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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 | 3,084 | 553 | 19.7 | 17.6-22.1 | 466 | 15.2 | 13.2-17.5 | 333 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.8 | 1,191 | 32.8 | 30.3-35.3 | 541 | 22.2 | 19.7-24.9 |
| -Western NC | 601 | 115 | 21.2 | 16.8-26.5 | 106 | 19.4 | 15.1-24.7 | 60 | 7.8 | 5.6-10.7 | 208 | 29.5 | 24.8-34.6 | 112 | 22.1 | 17.6-27.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||||||||
| Male | 228 | 44 | 22.1 | 15.2-31.0 | 38 | 19.4 | 12.7-28.5 | 19 | 5.8 | 3.1-10.6 | 66 | 23.8 | 17.0-32.1 | 61 | 28.9 | 21.4-37.9 |
| Female | 373 | 71 | 20.3 | 15.5-26.2 | 68 | 19.4 | 14.7-25.3 | 41 | 9.8 | 6.8-14.0 | 142 | 35.5 | 29.7-41.8 | 51 | 14.9 | 10.9-20.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||||||||
| White | 551 | 102 | 20.2 | 16.0-25.2 | 98 | 19.6 | 15.2-25.0 | 57 | 8.4 | 6.0-11.6 | 194 | 31.6 | 26.6-37.0 | 100 | 20.2 | 16.1-25.0 |
| African American | 19 | 3 | 9.9 | 2.3-34.5 | 4 | 17.3 | 4.8-46.5 | 1 | 2.2 | 0.3-16.1 | 6 | 17.5 | 5.3-44.3 | 5 | 53.0 | 19.3-84.2 |
| Other Minorities | 29 | 9 | 40.7 | 15.7-71.6 | 3 | 17.1 | 3.1-57.1 | 2 | 2.6 | 0.5-13.5 | 8 | 8.8 | 3.3-21.2 | 7 | 30.8 | 11.6-60.0 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 13 | 5 | 59.8 | 24.7-87.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 2.8 | 0.5-13.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 1.3-28.4 | 4 | 30.8 | 8.7-67.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 588 | 110 | 19.6 | 15.6-24.3 | 106 | 20.2 | 15.7-25.6 | 58 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.0 | 206 | 30.4 | 25.6-35.7 | 108 | 21.7 | 17.2-27.0 |
| AGE | ||||||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 22 | 8 | 33.0 | 13.9-59.9 | 5 | 27.9 | 10.0-57.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 21.8 | 6.8-51.6 | 5 | 17.3 | 6.1-40.4 |
| 25-34 | 73 | 16 | 25.6 | 15.4-39.4 | 10 | 14.7 | 7.3-27.4 | 6 | 7.4 | 2.8-18.2 | 24 | 23.4 | 14.4-35.6 | 17 | 29.0 | 17.3-44.2 |
| 35-44 | 118 | 29 | 20.8 | 14.0-29.7 | 21 | 20.1 | 12.9-30.1 | 6 | 3.3 | 1.2- 8.4 | 36 | 32.8 | 23.6-43.6 | 26 | 23.0 | 15.6-32.6 |
| 45-54 | 144 | 24 | 17.6 | 11.4-26.2 | 25 | 19.9 | 12.9-29.4 | 16 | 11.6 | 6.7-19.2 | 44 | 26.3 | 19.0-35.2 | 35 | 24.6 | 17.4-33.6 |
| 55-64 | 131 | 20 | 15.0 | 9.1-23.7 | 22 | 17.4 | 11.0-26.6 | 21 | 17.1 | 10.8-26.0 | 51 | 35.8 | 27.2-45.4 | 17 | 14.7 | 8.7-23.9 |
| 65-74 | 80 | 15 | 16.2 | 9.6-26.1 | 17 | 22.5 | 12.8-36.3 | 8 | 8.3 | 3.9-17.0 | 32 | 39.9 | 28.6-52.4 | 8 | 13.1 | 6.5-24.4 |
| 75+ | 32 | 3 | 6.1 | 1.8-18.4 | 6 | 18.0 | 7.4-37.7 | 3 | 10.0 | 2.8-29.8 | 17 | 56.5 | 37.3-73.8 | 3 | 9.4 | 2.8-27.1 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 114 | 17 | 16.8 | 9.4-28.3 | 21 | 27.8 | 15.5-44.8 | 14 | 8.8 | 4.6-16.2 | 36 | 21.8 | 14.2-32.1 | 26 | 24.7 | 15.9-36.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 220 | 48 | 24.0 | 16.2-34.0 | 34 | 15.4 | 9.9-23.2 | 24 | 7.4 | 4.6-11.7 | 74 | 31.6 | 23.2-41.3 | 40 | 21.7 | 15.2-29.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 172 | 33 | 20.6 | 13.6-30.1 | 27 | 17.6 | 11.5-26.1 | 14 | 6.6 | 3.3-12.7 | 64 | 32.0 | 23.9-41.3 | 34 | 23.2 | 14.3-35.3 |
| College Graduate | 94 | 16 | 20.9 | 11.3-35.5 | 24 | 21.2 | 13.3-32.1 | 8 | 9.4 | 3.4-23.4 | 34 | 30.5 | 19.8-43.8 | 12 | 17.9 | 8.6-33.7 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 105 | 17 | 17.9 | 9.1-32.2 | 11 | 12.3 | 6.3-22.8 | 9 | 6.4 | 3.1-13.0 | 59 | 51.8 | 39.1-64.3 | 9 | 11.5 | 5.6-22.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 164 | 30 | 21.9 | 14.6-31.5 | 26 | 20.1 | 11.1-33.6 | 20 | 8.6 | 5.2-14.0 | 48 | 26.7 | 19.0-36.1 | 40 | 22.7 | 15.9-31.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 71 | 13 | 20.3 | 8.1-42.4 | 17 | 16.8 | 8.3-31.3 | 6 | 5.6 | 2.2-13.8 | 16 | 21.5 | 11.7-36.0 | 19 | 35.8 | 20.6-54.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 98 | 18 | 21.9 | 12.6-35.2 | 23 | 25.4 | 16.2-37.4 | 4 | 3.9 | 1.3-11.3 | 35 | 25.7 | 17.2-36.6 | 18 | 23.1 | 13.4-37.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 68 | 13 | 21.9 | 12.1-36.3 | 14 | 17.4 | 8.8-31.6 | 8 | 9.1 | 3.6-21.2 | 20 | 27.1 | 15.7-42.7 | 13 | 24.4 | 13.1-41.0 |
| $75,000+ | 43 | 10 | 22.8 | 11.9-39.1 | 7 | 16.6 | 7.4-33.2 | 4 | 15.7 | 4.6-41.8 | 16 | 32.3 | 19.0-49.2 | 6 | 12.6 | 5.1-27.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 266 | 36 | 16.1 | 10.8-23.4 | 32 | 14.2 | 8.1-23.8 | 32 | 8.7 | 5.7-13.0 | 136 | 49.4 | 40.7-58.1 | 30 | 11.6 | 7.5-17.6 |
| No | 327 | 78 | 24.8 | 18.6-32.2 | 73 | 22.9 | 17.3-29.8 | 27 | 7.2 | 4.4-11.6 | 70 | 17.3 | 12.8-22.9 | 79 | 27.8 | 21.4-35.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||||||||
| Veteran | 73 | 15 | 16.3 | 8.9-27.8 | 14 | 22.1 | 12.6-35.8 | 9 | 12.3 | 5.8-24.3 | 30 | 43.2 | 30.6-56.8 | 5 | 6.0 | 1.7-19.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 528 | 100 | 21.8 | 17.0-27.5 | 92 | 19.1 | 14.5-24.8 | 51 | 7.3 | 5.1-10.4 | 178 | 28.0 | 23.1-33.5 | 107 | 23.8 | 18.9-29.5 |
*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.
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