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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 |
| -MALES | 5,968 | 928 | 16.7 | 15.3-18.2 | 298 | 7.0 | 6.0- 8.3 | 2,285 | 28.8 | 27.2-30.5 | 2,457 | 47.5 | 45.5-49.4 |
| RACE | |||||||||||||
| White | 4,749 | 756 | 18.2 | 16.6-19.9 | 176 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 | 1,931 | 31.6 | 29.8-33.4 | 1,886 | 45.5 | 43.4-47.7 |
| African American | 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 |
| Other Minorities | 468 | 64 | 9.4 | 6.5-13.3 | 51 | 12.9 | 9.1-18.0 | 129 | 22.6 | 16.7-29.8 | 224 | 55.1 | 48.1-61.9 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 201 | 39 | 18.4 | 12.8-25.7 | 26 | 13.8 | 8.8-21.0 | 13 | 10.3 | 4.9-20.2 | 123 | 57.5 | 48.4-66.2 |
| 25-34 | 564 | 109 | 19.6 | 15.7-24.1 | 46 | 9.3 | 6.6-12.8 | 106 | 16.5 | 13.2-20.4 | 303 | 54.7 | 49.5-59.7 |
| 35-44 | 952 | 167 | 16.8 | 14.1-19.7 | 52 | 6.3 | 4.5- 8.9 | 206 | 21.0 | 18.0-24.4 | 527 | 55.9 | 51.9-59.8 |
| 45-54 | 1,197 | 251 | 19.5 | 16.9-22.4 | 75 | 6.6 | 5.0- 8.6 | 327 | 26.8 | 23.7-30.1 | 544 | 47.2 | 43.6-50.8 |
| 55-64 | 1,364 | 215 | 16.3 | 13.9-18.9 | 64 | 4.6 | 3.4- 6.2 | 647 | 46.2 | 42.9-49.5 | 438 | 33.0 | 29.8-36.3 |
| 65-74 | 990 | 116 | 11.3 | 9.1-13.9 | 29 | 2.9 | 1.9- 4.4 | 571 | 57.2 | 53.5-60.9 | 274 | 28.6 | 25.3-32.1 |
| 75+ | 669 | 25 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.2 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.2- 1.8 | 411 | 61.3 | 56.5-66.0 | 228 | 35.3 | 30.8-40.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 896 | 211 | 26.0 | 21.7-30.9 | 53 | 8.7 | 6.0-12.6 | 366 | 26.7 | 22.6-31.1 | 266 | 38.6 | 33.1-44.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,769 | 363 | 22.1 | 19.2-25.3 | 121 | 10.0 | 7.6-12.9 | 695 | 30.5 | 27.1-34.1 | 590 | 37.4 | 33.8-41.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 1,366 | 216 | 16.2 | 13.5-19.4 | 70 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.1 | 547 | 29.4 | 26.3-32.7 | 533 | 48.7 | 44.7-52.7 |
| College Graduate | 1,923 | 138 | 6.5 | 5.3- 8.0 | 53 | 4.2 | 3.0- 5.9 | 671 | 27.8 | 25.4-30.3 | 1,061 | 61.5 | 58.7-64.3 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 529 | 141 | 23.5 | 18.5-29.3 | 53 | 15.1 | 10.4-21.3 | 187 | 28.8 | 22.9-35.5 | 148 | 32.6 | 26.3-39.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 900 | 194 | 21.9 | 17.6-26.8 | 62 | 8.9 | 6.3-12.5 | 350 | 28.5 | 23.2-34.5 | 294 | 40.7 | 34.8-46.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 644 | 125 | 22.0 | 17.7-27.1 | 39 | 12.0 | 7.2-19.3 | 248 | 27.7 | 23.3-32.5 | 232 | 38.3 | 32.4-44.6 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 890 | 133 | 16.4 | 13.2-20.1 | 45 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.6 | 357 | 31.6 | 27.8-35.8 | 355 | 45.4 | 40.9-50.0 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 961 | 120 | 13.4 | 10.7-16.7 | 35 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.1 | 376 | 29.1 | 25.6-32.8 | 430 | 52.9 | 48.4-57.3 |
| $75,000+ | 1,498 | 130 | 10.0 | 7.9-12.6 | 44 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.8 | 541 | 29.4 | 26.6-32.5 | 783 | 57.2 | 53.8-60.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,164 | 403 | 22.2 | 19.5-25.0 | 113 | 7.4 | 5.5- 9.9 | 976 | 35.0 | 32.3-37.9 | 672 | 35.4 | 32.3-38.6 |
| No | 3,618 | 490 | 13.8 | 12.2-15.6 | 172 | 6.5 | 5.3- 8.0 | 1,237 | 26.1 | 24.0-28.2 | 1,719 | 53.5 | 51.0-56.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 2,169 | 283 | 13.6 | 11.7-15.7 | 82 | 5.4 | 3.6- 8.1 | 1,130 | 44.2 | 41.3-47.2 | 674 | 36.8 | 33.8-39.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 3,792 | 645 | 17.9 | 16.1-19.8 | 215 | 7.6 | 6.3- 9.1 | 1,153 | 23.3 | 21.3-25.3 | 1,779 | 51.3 | 48.9-53.7 |
* 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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