 | 70.6 | 64.7-75.9 | 117 | 29.4 | 24.1-35.3 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 435 | 361 | 84.5 | 80.0-88.1 | 74 | 15.5 | 11.9-20.0 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 446 | 352 | 78.7 | 73.5-83.2 | 94 | 21.3 | 16.8-26.5 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 471 | 377 | 78.7 | 73.6-83.1 | 94 | 21.3 | 16.9-26.4 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 430 | 326 | 73.2 | 67.6-78.2 | 104 | 26.8 | 21.8-32.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 390 | 273 | 66.1 | 58.9-72.6 | 117 | 33.9 | 27.4-41.1 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 458 | 374 | 79.4 | 74.3-83.7 | 84 | 20.6 | 16.3-25.7 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 568 | 453 | 75.8 | 70.2-80.6 | 115 | 24.2 | 19.4-29.8 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 425 | 315 | 70.8 | 64.6-76.3 | 110 | 29.2 | 23.7-35.4 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 419 | 326 | 71.6 | 64.8-77.6 | 93 | 28.4 | 22.4-35.2 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 454 | 343 | 70.3 | 64.2-75.9 | 111 | 29.7 | 24.1-35.8 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 567 | 431 | 77.6 | 72.7-81.9 | 136 | 22.4 | 18.1-27.3 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | |||||||
Yes | 1,075 | 844 | 75.5 | 71.8-78.9 | 231 | 24.5 | 21.1-28.2 |
No | 14,494 | 11,592 | 78.1 | 77.1-79.1 | 2,902 | 21.9 | 20.9-22.9 |
NC REGIONS** | |||||||
Eastern NC | 5,212 | 4,105 | 76.5 | 74.8-78.1 | 1,107 | 23.5 | 21.9-25.2 |
Piedmont | 8,697 | 7,040 | 79.2 | 77.9-80.5 | 1,657 | 20.8 | 19.5-22.1 |
Western NC | 1,660 | 1,291 | 75.7 | 72.7-78.5 | 369 | 24.3 | 21.5-27.3 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | |||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 925 | 731 | 78.4 | 74.6-81.8 | 194 | 21.6 | 18.2-25.4 |
Northwest | 3,113 | 2,432 | 74.3 | 71.9-76.5 | 681 | 25.7 | 23.5-28.1 |
Charlotte | 2,382 | 1,961 | 79.7 | 77.1-82.1 | 421 | 20.3 | 17.9-22.9 |
Greensboro | 1,994 | 1,613 | 77.6 | 74.6-80.3 | 381 | 22.4 | 19.7-25.4 |
Southern Regional | 1,595 | 1,222 | 73.0 | 69.6-76.1 | 373 | 27.0 | 23.9-30.4 |
Coastal | 814 | 653 | 79.5 | 75.7-82.8 | 161 | 20.5 | 17.2-24.3 |
Wake | 2,086 | 1,709 | 83.0 | 80.5-85.3 | 377 | 17.0 | 14.7-19.5 |
Area L | 677 | 531 | 76.3 | 71.8-80.3 | 146 | 23.7 | 19.7-28.2 |
Eastern | 1,983 | 1,584 | 78.2 | 75.5-80.7 | 399 | 21.8 | 19.3-24.5 |
*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
^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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