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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 |
| COUNTY/REGIONS | |||||||||||||
| Alamance | 389 | 53 | 16.3 | 11.8-22.2 | 17 | 6.0 | 2.5-13.6 | 113 | 23.3 | 18.5-29.1 | 206 | 54.3 | 46.7-61.8 |
| Buncombe | 343 | 40 | 15.0 | 10.2-21.4 | 20 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.5 | 109 | 24.6 | 20.0-30.0 | 174 | 53.3 | 46.5-59.9 |
| Cabarrus | 369 | 50 | 12.3 | 8.7-17.1 | 20 | 6.2 | 3.6-10.4 | 103 | 25.1 | 19.7-31.4 | 196 | 56.4 | 49.3-63.3 |
| Catawba | 447 | 64 | 18.2 | 13.4-24.1 | 18 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.6 | 134 | 23.7 | 19.5-28.5 | 231 | 54.2 | 48.1-60.1 |
| Cumberland | 474 | 81 | 18.6 | 14.3-23.9 | 28 | 6.0 | 3.8- 9.4 | 134 | 23.3 | 19.0-28.2 | 231 | 52.0 | 45.7-58.3 |
| Davidson | 405 | 61 | 17.5 | 12.2-24.3 | 19 | 4.6 | 2.7- 7.6 | 130 | 27.8 | 22.5-33.8 | 195 | 50.1 | 43.4-56.8 |
| Durham | 394 | 40 | 11.7 | 7.4-18.2 | 19 | 6.7 | 3.5-12.4 | 125 | 24.8 | 19.1-31.7 | 210 | 56.8 | 49.3-64.0 |
| Forsyth | 405 | 61 | 13.8 | 10.3-18.2 | 21 | 5.7 | 3.2-10.0 | 118 | 24.0 | 19.5-29.2 | 205 | 56.5 | 50.3-62.5 |
| Gaston | 412 | 70 | 22.2 | 16.4-29.4 | 21 | 6.9 | 3.3-13.9 | 117 | 22.9 | 18.4-28.1 | 204 | 48.0 | 41.1-54.9 |
| Guilford | 420 | 51 | 13.3 | 8.8-19.6 | 10 | 3.2 | 1.4- 7.1 | 123 | 21.7 | 16.6-27.7 | 236 | 61.8 | 54.7-68.5 |
| Iredell | 429 | 58 | 14.0 | 10.3-18.8 | 18 | 4.0 | 2.3- 6.7 | 135 | 24.3 | 20.1-29.1 | 218 | 57.7 | 51.8-63.3 |
| Johnston | 469 | 79 | 20.6 | 15.3-27.1 | 17 | 6.2 | 3.1-12.3 | 131 | 20.5 | 16.6-24.9 | 242 | 52.7 | 46.2-59.2 |
| Mecklenburg | 672 | 56 | 7.6 | 5.5-10.3 | 34 | 5.5 | 3.5- 8.4 | 198 | 22.8 | 19.5-26.6 | 384 | 64.1 | 59.6-68.3 |
| New Hanover | 370 | 39 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.9 | 13 | 7.6 | 3.7-15.1 | 136 | 33.5 | 27.0-40.6 | 182 | 49.3 | 42.0-56.5 |
| Onslow | 410 | 67 | 17.3 | 12.6-23.3 | 14 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 | 134 | 31.5 | 26.0-37.5 | 195 | 48.1 | 41.8-54.5 |
| Orange | 378 | 27 | 9.3 | 5.6-15.1 | 9 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.0 | 129 | 29.9 | 24.3-36.1 | 213 | 58.9 | 51.9-65.5 |
| Pitt | 391 | 42 | 12.7 | 8.4-18.7 | 19 | 5.3 | 2.7-10.0 | 114 | 22.3 | 17.9-27.5 | 216 | 59.7 | 52.8-66.2 |
| Randolph | 400 | 53 | 15.7 | 11.0-21.9 | 19 | 6.8 | 3.5-12.9 | 118 | 27.2 | 21.4-34.0 | 210 | 50.2 | 43.1-57.3 |
| Robeson | 396 | 64 | 17.6 | 12.9-23.5 | 28 | 6.5 | 4.0-10.6 | 109 | 20.5 | 16.2-25.7 | 195 | 55.3 | 47.4-63.0 |
| Rowan | 445 | 67 | 19.0 | 13.8-25.7 | 20 | 8.3 | 4.2-15.7 | 119 | 20.4 | 16.3-25.2 | 239 | 52.3 | 45.3-59.1 |
| Union | 408 | 56 | 15.9 | 11.3-22.0 | 9 | 3.4 | 1.0-10.6 | 110 | 23.4 | 17.9-29.9 | 233 | 57.3 | 50.2-64.1 |
| Wake | 582 | 49 | 7.7 | 5.4-10.9 | 20 | 4.3 | 2.6- 7.2 | 177 | 25.5 | 21.7-29.8 | 336 | 62.4 | 57.6-67.1 |
| Wayne | 444 | 68 | 20.2 | 14.5-27.3 | 28 | 8.5 | 5.2-13.4 | 117 | 27.4 | 20.6-35.5 | 231 | 44.0 | 36.9-51.2 |
| NC REGIONS | |||||||||||||
| Eastern NC | 5,289 | 747 | 15.6 | 14.2-17.1 | 253 | 6.9 | 5.6- 8.5 | 1,617 | 25.7 | 24.2-27.3 | 2,672 | 51.7 | 49.7-53.8 |
| Piedmont | 7,581 | 986 | 14.6 | 13.3-15.9 | 312 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.6 | 2,253 | 24.2 | 22.9-25.7 | 4,030 | 56.4 | 54.7-58.1 |
| Western NC | 2,906 | 450 | 19.2 | 17.1-21.6 | 130 | 5.1 | 4.1- 6.5 | 919 | 25.5 | 23.5-27.5 | 1,407 | 50.2 | 47.6-52.8 |
| AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC) | |||||||||||||
| Mountain AHEC | 1,904 | 278 | 16.9 | 14.5-19.5 | 93 | 6.0 | 4.5- 8.0 | 610 | 26.6 | 24.2-29.2 | 923 | 50.5 | 47.4-53.6 |
| Northwest | 3,301 | 519 | 19.6 | 17.5-21.8 | 140 | 4.7 | 3.7- 5.9 | 996 | 24.3 | 22.5-26.2 | 1,646 | 51.4 | 48.9-54.0 |
| Charlotte | 2,094 | 271 | 13.8 | 11.8-16.0 | 90 | 5.0 | 3.7- 6.8 | 586 | 23.1 | 20.9-25.5 | 1,147 | 58.1 | 55.2-61.0 |
| Greensboro | 1,809 | 213 | 14.5 | 11.8-17.7 | 66 | 4.8 | 3.3- 7.1 | 555 | 23.6 | 20.8-26.6 | 975 | 57.1 | 53.2-60.8 |
| Southern Regional | 1,539 | 231 | 15.9 | 13.4-18.7 | 88 | 7.1 | 5.1- 9.7 | 445 | 23.8 | 21.0-26.7 | 775 | 53.3 | 49.5-57.1 |
| Coastal | 775 | 92 | 11.6 | 9.0-14.8 | 34 | 7.3 | 4.6-11.5 | 279 | 31.5 | 27.3-36.1 | 370 | 49.5 | 44.6-54.5 |
| Wake | 1,713 | 218 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.7 | 63 | 4.4 | 3.1- 6.2 | 509 | 24.4 | 21.5-27.6 | 923 | 57.4 | 53.8-60.9 |
| Area L | 474 | 58 | 15.1 | 10.8-20.7 | 28 | 7.1 | 4.3-11.4 | 131 | 24.9 | 20.5-29.9 | 257 | 52.9 | 47.0-58.8 |
| Eastern | 2,167 | 303 | 15.8 | 13.6-18.3 | 93 | 6.4 | 4.3- 9.5 | 678 | 26.9 | 24.4-29.6 | 1,093 | 50.9 | 47.6-54.2 |
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*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.
Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene,
Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore,
Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood,
Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.
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