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| Total Respond.^ |
Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,515 | 123 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.2 | 632 | 23.3 | 20.9-25.8 | 1,219 | 47.8 | 44.7-50.8 | 541 | 24.6 | 21.9-27.5 |
| -Eastern NC | 884 | 48 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.4 | 239 | 23.8 | 20.2-27.9 | 411 | 44.9 | 40.0-49.9 | 186 | 24.7 | 20.5-29.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 359 | 12 | 6.3 | 1.8-19.6 | 100 | 24.2 | 18.9-30.5 | 171 | 44.9 | 37.3-52.6 | 76 | 24.6 | 18.5-32.0 |
| Female | 525 | 36 | 6.9 | 4.2-11.1 | 139 | 23.3 | 18.7-28.6 | 240 | 44.9 | 38.9-51.1 | 110 | 24.9 | 19.5-31.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 590 | 29 | 4.2 | 2.4- 7.3 | 154 | 22.5 | 18.4-27.1 | 294 | 47.7 | 41.9-53.5 | 113 | 25.6 | 20.3-31.8 |
| African American | 196 | 15 | 12.7 | 3.7-35.2 | 54 | 26.2 | 18.0-36.5 | 83 | 42.8 | 31.7-54.7 | 44 | 18.3 | 11.7-27.6 |
| Other Minorities | 92 | 4 | 6.0 | 1.7-18.6 | 31 | 26.0 | 16.3-38.9 | 31 | 35.0 | 23.1-49.0 | 26 | 33.1 | 21.6-47.0 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 26 | 1 | 6.5 | 0.9-34.1 | 6 | 31.8 | 14.6-55.8 | 8 | 31.2 | 14.3-55.3 | 11 | 30.6 | 15.1-52.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 854 | 46 | 6.6 | 3.3-12.8 | 233 | 23.4 | 19.7-27.4 | 401 | 45.7 | 40.6-50.8 | 174 | 24.4 | 20.1-29.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 44 | 5 | 16.7 | 4.8-44.2 | 5 | 11.1 | 4.5-24.9 | 21 | 39.4 | 24.0-57.2 | 13 | 32.8 | 18.5-51.2 |
| 25-34 | 109 | 3 | 3.2 | 0.9-10.9 | 23 | 21.5 | 13.7-32.0 | 47 | 41.0 | 30.7-52.2 | 36 | 34.3 | 24.8-45.3 |
| 35-44 | 175 | 7 | 2.6 | 1.0- 6.3 | 47 | 25.0 | 18.2-33.4 | 82 | 52.4 | 43.3-61.4 | 39 | 20.0 | 14.1-27.6 |
| 45-54 | 237 | 9 | 4.1 | 1.8- 9.0 | 64 | 29.7 | 22.9-37.7 | 121 | 48.7 | 41.0-56.5 | 43 | 17.5 | 12.5-24.0 |
| 55-64 | 194 | 14 | 7.6 | 4.2-13.4 | 57 | 31.3 | 23.7-40.0 | 89 | 40.8 | 32.9-49.3 | 34 | 20.3 | 13.7-28.9 |
| 65-74 | 91 | 6 | 4.8 | 2.1-10.9 | 28 | 26.3 | 17.7-37.2 | 42 | 52.7 | 40.9-64.2 | 15 | 16.1 | 9.2-26.7 |
| 75+ | 28 | 4 | 6.4 | 2.0-18.8 | 13 | 48.4 | 27.4-70.0 | 9 | 34.6 | 17.3-57.1 | 2 | 10.7 | 2.6-34.9 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 162 | 14 | 7.8 | 4.0-14.7 | 53 | 23.3 | 16.1-32.4 | 68 | 45.1 | 34.2-56.6 | 27 | 23.8 | 14.7-36.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 337 | 20 | 9.7 | 3.5-24.3 | 83 | 22.5 | 16.7-29.4 | 157 | 41.2 | 33.2-49.7 | 77 | 26.6 | 19.7-34.9 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 250 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.5 | 64 | 24.1 | 17.8-31.7 | 118 | 47.1 | 38.9-55.5 | 55 | 25.5 | 18.5-34.0 |
| College Graduate | 134 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.1 | 39 | 29.1 | 19.9-40.5 | 67 | 52.7 | 41.2-63.9 | 27 | 17.9 | 10.9-28.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 159 | 13 | 7.3 | 3.3-15.4 | 45 | 33.0 | 22.6-45.4 | 76 | 42.7 | 31.4-54.8 | 25 | 17.0 | 10.4-26.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 181 | 11 | 5.3 | 2.4-11.1 | 52 | 22.3 | 15.3-31.3 | 78 | 43.9 | 33.7-54.6 | 40 | 28.6 | 18.9-40.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 116 | 9 | 18.1 | 4.6-50.3 | 33 | 21.7 | 12.8-34.4 | 44 | 37.5 | 23.9-53.3 | 30 | 22.7 | 13.3-35.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 121 | 6 | 3.8 | 1.3-10.6 | 27 | 19.4 | 12.1-29.7 | 64 | 53.7 | 41.9-65.2 | 24 | 23.0 | 14.1-35.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 130 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.7 | 32 | 23.3 | 15.6-33.2 | 63 | 42.3 | 31.7-53.7 | 32 | 32.5 | 22.1-45.0 |
| $75,000+ | 89 | 2 | 1.0 | 0.2- 4.3 | 28 | 33.4 | 21.8-47.4 | 42 | 45.0 | 31.3-59.5 | 17 | 20.6 | 9.4-39.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 407 | 28 | 11.0 | 4.6-24.3 | 104 | 23.2 | 17.6-29.8 | 187 | 42.4 | 34.9-50.2 | 88 | 23.4 | 17.6-30.5 |
| No | 472 | 20 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.5 | 134 | 24.1 | 19.5-29.4 | 221 | 46.8 | 40.4-53.3 | 97 | 25.8 | 20.1-32.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 153 | 4 | 12.7 | 2.2-48.5 | 46 | 27.5 | 18.0-39.8 | 68 | 34.3 | 23.7-46.8 | 35 | 25.5 | 16.5-37.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 730 | 44 | 5.3 | 3.4- 8.1 | 193 | 23.1 | 19.3-27.4 | 342 | 46.9 | 41.7-52.3 | 151 | 24.7 | 20.0-30.0 |
*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking daily or occasionally.
^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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