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Once | Twice | Three times | 4 or more times | Never | |||||||||||
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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 |
-Piedmont NC | 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 |
GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
Male | 758 | 171 | 25.1 | 20.8-29.9 | 126 | 15.2 | 12.2-18.8 | 57 | 6.0 | 4.3- 8.1 | 188 | 18.5 | 15.4-22.1 | 216 | 35.3 | 30.2-40.8 |
Female | 988 | 204 | 19.2 | 16.3-22.6 | 165 | 16.9 | 13.9-20.5 | 99 | 10.2 | 8.0-13.0 | 374 | 38.6 | 34.4-42.9 | 146 | 15.1 | 12.4-18.2 |
RACE | ||||||||||||||||
White | 1,343 | 293 | 23.1 | 19.9-26.8 | 233 | 16.9 | 14.3-19.9 | 123 | 8.3 | 6.7-10.4 | 434 | 28.7 | 25.5-32.1 | 260 | 22.9 | 19.5-26.7 |
African American | 284 | 54 | 18.0 | 12.8-24.9 | 47 | 18.3 | 12.8-25.5 | 27 | 7.5 | 4.7-11.8 | 101 | 29.1 | 22.8-36.4 | 55 | 27.0 | 19.1-36.7 |
Other Minorities | 116 | 27 | 25.7 | 16.3-37.9 | 10 | 6.6 | 3.1-13.3 | 6 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.6 | 26 | 13.7 | 7.9-22.6 | 47 | 49.3 | 36.7-62.0 |
HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
Hispanic | 69 | 17 | 26.8 | 15.1-43.1 | 9 | 7.8 | 3.3-16.9 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.2- 7.6 | 3 | 1.9 | 0.4- 9.4 | 38 | 62.2 | 46.1-75.9 |
Non-Hispanic | 1,677 | 358 | 22.2 | 19.4-25.3 | 282 | 16.7 | 14.3-19.3 | 154 | 8.4 | 6.8-10.2 | 559 | 29.3 | 26.4-32.3 | 324 | 23.5 | 20.3-27.0 |
AGE | ||||||||||||||||
18-24 | 101 | 25 | 26.8 | 17.7-38.5 | 15 | 13.3 | 7.7-22.1 | 4 | 3.1 | 1.1- 9.0 | 26 | 20.7 | 13.4-30.6 | 31 | 36.0 | 25.2-48.3 |
25-34 | 280 | 62 | 24.0 | 18.2-30.9 | 36 | 14.9 | 10.2-21.2 | 31 | 9.3 | 6.2-13.7 | 74 | 21.0 | 15.9-27.2 | 77 | 30.8 | 23.7-39.0 |
35-44 | 347 | 87 | 22.0 | 16.9-28.1 | 54 | 15.7 | 11.6-20.8 | 34 | 9.8 | 6.6-14.4 | 94 | 25.1 | 19.8-31.2 | 78 | 27.5 | 21.4-34.6 |
45-54 | 418 | 80 | 18.8 | 14.5-24.1 | 71 | 18.6 | 14.1-24.1 | 30 | 6.6 | 4.3-10.0 | 141 | 30.8 | 25.5-36.6 | 96 | 25.2 | 19.2-32.3 |
55-64 | 363 | 81 | 23.0 | 18.1-28.7 | 71 | 16.9 | 13.2-21.4 | 30 | 8.3 | 5.5-12.5 | 128 | 37.6 | 31.8-43.9 | 53 | 14.2 | 10.4-18.9 |
65-74 | 180 | 29 | 18.1 | 11.9-26.6 | 36 | 19.6 | 13.9-26.9 | 20 | 10.8 | 6.3-17.8 | 76 | 41.1 | 33.0-49.7 | 19 | 10.4 | 6.2-17.1 |
75+ | 45 | 8 | 14.8 | 6.8-29.1 | 5 | 10.5 | 4.2-23.7 | 6 | 14.7 | 5.7-33.0 | 21 | 44.8 | 27.9-62.9 | 5 | 15.3 | 5.5-35.7 |
EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 332 | 64 | 22.8 | 16.4-30.9 | 40 | 8.3 | 5.6-12.0 | 24 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.8 | 113 | 25.7 | 19.7-32.8 | 91 | 37.1 | 28.9-46.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 626 | 156 | 24.4 | 19.7-29.8 | 114 | 17.4 | 13.7-21.8 | 57 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.9 | 175 | 25.3 | 20.9-30.2 | 124 | 26.5 | 21.1-32.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 467 | 90 | 20.8 | 15.8-26.8 | 75 | 16.0 | 11.8-21.4 | 43 | 8.7 | 5.9-12.6 | 171 | 30.0 | 24.5-36.0 | 88 | 24.5 | 18.0-32.5 |
College Graduate | 320 | 65 | 21.6 | 15.8-28.7 | 62 | 21.4 | 15.7-28.6 | 32 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.2 | 102 | 26.7 | 21.3-32.9 | 59 | 19.5 | 14.2-26.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 243 | 27 | 16.7 | 9.5-27.6 | 32 | 10.8 | 6.3-18.0 | 20 | 5.1 | 3.0- 8.7 | 128 | 40.7 | 30.9-51.3 | 36 | 26.7 | 15.5-41.9 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 346 | 70 | 16.3 | 12.1-21.6 | 42 | 14.2 | 9.6-20.6 | 29 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.7 | 101 | 23.8 | 18.5-30.1 | 104 | 40.6 | 33.5-48.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 235 | 50 | 23.1 | 16.3-31.7 | 45 | 17.9 | 12.7-24.8 | 21 | 8.7 | 5.0-14.6 | 59 | 20.6 | 14.5-28.5 | 60 | 29.7 | 21.1-39.9 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 277 | 71 | 26.2 | 19.5-34.1 | 47 | 15.7 | 10.8-22.3 | 26 | 9.8 | 6.2-15.1 | 88 | 30.9 | 24.3-38.5 | 45 | 17.5 | 12.3-24.1 |
$50,000-74,999 | 233 | 58 | 24.3 | 16.9-33.5 | 48 | 18.4 | 12.4-26.4 | 22 | 8.4 | 5.0-13.8 | 61 | 25.3 | 18.3-33.9 | 44 | 23.7 | 15.2-35.1 |
$75,000+ | 237 | 58 | 25.6 | 18.5-34.4 | 48 | 19.2 | 13.5-26.5 | 22 | 8.9 | 5.5-14.2 | 68 | 20.9 | 15.6-27.4 | 41 | 25.4 | 17.3-35.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Yes | 692 | 105 | 17.1 | 13.0-22.1 | 91 | 14.6 | 11.0-19.2 | 55 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.0 | 357 | 43.5 | 38.2-48.9 | 84 | 19.1 | 14.1-25.3 |
No | 1,031 | 266 | 26.2 | 22.4-30.3 | 196 | 16.3 | 13.7-19.4 | 96 | 8.5 | 6.6-10.8 | 200 | 17.3 | 14.4-20.7 | 273 | 31.6 | 27.3-36.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
Veteran | 263 | 52 | 17.4 | 12.7-23.4 | 46 | 17.2 | 11.9-24.2 | 22 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.6 | 82 | 29.8 | 23.3-37.3 | 61 | 28.5 | 20.5-38.0 |
Non-Veteran | 1,481 | 323 | 23.5 | 20.3-27.0 | 245 | 15.7 | 13.3-18.5 | 134 | 7.9 | 6.3- 9.7 | 478 | 26.3 | 23.4-29.5 | 301 | 26.6 | 22.9-30.6 |
*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, 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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