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Total Respond.^ |
No | Yes | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 15,776 | 12,898 | 79.1 | 78.0-80.1 | 2,878 | 20.9 | 19.9-22.0 |
-FEMALES | 9,808 | 8,156 | 81.7 | 80.5-82.9 | 1,652 | 18.3 | 17.1-19.5 |
RACE | |||||||
White | 7,498 | 6,210 | 80.4 | 78.9-81.8 | 1,288 | 19.6 | 18.2-21.1 |
African American | 1,659 | 1,383 | 82.9 | 80.2-85.3 | 276 | 17.1 | 14.7-19.8 |
Other Minorities | 613 | 532 | 89.6 | 84.5-93.2 | 81 | 10.4 | 6.8-15.5 |
AGE | |||||||
18-24 | 272 | 224 | 80.6 | 73.2-86.3 | 48 | 19.4 | 13.7-26.8 |
25-34 | 943 | 749 | 77.2 | 73.5-80.6 | 194 | 22.8 | 19.4-26.5 |
35-44 | 1,498 | 1,194 | 80.7 | 78.1-83.1 | 304 | 19.3 | 16.9-21.9 |
45-54 | 1,877 | 1,440 | 77.4 | 75.0-79.7 | 437 | 22.6 | 20.3-25.0 |
55-64 | 2,013 | 1,641 | 83.0 | 80.8-84.9 | 372 | 17.0 | 15.1-19.2 |
65-74 | 1,737 | 1,534 | 88.7 | 86.6-90.5 | 203 | 11.3 | 9.5-13.4 |
75+ | 1,388 | 1,310 | 93.6 | 91.6-95.1 | 78 | 6.4 | 4.9- 8.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,357 | 1,083 | 76.6 | 73.0-80.0 | 274 | 23.4 | 20.0-27.0 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,879 | 2,282 | 76.3 | 73.4-78.9 | 597 | 23.7 | 21.1-26.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 2,732 | 2,224 | 79.6 | 77.2-81.8 | 508 | 20.4 | 18.2-22.8 |
College Graduate | 2,815 | 2,545 | 91.2 | 89.7-92.5 | 270 | 8.8 | 7.5-10.3 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,249 | 925 | 71.7 | 66.9-76.0 | 324 | 28.3 | 24.0-33.1 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,626 | 1,270 | 74.8 | 71.2-78.0 | 356 | 25.2 | 22.0-28.8 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,031 | 841 | 81.2 | 77.6-84.3 | 190 | 18.8 | 15.7-22.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,303 | 1,066 | 78.5 | 74.8-81.8 | 237 | 21.5 | 18.2-25.2 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,278 | 1,088 | 84.3 | 81.5-86.8 | 190 | 15.7 | 13.2-18.5 |
$75,000+ | 1,725 | 1,562 | 89.4 | 86.6-91.7 | 163 | 10.6 | 8.3-13.4 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 3,703 | 2,945 | 75.5 | 73.0-77.9 | 758 | 24.5 | 22.1-27.0 |
No | 5,845 | 4,990 | 84.8 | 83.4-86.1 | 855 | 15.2 | 13.9-16.6 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 210 | 163 | 77.2 | 68.4-84.1 | 47 | 22.8 | 15.9-31.6 |
Non-Veteran | 9,598 | 7,993 | 81.8 | 80.6-83.0 | 1,605 | 18.2 | 17.0-19.4 |
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*Data in this table were derived from the tobacco use questions 1 and 2.
^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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