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| Total Respond.^ |
Regular | Lights | Ultra lights | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,777 | 971 | 41.3 | 38.2-44.4 | 1,251 | 43.4 | 40.5-46.3 | 555 | 15.3 | 13.7-17.2 |
| -Piedmont NC | 1,260 | 437 | 42.7 | 38.1-47.5 | 563 | 41.3 | 37.0-45.7 | 260 | 16.0 | 13.5-18.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 491 | 212 | 50.1 | 42.9-57.2 | 211 | 39.9 | 33.3-46.9 | 68 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.7 |
| Female | 769 | 225 | 34.8 | 29.6-40.4 | 352 | 42.8 | 37.8-48.0 | 192 | 22.3 | 18.6-26.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,020 | 297 | 35.3 | 30.0-40.9 | 490 | 45.0 | 40.0-50.0 | 233 | 19.7 | 16.6-23.3 |
| African American | 175 | 111 | 70.6 | 60.1-79.3 | 47 | 24.0 | 16.0-34.4 | 17 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.6 |
| Other Minorities | 62 | 28 | 40.9 | 26.9-56.6 | 24 | 49.9 | 34.3-65.5 | 10 | 9.2 | 3.7-20.7 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 44 | 15 | 31.2 | 17.0-50.3 | 24 | 60.3 | 41.3-76.6 | 5 | 8.4 | 2.5-24.9 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,214 | 421 | 43.4 | 38.7-48.3 | 539 | 40.0 | 35.7-44.5 | 254 | 16.5 | 14.0-19.4 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 61 | 36 | 62.9 | 47.0-76.4 | 22 | 33.3 | 20.4-49.3 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.2-11.7 |
| 25-34 | 155 | 56 | 46.2 | 34.8-58.0 | 73 | 37.6 | 28.0-48.4 | 26 | 16.1 | 10.2-24.6 |
| 35-44 | 251 | 84 | 35.8 | 28.5-43.9 | 132 | 50.8 | 42.9-58.7 | 35 | 13.4 | 9.1-19.3 |
| 45-54 | 338 | 125 | 37.9 | 31.2-45.2 | 154 | 44.5 | 37.5-51.6 | 59 | 17.6 | 13.1-23.3 |
| 55-64 | 261 | 87 | 38.1 | 30.6-46.2 | 102 | 35.8 | 28.9-43.3 | 72 | 26.1 | 20.1-33.1 |
| 65-74 | 140 | 34 | 19.6 | 13.1-28.2 | 58 | 46.6 | 36.0-57.5 | 48 | 33.8 | 24.6-44.3 |
| 75+ | 48 | 12 | 26.0 | 13.5-44.1 | 20 | 35.5 | 20.0-54.7 | 16 | 38.5 | 23.1-56.6 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 266 | 120 | 55.1 | 45.6-64.2 | 117 | 37.1 | 28.7-46.3 | 29 | 7.8 | 4.6-13.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 431 | 158 | 43.2 | 35.3-51.4 | 187 | 42.5 | 34.9-50.3 | 86 | 14.4 | 10.6-19.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 350 | 105 | 41.4 | 32.4-51.0 | 160 | 40.4 | 32.7-48.7 | 85 | 18.2 | 13.5-24.1 |
| College Graduate | 212 | 53 | 24.9 | 17.7-33.9 | 99 | 46.8 | 37.4-56.5 | 60 | 28.2 | 21.0-36.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 189 | 78 | 48.1 | 37.2-59.1 | 79 | 36.2 | 26.5-47.1 | 32 | 15.8 | 9.4-25.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 245 | 99 | 53.2 | 41.9-64.2 | 110 | 39.1 | 29.0-50.1 | 36 | 7.7 | 4.9-11.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 143 | 53 | 42.0 | 31.2-53.6 | 61 | 42.8 | 31.7-54.8 | 29 | 15.2 | 9.6-23.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 192 | 67 | 46.1 | 35.4-57.2 | 84 | 35.9 | 27.3-45.4 | 41 | 18.1 | 12.2-26.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 161 | 45 | 35.2 | 23.1-49.6 | 87 | 50.5 | 37.8-63.2 | 29 | 14.2 | 8.6-22.8 |
| $75,000+ | 178 | 37 | 27.7 | 16.9-42.0 | 84 | 42.4 | 32.2-53.4 | 57 | 29.8 | 21.7-39.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 544 | 206 | 43.5 | 36.7-50.6 | 227 | 40.1 | 33.6-46.9 | 111 | 16.4 | 12.6-21.1 |
| No | 710 | 229 | 42.5 | 36.4-48.8 | 333 | 41.8 | 36.2-47.6 | 148 | 15.7 | 12.7-19.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 174 | 71 | 45.7 | 33.4-58.6 | 78 | 42.1 | 31.1-54.0 | 25 | 12.1 | 7.0-20.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,086 | 366 | 42.3 | 37.4-47.4 | 485 | 41.2 | 36.6-45.9 | 235 | 16.5 | 13.8-19.5 |
*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.
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