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Regular | Lights | Ultra lights | |||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 2,986 | 1,026 | 39.6 | 37.0-42.3 | 1,356 | 45.6 | 43.1-48.2 | 604 | 14.7 | 13.3-16.3 |
COUNTY/REGIONS | ||||||||||
Alamance | 91 | 36 | 48.1 | 33.8-62.8 | 42 | 44.3 | 30.9-58.7 | 13 | 7.5 | 3.9-13.8 |
Buncombe | 55 | 19 | 44.3 | 27.6-62.4 | 23 | 41.9 | 25.9-59.9 | 13 | 13.8 | 6.9-25.5 |
Cabarrus | 66 | 14 | 17.4 | 9.3-30.4 | 36 | 57.4 | 40.8-72.4 | 16 | 25.2 | 13.2-42.7 |
Catawba | 83 | 18 | 35.0 | 20.4-53.1 | 47 | 48.1 | 33.4-63.1 | 18 | 16.9 | 9.7-27.9 |
Cumberland | 105 | 41 | 41.5 | 29.5-54.6 | 43 | 42.8 | 30.3-56.2 | 21 | 15.7 | 9.7-24.6 |
Davidson | 95 | 25 | 34.7 | 23.1-48.5 | 49 | 50.7 | 38.5-62.8 | 21 | 14.6 | 8.9-22.9 |
Durham | 58 | 28 | 58.4 | 40.4-74.4 | 20 | 27.3 | 15.8-43.0 | 10 | 14.3 | 6.3-29.4 |
Forsyth | 79 | 24 | 22.4 | 14.0-33.9 | 40 | 64.7 | 51.8-75.7 | 15 | 12.9 | 7.2-21.9 |
Gaston | 78 | 26 | 30.5 | 19.3-44.5 | 36 | 51.4 | 36.5-66.0 | 16 | 18.1 | 9.4-32.2 |
Guilford | 76 | 29 | 44.3 | 29.5-60.1 | 29 | 39.1 | 25.5-54.6 | 18 | 16.7 | 9.4-27.9 |
Iredell | 79 | 29 | 44.0 | 30.3-58.7 | 40 | 47.2 | 33.4-61.6 | 10 | 8.8 | 4.3-17.0 |
Johnston | 88 | 26 | 39.4 | 24.2-57.0 | 38 | 42.2 | 27.0-59.1 | 24 | 18.3 | 10.6-29.9 |
Mecklenburg | 115 | 42 | 42.4 | 30.0-55.9 | 49 | 42.8 | 31.3-55.2 | 24 | 14.7 | 8.9-23.5 |
New Hanover | 65 | 17 | 31.5 | 19.2-47.0 | 29 | 43.3 | 30.4-57.2 | 19 | 25.3 | 15.4-38.5 |
Onslow | 83 | 37 | 50.9 | 36.6-65.0 | 30 | 34.1 | 21.5-49.4 | 16 | 15.1 | 8.5-25.3 |
Orange | 31 | 14 | 58.6 | 30.5-82.0 | 12 | 32.4 | 13.6-59.4 | 5 | 9.0 | 2.9-24.7 |
Pitt | 70 | 23 | 37.8 | 24.5-53.3 | 31 | 44.2 | 31.0-58.4 | 16 | 17.9 | 10.1-29.8 |
Randolph | 80 | 19 | 29.9 | 18.1-45.1 | 39 | 43.9 | 31.3-57.4 | 22 | 26.2 | 16.3-39.2 |
Robeson | 92 | 34 | 41.3 | 29.6-54.1 | 47 | 47.8 | 35.5-60.3 | 11 | 10.9 | 5.5-20.6 |
Rowan | 83 | 29 | 41.4 | 28.8-55.2 | 36 | 42.0 | 30.1-55.0 | 18 | 16.6 | 10.0-26.3 |
Union | 59 | 15 | 28.4 | 16.2-44.8 | 26 | 50.7 | 35.4-65.9 | 18 | 20.9 | 12.1-33.7 |
Wake | 77 | 21 | 26.5 | 16.1-40.4 | 40 | 57.6 | 42.8-71.2 | 16 | 15.8 | 8.4-27.7 |
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico | 81 | 20 | 25.8 | 15.3-40.0 | 39 | 49.2 | 35.1-63.5 | 22 | 25.0 | 15.1-38.5 |
Northeast Partnership II*** | 114 | 47 | 50.5 | 38.6-62.2 | 50 | 40.4 | 29.5-52.4 | 17 | 9.1 | 5.2-15.5 |
Northeast Partnership I*** | 71 | 29 | 39.5 | 27.1-53.4 | 29 | 42.9 | 29.9-57.0 | 13 | 17.6 | 8.5-32.8 |
Franklin/Nash/Wilson | 87 | 29 | 37.5 | 25.6-51.1 | 40 | 48.5 | 35.9-61.3 | 18 | 14.0 | 7.9-23.6 |
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne | 89 | 37 | 38.7 | 27.4-51.3 | 36 | 47.4 | 35.0-60.2 | 16 | 13.9 | 7.9-23.1 |
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender | 101 | 34 | 38.8 | 27.8-51.1 | 42 | 42.1 | 30.9-54.1 | 25 | 19.1 | 12.3-28.4 |
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance | 115 | 36 | 45.6 | 32.6-59.2 | 55 | 39.8 | 28.6-52.2 | 24 | 14.6 | 9.1-22.5 |
Chatham/Lee/Moore | 78 | 27 | 41.7 | 29.6-55.0 | 28 | 34.5 | 23.7-47.2 | 23 | 23.8 | 15.3-35.1 |
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly | 107 | 39 | 49.7 | 36.7-62.8 | 51 | 40.5 | 28.6-53.6 | 17 | 9.8 | 5.3-17.4 |
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 106 | 34 | 37.6 | 25.7-51.3 | 56 | 52.0 | 39.4-64.4 | 16 | 10.3 | 5.8-17.6 |
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes | 88 | 38 | 46.8 | 33.0-61.1 | 42 | 47.4 | 33.9-61.3 | 8 | 5.8 | 2.5-12.9 |
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln | 108 | 39 | 43.2 | 31.0-56.2 | 47 | 44.1 | 32.3-56.6 | 22 | 12.8 | 7.5-20.8 |
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) | 133 | 51 | 38.1 | 27.8-49.6 | 59 | 49.0 | 37.6-60.4 | 23 | 12.9 | 7.2-22.2 |
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP*** | ||||||||||
Yes | 225 | 85 | 44.5 | 36.0-53.3 | 98 | 41.4 | 33.4-49.9 | 42 | 14.1 | 9.9-19.8 |
No | 2,761 | 941 | 39.3 | 36.6-42.0 | 1,258 | 45.9 | 43.3-48.7 | 562 | 14.8 | 13.3-16.4 |
NC REGIONS** | ||||||||||
Eastern NC | 1,058 | 378 | 40.1 | 36.0-44.3 | 462 | 43.9 | 39.8-48.1 | 218 | 16.0 | 13.6-18.7 |
Piedmont | 1,574 | 503 | 37.8 | 34.1-41.6 | 743 | 47.1 | 43.5-50.8 | 328 | 15.1 | 13.1-17.4 |
Western NC | 354 | 145 | 45.1 | 38.1-52.2 | 151 | 44.0 | 37.1-51.1 | 58 | 11.0 | 7.8-15.2 |
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC) | ||||||||||
Mountain AHEC*** | 188 | 70 | 39.8 | 30.8-49.7 | 82 | 47.0 | 37.4-56.8 | 36 | 13.2 | 8.3-20.2 |
Northwest | 648 | 216 | 38.9 | 33.5-44.6 | 318 | 50.0 | 44.5-55.5 | 114 | 11.1 | 8.9-13.8 |
Charlotte | 396 | 119 | 35.0 | 27.8-43.0 | 187 | 48.2 | 41.0-55.5 | 90 | 16.8 | 12.7-21.9 |
Greensboro | 361 | 124 | 43.8 | 36.2-51.8 | 168 | 42.1 | 34.9-49.6 | 69 | 14.1 | 10.4-18.9 |
Southern Regional | 358 | 139 | 43.8 | 36.8-51.1 | 157 | 42.1 | 35.0-49.5 | 62 | 14.1 | 10.5-18.6 |
Coastal | 155 | 46 | 35.5 | 26.4-45.8 | 65 | 40.9 | 31.7-50.9 | 44 | 23.6 | 16.8-32.1 |
Wake | 361 | 117 | 37.6 | 30.1-45.7 | 159 | 45.3 | 37.5-53.4 | 85 | 17.0 | 12.7-22.5 |
Area L | 136 | 55 | 44.8 | 34.6-55.5 | 57 | 41.7 | 32.0-52.0 | 24 | 13.5 | 8.3-21.2 |
Eastern | 383 | 140 | 39.8 | 33.2-46.7 | 163 | 44.1 | 37.4-51.1 | 80 | 16.1 | 12.2-20.9 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.
^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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