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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 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 2,386 | 290 | 14.0 | 11.9-16.4 | 161 | 8.3 | 6.5-10.6 | 532 | 18.6 | 16.4-20.9 | 1,403 | 59.1 | 56.0-62.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Males | 727 | 104 | 16.6 | 12.7-21.3 | 71 | 12.0 | 8.5-16.6 | 214 | 22.5 | 18.7-26.9 | 338 | 48.9 | 43.7-54.2 |
| Females | 1,659 | 186 | 11.9 | 9.9-14.1 | 90 | 5.3 | 3.9- 7.1 | 318 | 15.2 | 13.1-17.5 | 1,065 | 67.7 | 64.5-70.7 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 25 | 2 | 22.5 | 5.7-58.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 19.4 | 4.8-53.2 | 18 | 58.1 | 29.6-82.1 |
| Non-Hispanic | 2,349 | 286 | 13.9 | 11.8-16.4 | 161 | 8.4 | 6.6-10.8 | 523 | 18.5 | 16.3-20.8 | 1,379 | 59.2 | 56.1-62.2 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 82 | 11 | 19.7 | 10.3-34.4 | 10 | 17.5 | 8.3-33.3 | 1 | 5.4 | 0.8-29.3 | 60 | 57.3 | 42.0-71.4 |
| 25-34 | 272 | 41 | 18.0 | 12.3-25.7 | 13 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.6 | 18 | 6.4 | 3.7-10.8 | 200 | 71.9 | 64.2-78.5 |
| 35-44 | 414 | 49 | 10.6 | 7.6-14.8 | 26 | 11.1 | 6.9-17.4 | 46 | 10.9 | 7.7-15.3 | 293 | 67.3 | 60.8-73.2 |
| 45-54 | 536 | 83 | 15.1 | 11.6-19.3 | 53 | 9.8 | 6.9-13.9 | 122 | 23.0 | 18.2-28.6 | 278 | 52.1 | 46.1-58.0 |
| 55-64 | 464 | 61 | 14.5 | 10.8-19.2 | 36 | 5.5 | 3.7- 8.1 | 131 | 29.2 | 24.1-34.9 | 236 | 50.7 | 44.7-56.7 |
| 65-74 | 353 | 29 | 10.8 | 7.0-16.3 | 12 | 4.3 | 2.2- 8.4 | 123 | 38.0 | 31.6-44.9 | 189 | 46.8 | 40.3-53.5 |
| 75+ | 239 | 14 | 4.7 | 2.4- 9.1 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.3- 5.6 | 84 | 37.0 | 29.3-45.5 | 133 | 55.5 | 47.1-63.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 442 | 66 | 19.0 | 14.0-25.3 | 33 | 10.5 | 6.3-17.1 | 129 | 23.3 | 18.7-28.6 | 214 | 47.1 | 39.8-54.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 836 | 120 | 18.1 | 13.9-23.1 | 66 | 11.6 | 7.8-17.0 | 189 | 21.0 | 16.9-25.8 | 461 | 49.3 | 43.9-54.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 587 | 74 | 14.1 | 10.4-18.9 | 39 | 5.5 | 3.6- 8.3 | 106 | 14.3 | 11.1-18.2 | 368 | 66.2 | 60.8-71.2 |
| College Graduate | 514 | 30 | 3.9 | 2.4- 6.1 | 23 | 4.8 | 2.8- 7.9 | 106 | 16.5 | 12.8-20.8 | 355 | 74.9 | 69.8-79.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 431 | 73 | 23.7 | 17.5-31.2 | 37 | 10.5 | 6.8-15.8 | 104 | 20.9 | 16.3-26.5 | 217 | 44.9 | 38.3-51.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 510 | 85 | 19.6 | 14.4-26.3 | 34 | 8.7 | 5.2-14.1 | 117 | 22.0 | 16.0-29.4 | 274 | 49.7 | 42.3-57.1 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 304 | 39 | 14.3 | 9.8-20.4 | 23 | 10.9 | 4.3-24.8 | 63 | 17.2 | 12.5-23.3 | 179 | 57.6 | 48.4-66.2 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 325 | 30 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.1 | 26 | 10.4 | 6.1-17.1 | 72 | 21.3 | 15.8-28.1 | 197 | 60.1 | 52.5-67.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 252 | 18 | 7.5 | 3.9-14.0 | 14 | 6.7 | 3.4-12.9 | 56 | 16.6 | 11.7-23.0 | 164 | 69.2 | 61.0-76.4 |
| $75,000+ | 242 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.6- 6.3 | 8 | 2.7 | 1.2- 5.9 | 46 | 16.1 | 11.3-22.3 | 178 | 78.1 | 71.4-83.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 947 | 134 | 16.1 | 12.9-20.0 | 67 | 9.3 | 5.9-14.5 | 271 | 25.9 | 22.2-29.9 | 475 | 48.7 | 43.9-53.5 |
| No | 1,330 | 143 | 12.6 | 9.9-16.0 | 86 | 7.8 | 5.8-10.5 | 238 | 14.7 | 12.0-17.8 | 863 | 64.9 | 60.8-68.8 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 296 | 34 | 10.0 | 6.7-14.6 | 30 | 13.1 | 6.7-24.0 | 93 | 24.2 | 18.7-30.7 | 139 | 52.8 | 44.4-61.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,090 | 256 | 14.7 | 12.3-17.5 | 131 | 7.5 | 5.8- 9.6 | 439 | 17.5 | 15.2-20.1 | 1,264 | 60.3 | 57.0-63.5 |
* 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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