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| Total Respond.^ |
Not allowed anywhere | Allowed in some places | Allowed anywhere | No rules about smoking | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,583 | 5,655 | 75.2 | 73.7-76.5 | 549 | 8.2 | 7.3- 9.2 | 374 | 4.2 | 3.6- 4.8 | 1,005 | 12.4 | 11.4-13.5 |
| -Western NC | 809 | 581 | 70.4 | 65.7-74.8 | 63 | 10.1 | 7.4-13.7 | 39 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.4 | 126 | 15.3 | 12.0-19.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 298 | 207 | 61.6 | 53.8-68.9 | 26 | 13.0 | 8.4-19.7 | 12 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.3 | 53 | 20.8 | 14.9-28.3 |
| Female | 511 | 374 | 78.4 | 73.7-82.4 | 37 | 7.5 | 5.0-11.1 | 27 | 3.7 | 2.3- 5.8 | 73 | 10.4 | 7.8-13.7 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 729 | 519 | 69.6 | 64.6-74.2 | 57 | 10.0 | 7.2-13.8 | 35 | 4.4 | 2.8- 6.9 | 118 | 16.0 | 12.4-20.3 |
| African American | 25 | 19 | 63.8 | 36.2-84.5 | 1 | 3.5 | 0.5-21.4 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.3-21.8 | 3 | 27.0 | 8.6-59.4 |
| Other Minorities | 50 | 40 | 80.8 | 62.6-91.4 | 5 | 14.1 | 5.1-33.2 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 3.1 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.1-16.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 33 | 27 | 82.8 | 62.4-93.3 | 1 | 6.3 | 0.9-33.3 | 1 | 3.9 | 0.5-23.3 | 4 | 7.0 | 2.2-20.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 773 | 552 | 69.4 | 64.5-73.9 | 62 | 10.5 | 7.7-14.2 | 38 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.5 | 121 | 16.0 | 12.5-20.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 28 | 20 | 73.9 | 53.2-87.5 | 3 | 8.2 | 2.3-25.4 | 1 | 4.7 | 0.7-26.8 | 4 | 13.3 | 4.6-32.5 |
| 25-34 | 76 | 58 | 68.3 | 52.4-80.8 | 7 | 11.4 | 4.7-25.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 9.8-36.6 |
| 35-44 | 127 | 97 | 72.6 | 61.5-81.4 | 10 | 11.7 | 5.8-22.1 | 7 | 5.0 | 2.0-11.9 | 13 | 10.8 | 5.5-19.9 |
| 45-54 | 146 | 96 | 62.4 | 51.8-71.9 | 14 | 13.5 | 7.3-23.7 | 11 | 7.7 | 3.7-15.4 | 25 | 16.3 | 10.0-25.6 |
| 55-64 | 173 | 128 | 77.3 | 69.6-83.5 | 10 | 5.9 | 2.9-11.9 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.5- 9.8 | 26 | 11.7 | 7.6-17.7 |
| 65-74 | 143 | 98 | 69.9 | 60.3-78.0 | 12 | 7.2 | 3.7-13.9 | 7 | 2.8 | 1.2- 6.5 | 26 | 20.1 | 13.2-29.3 |
| 75+ | 111 | 80 | 70.2 | 58.7-79.5 | 7 | 11.7 | 5.6-23.1 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.4- 4.7 | 21 | 16.7 | 10.2-26.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 132 | 80 | 53.1 | 40.2-65.7 | 11 | 13.8 | 6.9-25.6 | 12 | 6.8 | 2.4-18.1 | 29 | 26.3 | 15.9-40.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 248 | 169 | 67.7 | 58.7-75.5 | 21 | 9.0 | 4.8-16.3 | 17 | 6.7 | 3.8-11.5 | 41 | 16.7 | 11.0-24.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 199 | 148 | 73.9 | 65.2-81.0 | 19 | 15.0 | 9.3-23.5 | 7 | 1.9 | 0.8- 4.6 | 25 | 9.2 | 5.5-14.9 |
| College Graduate | 226 | 181 | 83.2 | 76.4-88.4 | 12 | 4.5 | 2.2- 8.7 | 3 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.3 | 30 | 11.5 | 7.2-17.9 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 103 | 63 | 64.8 | 49.2-77.8 | 11 | 6.2 | 3.1-11.9 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.4-11.4 | 24 | 24.9 | 13.2-41.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 146 | 95 | 51.7 | 39.9-63.3 | 14 | 18.6 | 10.3-31.5 | 10 | 8.9 | 3.7-19.9 | 27 | 20.8 | 12.4-32.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 128 | 86 | 72.8 | 61.5-81.9 | 13 | 9.3 | 4.5-18.2 | 9 | 5.0 | 2.2-11.0 | 20 | 12.9 | 6.9-22.7 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 130 | 101 | 75.1 | 63.6-83.9 | 7 | 5.4 | 2.5-11.5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 5.2 | 20 | 18.5 | 10.6-30.2 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 93 | 71 | 77.5 | 65.1-86.4 | 6 | 10.4 | 4.1-23.9 | 5 | 3.5 | 1.3- 9.3 | 11 | 8.6 | 4.2-16.8 |
| $75,000+ | 88 | 75 | 83.2 | 70.6-91.1 | 4 | 5.6 | 1.9-15.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 9 | 11.2 | 4.9-23.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 314 | 216 | 67.9 | 59.9-74.9 | 27 | 10.1 | 6.3-15.7 | 21 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.6 | 50 | 15.4 | 10.1-22.7 |
| No | 481 | 354 | 71.5 | 65.4-76.8 | 36 | 10.4 | 7.0-15.3 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.4 | 73 | 15.0 | 11.1-20.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 117 | 88 | 70.9 | 58.9-80.6 | 9 | 14.3 | 6.8-27.4 | 2 | 2.9 | 0.7-11.7 | 18 | 11.9 | 7.1-19.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 692 | 493 | 70.4 | 65.2-75.1 | 54 | 9.5 | 6.8-13.3 | 37 | 4.3 | 2.7- 6.8 | 108 | 15.8 | 12.2-20.3 |
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^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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