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| Total Respond.^ |
Often/Sometimes | Rarely/Never | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 587 | 73 | 14.8 | 10.2-21.0 | 514 | 85.2 | 79.0-89.8 |
| -Eastern NC | 179 | 22 | 17.3 | 8.8-31.2 | 157 | 82.7 | 68.8-91.2 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 133 | 17 | 20.3 | 10.1-36.6 | 116 | 79.7 | 63.4-89.9 |
| Female | 46 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.8-13.9 | 41 | 94.8 | 86.1-98.2 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 125 | 17 | 21.2 | 10.5-38.2 | 108 | 78.8 | 61.8-89.5 |
| African American | 29 | 4 | 8.7 | 2.9-23.4 | 25 | 91.3 | 76.6-97.1 |
| Other Minorities | 24 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.7 | 23 | 99.2 | 94.3-99.9 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 4 | 1 | 10.6 | 1.0-56.9 | 3 | 89.4 | 43.1-99.0 |
| Non-Hispanic | 174 | 21 | 17.5 | 8.8-31.8 | 153 | 82.5 | 68.2-91.2 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 11 | 2 | 31.7 | 8.8-69.0 | 9 | 68.3 | 31.0-91.2 |
| 25-34 | 23 | 5 | 20.4 | 7.5-44.4 | 18 | 79.6 | 55.6-92.5 |
| 35-44 | 42 | 6 | 13.8 | 4.3-36.5 | 36 | 86.2 | 63.5-95.7 |
| 45-54 | 41 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.5-14.7 | 38 | 95.1 | 85.3-98.5 |
| 55-64 | 35 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.3-13.0 | 32 | 95.8 | 87.0-98.7 |
| 65-74 | 23 | 2 | 11.0 | 2.5-37.6 | 21 | 89.0 | 62.4-97.5 |
| 75+ | 3 | 1 | 72.6 | 18.9-96.8 | 2 | 27.4 | 3.2-81.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 45 | 7 | 26.1 | 9.8-53.3 | 38 | 73.9 | 46.7-90.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 64 | 5 | 5.4 | 1.7-15.7 | 59 | 94.6 | 84.3-98.3 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 43 | 8 | 32.0 | 10.7-64.8 | 35 | 68.0 | 35.2-89.3 |
| College Graduate | 27 | 2 | 4.3 | 0.8-19.2 | 25 | 95.7 | 80.8-99.2 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 28 | 2 | 4.9 | 1.1-20.0 | 26 | 95.1 | 80.0-98.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 41 | 7 | 11.0 | 3.2-31.6 | 34 | 89.0 | 68.4-96.8 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 26 | 4 | 34.3 | 11.1-68.7 | 22 | 65.7 | 31.3-88.9 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 23 | 3 | 12.3 | 3.7-33.6 | 20 | 87.7 | 66.4-96.3 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 21 | 3 | 8.6 | 2.4-26.6 | 18 | 91.4 | 73.4-97.6 |
| $75,000+ | 22 | 2 | 23.7 | 4.5-67.2 | 20 | 76.3 | 32.8-95.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 95 | 11 | 11.6 | 4.9-25.0 | 84 | 88.4 | 75.0-95.1 |
| No | 81 | 11 | 22.9 | 9.3-46.2 | 70 | 77.1 | 53.8-90.7 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 53 | 9 | 18.6 | 8.5-36.1 | 44 | 81.4 | 63.9-91.5 |
| Non-Veteran | 126 | 13 | 16.9 | 7.0-35.3 | 113 | 83.1 | 64.7-93.0 |
*Asked only of current smokers who reported ever trying smokeless tobacco.
Due to small number of respondents no further breakdowns are available.
^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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