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| Total Respond.^ |
Smoke everyday | Smoke some days | Former smoker | Never smoked | |||||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 15,776 | 2,183 | 15.5 | 14.6-16.4 | 695 | 5.4 | 4.8- 6.1 | 4,789 | 24.8 | 23.9-25.8 | 8,109 | 54.3 | 53.1-55.5 |
| -Forsyth County | 405 | 61 | 13.8 | 10.3-18.2 | 21 | 5.7 | 3.2-10.0 | 118 | 24.0 | 19.5-29.2 | 205 | 56.5 | 50.3-62.5 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 158 | 26 | 13.4 | 8.5-20.4 | 5 | 5.0 | 1.6-14.5 | 50 | 25.7 | 18.7-34.2 | 77 | 55.9 | 46.2-65.1 |
| Female | 247 | 35 | 14.2 | 9.7-20.2 | 16 | 6.3 | 3.7-10.7 | 68 | 22.3 | 17.2-28.5 | 128 | 57.2 | 49.4-64.6 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 304 | 43 | 12.1 | 8.7-16.6 | 13 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.1 | 100 | 28.7 | 23.1-35.1 | 148 | 55.0 | 47.8-61.9 |
| Other | 101 | 18 | 17.7 | 10.3-28.7 | 8 | 9.0 | 3.8-20.0 | 18 | 13.1 | 7.4-22.1 | 57 | 60.2 | 47.8-71.4 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 109 | 11 | 7.1 | 3.5-13.8 | 3 | 3.5 | 0.9-13.4 | 15 | 11.9 | 7.0-19.6 | 80 | 77.5 | 67.5-85.0 |
| 45+ | 291 | 49 | 18.9 | 13.9-25.2 | 16 | 6.9 | 3.6-12.7 | 102 | 33.9 | 27.7-40.6 | 124 | 40.3 | 33.9-47.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 135 | 24 | 17.0 | 10.8-25.9 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.1 | 44 | 26.2 | 18.3-36.0 | 62 | 54.2 | 43.0-64.9 |
| Some College + | 270 | 37 | 12.2 | 8.4-17.5 | 16 | 7.1 | 3.7-13.3 | 74 | 23.0 | 17.8-29.2 | 143 | 57.6 | 50.2-64.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 171 | 31 | 17.4 | 11.5-25.4 | 10 | 7.1 | 2.9-16.2 | 50 | 21.9 | 15.9-29.5 | 80 | 53.6 | 43.4-63.6 |
| $50,000+ | 184 | 25 | 11.4 | 7.5-17.2 | 7 | 4.8 | 1.9-11.9 | 55 | 26.7 | 20.0-34.6 | 97 | 57.0 | 48.4-65.3 |
* Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
Overall smoking prevalence estimates can be obtained by adding 'Smoke everyday' and 'Smoke somedays' rates.
^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.
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