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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,776 | 12,898 | 79.1 | 78.0-80.1 | 2,878 | 20.9 | 19.9-22.0 |
-Eastern NC | 5,289 | 4,289 | 77.5 | 75.5-79.3 | 1,000 | 22.5 | 20.7-24.5 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 1,916 | 1,508 | 74.9 | 71.6-78.0 | 408 | 25.1 | 22.0-28.4 |
Female | 3,373 | 2,781 | 79.9 | 77.8-81.8 | 592 | 20.1 | 18.2-22.2 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 3,549 | 2,878 | 77.9 | 75.6-80.0 | 671 | 22.1 | 20.0-24.4 |
African American | 1,220 | 1,000 | 75.9 | 71.2-80.0 | 220 | 24.1 | 20.0-28.8 |
Other Minorities | 490 | 387 | 78.1 | 72.4-82.8 | 103 | 21.9 | 17.2-27.6 |
HISPANIC | |||||||
Hispanic | 227 | 194 | 82.1 | 74.5-87.8 | 33 | 17.9 | 12.2-25.5 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,040 | 4,077 | 77.1 | 75.1-79.0 | 963 | 22.9 | 21.0-24.9 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 185 | 137 | 68.4 | 58.8-76.7 | 48 | 31.6 | 23.3-41.2 |
25-34 | 529 | 402 | 74.9 | 70.1-79.1 | 127 | 25.1 | 20.9-29.9 |
35-44 | 823 | 631 | 75.4 | 71.5-79.0 | 192 | 24.6 | 21.0-28.5 |
45-54 | 1,022 | 755 | 73.4 | 69.9-76.7 | 267 | 26.6 | 23.3-30.1 |
55-64 | 1,088 | 872 | 80.4 | 77.4-83.1 | 216 | 19.6 | 16.9-22.6 |
65-74 | 936 | 831 | 89.9 | 87.5-91.9 | 105 | 10.1 | 8.1-12.5 |
75+ | 670 | 633 | 94.2 | 91.5-96.1 | 37 | 5.8 | 3.9- 8.5 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 843 | 653 | 71.3 | 66.1-76.0 | 190 | 28.7 | 24.0-33.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,642 | 1,256 | 70.8 | 66.8-74.6 | 386 | 29.2 | 25.4-33.2 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,425 | 1,143 | 78.1 | 74.7-81.2 | 282 | 21.9 | 18.8-25.3 |
College Graduate | 1,364 | 1,223 | 89.9 | 87.5-91.8 | 141 | 10.1 | 8.2-12.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 685 | 503 | 68.2 | 62.2-73.6 | 182 | 31.8 | 26.4-37.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 852 | 641 | 69.4 | 64.2-74.2 | 211 | 30.6 | 25.8-35.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 591 | 462 | 69.7 | 61.6-76.7 | 129 | 30.3 | 23.3-38.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 753 | 620 | 79.0 | 74.6-82.8 | 133 | 21.0 | 17.2-25.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 771 | 633 | 81.3 | 77.1-84.8 | 138 | 18.7 | 15.2-22.9 |
$75,000+ | 937 | 835 | 87.0 | 83.4-89.9 | 102 | 13.0 | 10.1-16.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 2,087 | 1,634 | 72.6 | 69.2-75.9 | 453 | 27.4 | 24.1-30.8 |
No | 3,040 | 2,531 | 80.8 | 78.5-82.9 | 509 | 19.2 | 17.1-21.5 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 949 | 778 | 79.7 | 74.5-84.1 | 171 | 20.3 | 15.9-25.5 |
Non-Veteran | 4,337 | 3,509 | 77.0 | 74.9-79.0 | 828 | 23.0 | 21.0-25.1 |
*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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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