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| Total Respond.^ |
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 |
| -Western NC | 383 | 66 | 19.7 | 14.8-25.7 | 51 | 15.0 | 10.7-20.6 | 32 | 5.1 | 3.3- 7.7 | 149 | 35.1 | 29.0-41.7 | 85 | 25.1 | 19.5-31.8 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 159 | 28 | 18.2 | 11.7-27.4 | 20 | 14.9 | 8.8-24.1 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.1 | 54 | 29.4 | 21.0-39.6 | 47 | 34.2 | 25.0-44.9 |
| Female | 224 | 38 | 21.3 | 14.7-29.8 | 31 | 15.1 | 10.1-22.1 | 22 | 7.3 | 4.2-12.1 | 95 | 41.5 | 33.4-50.0 | 38 | 14.9 | 10.3-21.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 336 | 60 | 20.6 | 15.3-27.1 | 43 | 14.9 | 10.4-20.9 | 30 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.3 | 133 | 36.5 | 30.0-43.7 | 70 | 22.5 | 17.0-29.3 |
| African American | 15 | 2 | 9.2 | 1.9-34.0 | 3 | 34.2 | 12.3-65.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 48.5 | 23.0-74.7 | 2 | 8.2 | 1.8-30.3 |
| Other Minorities | 30 | 4 | 13.0 | 3.6-37.3 | 5 | 8.9 | 2.5-27.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 6.0 | 8 | 11.0 | 4.3-25.6 | 12 | 66.2 | 41.9-84.2 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13 | 2 | 17.3 | 3.6-53.7 | 2 | 9.1 | 1.9-34.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 8.3 | 2.2-26.5 | 6 | 65.3 | 32.9-87.8 |
| Non-Hispanic | 370 | 64 | 19.8 | 14.8-26.0 | 49 | 15.2 | 10.8-21.0 | 32 | 5.3 | 3.5- 8.0 | 146 | 36.2 | 29.9-43.0 | 79 | 23.5 | 18.0-30.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 18 | 5 | 30.0 | 11.7-58.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 4.5 | 0.6-26.5 | 8 | 33.3 | 14.4-59.6 | 4 | 32.3 | 12.8-60.6 |
| 25-34 | 57 | 12 | 19.7 | 10.5-34.0 | 8 | 16.4 | 7.0-33.9 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.5-11.1 | 18 | 30.5 | 17.2-48.1 | 15 | 29.3 | 16.4-46.8 |
| 35-44 | 74 | 14 | 20.7 | 11.3-34.8 | 16 | 27.6 | 16.7-41.9 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.4- 3.7 | 22 | 27.2 | 17.2-40.2 | 18 | 23.3 | 13.8-36.5 |
| 45-54 | 90 | 16 | 17.7 | 9.8-29.9 | 12 | 15.7 | 8.1-28.2 | 9 | 7.0 | 3.3-14.5 | 28 | 32.8 | 21.4-46.7 | 25 | 26.8 | 16.9-39.8 |
| 55-64 | 82 | 7 | 12.6 | 5.5-26.1 | 8 | 9.2 | 4.1-19.3 | 7 | 5.9 | 2.6-12.9 | 47 | 55.8 | 42.7-68.2 | 13 | 16.5 | 8.8-29.0 |
| 65-74 | 53 | 9 | 15.4 | 7.2-29.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 3.4-25.9 | 7 | 13.5 | 6.1-27.1 | 23 | 41.6 | 26.7-58.2 | 9 | 19.6 | 9.7-35.4 |
| 75+ | 9 | 3 | 40.1 | 11.7-77.2 | 2 | 10.1 | 1.7-42.9 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 41.1 | 12.5-77.2 | 1 | 8.7 | 1.1-44.3 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 81 | 8 | 11.1 | 4.8-23.6 | 8 | 5.3 | 2.3-11.6 | 8 | 6.0 | 2.4-14.2 | 32 | 36.4 | 21.8-54.1 | 25 | 41.2 | 25.7-58.6 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 135 | 26 | 22.1 | 13.8-33.4 | 22 | 17.8 | 10.5-28.6 | 8 | 4.2 | 1.8- 9.5 | 53 | 35.8 | 26.3-46.7 | 26 | 20.0 | 12.7-30.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 109 | 21 | 22.7 | 14.0-34.5 | 16 | 19.9 | 11.6-31.8 | 9 | 4.5 | 2.2- 9.1 | 42 | 35.0 | 24.9-46.6 | 21 | 18.0 | 10.2-29.7 |
| College Graduate | 58 | 11 | 19.4 | 9.8-34.7 | 5 | 10.4 | 4.0-24.1 | 7 | 8.2 | 3.5-18.0 | 22 | 30.1 | 18.0-45.8 | 13 | 31.9 | 18.6-49.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 72 | 6 | 8.6 | 2.9-22.9 | 8 | 9.9 | 4.2-21.6 | 8 | 9.1 | 4.1-18.9 | 39 | 61.6 | 45.2-75.8 | 11 | 10.8 | 5.4-20.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 81 | 12 | 16.1 | 8.3-29.0 | 8 | 12.7 | 5.0-28.6 | 11 | 5.4 | 2.6-10.9 | 30 | 30.1 | 18.9-44.2 | 20 | 35.8 | 22.5-51.6 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 61 | 9 | 15.6 | 6.7-32.2 | 13 | 25.2 | 13.5-41.9 | 3 | 3.0 | 0.8-10.3 | 22 | 33.6 | 20.2-50.2 | 14 | 22.7 | 12.2-38.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 61 | 12 | 22.1 | 10.8-40.1 | 9 | 20.4 | 10.1-37.0 | 5 | 4.4 | 1.7-11.0 | 23 | 37.8 | 23.5-54.7 | 12 | 15.2 | 7.8-27.5 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 36 | 11 | 23.2 | 10.9-42.8 | 5 | 18.8 | 7.5-39.6 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.2 | 12 | 33.5 | 18.3-53.1 | 7 | 23.8 | 10.3-45.8 |
| $75,000+ | 25 | 7 | 36.2 | 17.1-61.0 | 4 | 14.7 | 4.6-38.3 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 14.2 | 5.6-31.4 | 8 | 34.9 | 16.1-60.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 175 | 13 | 6.3 | 3.2-12.1 | 24 | 14.3 | 8.9-22.1 | 13 | 4.8 | 2.6- 8.6 | 103 | 58.6 | 48.4-68.1 | 22 | 16.1 | 9.3-26.2 |
| No | 206 | 53 | 29.0 | 21.4-38.0 | 27 | 15.6 | 9.8-23.9 | 19 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.4 | 45 | 18.7 | 12.9-26.5 | 62 | 31.3 | 23.4-40.4 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 49 | 11 | 23.8 | 11.9-42.1 | 7 | 13.8 | 5.9-29.1 | 3 | 4.8 | 1.5-14.4 | 19 | 36.5 | 21.9-54.0 | 9 | 21.0 | 10.2-38.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 334 | 55 | 19.1 | 14.0-25.7 | 44 | 15.1 | 10.5-21.3 | 29 | 5.1 | 3.3- 8.0 | 130 | 34.9 | 28.3-42.1 | 76 | 25.7 | 19.6-32.9 |
*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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