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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 |
| -FEMALES | 9,808 | 1,255 | 14.3 | 13.2-15.5 | 397 | 3.9 | 3.4- 4.5 | 2,504 | 21.1 | 20.0-22.1 | 5,652 | 60.7 | 59.2-62.1 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 7,498 | 1,001 | 15.7 | 14.4-17.2 | 287 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.6 | 2,086 | 24.0 | 22.8-25.3 | 4,124 | 56.4 | 54.7-58.1 |
| African American | 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 |
| Other Minorities | 613 | 61 | 8.5 | 5.1-13.7 | 20 | 1.9 | 1.1- 3.2 | 95 | 10.2 | 7.4-13.7 | 437 | 79.5 | 74.0-84.0 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 272 | 34 | 15.1 | 9.8-22.4 | 14 | 4.4 | 2.4- 7.7 | 16 | 4.1 | 2.4- 6.9 | 208 | 76.5 | 69.1-82.5 |
| 25-34 | 943 | 157 | 18.6 | 15.5-22.2 | 37 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.1 | 137 | 14.0 | 11.5-16.9 | 612 | 63.2 | 59.2-67.1 |
| 35-44 | 1,498 | 244 | 15.7 | 13.5-18.1 | 60 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.2 | 255 | 15.8 | 13.7-18.1 | 939 | 64.9 | 61.9-67.9 |
| 45-54 | 1,877 | 331 | 17.3 | 15.2-19.5 | 106 | 5.3 | 4.2- 6.8 | 478 | 23.7 | 21.4-26.2 | 962 | 53.7 | 50.8-56.6 |
| 55-64 | 2,013 | 279 | 13.3 | 11.5-15.2 | 93 | 3.8 | 3.0- 4.8 | 578 | 30.0 | 27.5-32.6 | 1,063 | 52.9 | 50.2-55.7 |
| 65-74 | 1,737 | 147 | 8.3 | 6.6-10.2 | 56 | 3.0 | 2.2- 4.1 | 587 | 34.1 | 31.4-36.9 | 947 | 54.6 | 51.7-57.5 |
| 75+ | 1,388 | 51 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.4 | 27 | 1.9 | 1.2- 2.9 | 428 | 31.6 | 28.6-34.9 | 882 | 61.9 | 58.6-65.2 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,357 | 211 | 19.1 | 16.1-22.6 | 63 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.3 | 328 | 18.5 | 16.0-21.3 | 755 | 58.1 | 54.1-62.0 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,879 | 468 | 19.8 | 17.3-22.7 | 129 | 3.9 | 3.0- 5.0 | 703 | 19.6 | 17.8-21.7 | 1,579 | 56.6 | 53.6-59.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,732 | 398 | 16.2 | 14.2-18.5 | 110 | 4.2 | 3.2- 5.4 | 726 | 22.7 | 20.7-24.9 | 1,498 | 56.9 | 54.2-59.6 |
| College Graduate | 2,815 | 176 | 5.2 | 4.3- 6.3 | 94 | 3.6 | 2.7- 4.8 | 745 | 22.1 | 20.2-24.0 | 1,800 | 69.1 | 66.8-71.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 1,249 | 244 | 22.9 | 18.8-27.7 | 80 | 5.4 | 4.0- 7.2 | 309 | 19.6 | 16.8-22.8 | 616 | 52.0 | 47.2-56.8 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,626 | 282 | 21.0 | 17.9-24.4 | 74 | 4.3 | 3.1- 5.8 | 386 | 18.1 | 15.9-20.7 | 884 | 56.6 | 52.8-60.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 1,031 | 145 | 14.9 | 12.1-18.2 | 45 | 3.9 | 2.6- 5.8 | 273 | 22.1 | 19.0-25.6 | 568 | 59.1 | 54.8-63.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,303 | 185 | 16.8 | 13.9-20.2 | 52 | 4.7 | 3.0- 7.1 | 337 | 21.4 | 18.6-24.5 | 729 | 57.1 | 53.1-61.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,278 | 140 | 11.0 | 8.9-13.4 | 50 | 4.7 | 3.3- 6.6 | 340 | 23.3 | 20.5-26.5 | 748 | 61.0 | 57.4-64.6 |
| $75,000+ | 1,725 | 118 | 7.6 | 5.6-10.2 | 45 | 3.0 | 2.0- 4.5 | 464 | 22.5 | 20.1-25.0 | 1,098 | 67.0 | 63.7-70.0 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 3,703 | 568 | 19.6 | 17.2-22.1 | 190 | 4.9 | 4.1- 6.0 | 1,074 | 25.6 | 23.7-27.5 | 1,871 | 50.0 | 47.5-52.5 |
| No | 5,845 | 655 | 11.7 | 10.5-12.9 | 200 | 3.5 | 2.9- 4.3 | 1,378 | 19.2 | 17.9-20.5 | 3,612 | 65.6 | 63.8-67.3 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 210 | 32 | 13.1 | 8.7-19.3 | 15 | 9.7 | 4.7-18.7 | 46 | 18.6 | 13.2-25.6 | 117 | 58.6 | 49.5-67.1 |
| Non-Veteran | 9,598 | 1,223 | 14.4 | 13.2-15.5 | 382 | 3.8 | 3.3- 4.4 | 2,458 | 21.1 | 20.1-22.2 | 5,535 | 60.7 | 59.3-62.2 |
* 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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