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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 AMERICAN 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 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 29 | 7 | 28.1 | 12.7-51.3 | 7 | 27.0 | 11.4-51.5 | 1 | 9.9 | 1.4-45.1 | 14 | 35.0 | 18.1-56.7 |
| 25-34 | 69 | 15 | 25.0 | 13.8-41.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1.4-11.2 | 6 | 8.3 | 3.6-18.1 | 44 | 62.6 | 47.8-75.4 |
| 35-44 | 133 | 14 | 10.7 | 6.1-18.3 | 17 | 16.8 | 9.7-27.4 | 21 | 13.6 | 8.4-21.3 | 81 | 58.9 | 48.4-68.6 |
| 45-54 | 180 | 31 | 15.4 | 10.1-22.9 | 24 | 12.4 | 7.4-19.8 | 38 | 21.7 | 14.5-31.0 | 87 | 50.5 | 40.9-60.1 |
| 55-64 | 154 | 22 | 14.7 | 8.8-23.4 | 12 | 5.3 | 2.8-10.0 | 64 | 36.5 | 27.7-46.4 | 56 | 43.5 | 33.4-54.2 |
| 65-74 | 93 | 13 | 13.4 | 7.4-22.8 | 5 | 6.6 | 2.5-16.1 | 46 | 52.6 | 41.0-64.0 | 29 | 27.4 | 18.7-38.3 |
| 75+ | 62 | 2 | 2.1 | 0.5- 9.2 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.2- 7.9 | 38 | 62.4 | 45.9-76.5 | 21 | 34.3 | 20.6-51.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 129 | 22 | 19.0 | 11.2-30.3 | 13 | 12.6 | 6.0-24.6 | 54 | 28.9 | 20.1-39.8 | 40 | 39.4 | 25.8-54.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 289 | 50 | 21.5 | 14.8-30.3 | 37 | 17.6 | 11.0-26.9 | 87 | 25.7 | 18.9-34.0 | 115 | 35.1 | 27.9-43.1 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 173 | 26 | 17.5 | 10.6-27.4 | 15 | 6.4 | 3.2-12.3 | 41 | 16.2 | 11.0-23.2 | 91 | 60.0 | 50.2-69.0 |
| College Graduate | 133 | 6 | 2.7 | 1.0- 7.4 | 6 | 5.9 | 2.5-13.3 | 31 | 18.9 | 12.6-27.4 | 90 | 72.5 | 62.8-80.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 105 | 23 | 32.0 | 19.6-47.6 | 12 | 15.3 | 7.7-27.9 | 35 | 25.4 | 16.5-37.0 | 35 | 27.4 | 17.4-40.2 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 136 | 23 | 20.9 | 11.5-34.8 | 18 | 14.1 | 7.3-25.5 | 47 | 29.9 | 18.4-44.6 | 48 | 35.1 | 23.2-49.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 93 | 18 | 18.5 | 10.5-30.6 | 12 | 22.6 | 8.5-47.8 | 24 | 20.7 | 12.4-32.4 | 39 | 38.2 | 25.1-53.3 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 130 | 14 | 10.0 | 5.1-18.7 | 12 | 10.4 | 5.0-20.3 | 42 | 27.2 | 18.7-37.7 | 62 | 52.4 | 41.6-62.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 88 | 9 | 9.1 | 3.5-21.5 | 6 | 8.2 | 3.0-20.9 | 25 | 21.5 | 13.2-33.1 | 48 | 61.2 | 47.5-73.3 |
| $75,000+ | 101 | 3 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.7 | 5 | 3.1 | 1.2- 7.5 | 21 | 17.0 | 10.2-27.0 | 72 | 77.1 | 66.6-85.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 295 | 48 | 18.9 | 13.3-26.2 | 26 | 13.4 | 7.1-24.0 | 109 | 29.3 | 23.1-36.3 | 112 | 38.4 | 30.9-46.5 |
| No | 392 | 50 | 15.2 | 10.1-22.1 | 39 | 10.9 | 7.2-16.2 | 96 | 19.1 | 14.1-25.4 | 207 | 54.8 | 47.6-61.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 244 | 32 | 10.8 | 7.1-16.1 | 22 | 12.0 | 5.3-24.9 | 86 | 26.5 | 20.2-34.0 | 104 | 50.6 | 41.5-59.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 483 | 72 | 18.9 | 13.9-25.2 | 49 | 12.0 | 8.4-16.8 | 128 | 20.9 | 16.2-26.4 | 234 | 48.2 | 41.9-54.6 |
* 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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