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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 |
| -Mecklenburg County | 672 | 56 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.3 | 34 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.4 | 198 | 22.8 | 19.5-26.6 | 384 | 64.1 | 59.6-68.3 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 274 | 29 | 9.1 | 6.0-13.5 | 16 | 8.2 | 4.7-13.8 | 94 | 25.6 | 20.4-31.6 | 135 | 57.1 | 50.0-63.9 |
| Female | 398 | 27 | 6.0 | 3.7- 9.6 | 18 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.6 | 104 | 20.0 | 16.1-24.7 | 249 | 71.2 | 65.8-76.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 460 | 39 | 8.4 | 5.8-12.0 | 22 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.4 | 156 | 27.2 | 22.9-31.9 | 243 | 59.0 | 53.5-64.3 |
| Other | 211 | 17 | 6.5 | 3.7-11.3 | 12 | 5.6 | 2.8-10.8 | 42 | 16.9 | 12.1-23.3 | 140 | 71.0 | 63.4-77.5 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-44 | 200 | 11 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.0 | 10 | 6.7 | 3.5-12.7 | 28 | 11.5 | 7.7-16.9 | 151 | 76.6 | 69.2-82.6 |
| 45+ | 463 | 44 | 9.9 | 7.2-13.6 | 24 | 4.4 | 2.7- 6.9 | 166 | 33.6 | 28.9-38.6 | 229 | 52.1 | 46.8-57.4 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| H.S. or Less | 180 | 23 | 12.3 | 7.5-19.6 | 10 | 7.2 | 3.4-14.6 | 51 | 19.1 | 13.7-26.1 | 96 | 61.3 | 52.0-69.9 |
| Some College + | 488 | 33 | 5.4 | 3.7- 7.9 | 24 | 4.7 | 2.8- 7.9 | 146 | 24.6 | 20.5-29.1 | 285 | 65.3 | 60.2-70.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 265 | 30 | 8.8 | 5.9-13.1 | 21 | 9.3 | 5.2-15.9 | 85 | 23.8 | 18.4-30.1 | 129 | 58.1 | 50.1-65.7 |
| $50,000+ | 316 | 19 | 5.8 | 3.4- 9.6 | 9 | 3.3 | 1.6- 7.0 | 79 | 21.3 | 16.8-26.8 | 209 | 69.6 | 63.5-75.0 |
* 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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