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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 |
| -WHITE FEMALES | 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 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 148 | 25 | 18.2 | 11.2-28.2 | 8 | 4.6 | 2.2- 9.5 | 13 | 5.4 | 3.0- 9.5 | 102 | 71.8 | 61.9-80.0 |
| 25-34 | 599 | 122 | 23.5 | 19.2-28.4 | 25 | 5.0 | 3.1- 8.0 | 115 | 18.6 | 15.1-22.6 | 337 | 52.9 | 47.8-57.8 |
| 35-44 | 1,055 | 189 | 18.4 | 15.6-21.5 | 45 | 3.3 | 2.3- 4.6 | 210 | 19.0 | 16.3-22.0 | 611 | 59.4 | 55.7-63.0 |
| 45-54 | 1,411 | 259 | 17.8 | 15.5-20.5 | 71 | 4.9 | 3.7- 6.5 | 369 | 24.3 | 21.7-27.1 | 712 | 53.0 | 49.7-56.2 |
| 55-64 | 1,627 | 232 | 13.3 | 11.4-15.6 | 68 | 3.5 | 2.6- 4.6 | 495 | 32.2 | 29.4-35.1 | 832 | 51.0 | 48.0-54.0 |
| 65-74 | 1,429 | 127 | 8.1 | 6.5-10.2 | 48 | 3.2 | 2.3- 4.4 | 495 | 35.3 | 32.3-38.4 | 759 | 53.4 | 50.2-56.6 |
| 75+ | 1,177 | 38 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.2 | 20 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.6 | 373 | 33.7 | 30.3-37.3 | 746 | 60.5 | 56.9-64.0 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 824 | 156 | 28.7 | 23.9-34.0 | 37 | 4.0 | 2.7- 5.8 | 233 | 26.5 | 22.5-31.0 | 398 | 40.9 | 36.1-45.8 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,165 | 376 | 22.2 | 19.0-25.6 | 94 | 3.7 | 2.8- 4.9 | 570 | 22.1 | 19.8-24.6 | 1,125 | 52.1 | 48.5-55.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,174 | 326 | 17.5 | 15.0-20.2 | 80 | 4.2 | 3.1- 5.7 | 634 | 25.5 | 23.2-28.0 | 1,134 | 52.9 | 49.7-56.0 |
| College Graduate | 2,318 | 142 | 5.4 | 4.3- 6.7 | 75 | 3.6 | 2.6- 5.0 | 648 | 23.9 | 21.8-26.1 | 1,453 | 67.1 | 64.5-69.6 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 794 | 179 | 27.3 | 22.3-32.8 | 51 | 5.7 | 4.0- 8.1 | 220 | 24.8 | 20.7-29.3 | 344 | 42.2 | 36.1-48.6 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,094 | 202 | 26.3 | 21.8-31.3 | 50 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.4 | 299 | 22.9 | 19.7-26.4 | 543 | 46.3 | 41.4-51.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 749 | 114 | 17.5 | 14.0-21.8 | 32 | 4.8 | 2.9- 7.7 | 221 | 27.0 | 23.1-31.4 | 382 | 50.6 | 45.8-55.4 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 1,046 | 160 | 19.4 | 15.9-23.6 | 37 | 3.6 | 2.3- 5.7 | 293 | 23.5 | 20.3-27.1 | 556 | 53.4 | 48.9-57.9 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 1,059 | 125 | 12.1 | 9.8-15.0 | 39 | 4.6 | 3.1- 6.9 | 299 | 25.8 | 22.5-29.4 | 596 | 57.4 | 53.3-61.4 |
| $75,000+ | 1,532 | 108 | 8.2 | 5.9-11.3 | 42 | 3.2 | 2.1- 4.9 | 426 | 23.3 | 20.7-26.0 | 956 | 65.3 | 61.8-68.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 2,825 | 452 | 21.3 | 18.6-24.3 | 136 | 4.8 | 3.8- 5.9 | 862 | 27.2 | 25.0-29.5 | 1,375 | 46.7 | 43.9-49.6 |
| No | 4,518 | 527 | 12.8 | 11.4-14.4 | 146 | 3.5 | 2.7- 4.4 | 1,190 | 22.7 | 21.1-24.3 | 2,655 | 61.1 | 59.0-63.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 142 | 24 | 14.5 | 9.1-22.5 | 6 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.8 | 36 | 23.1 | 15.8-32.5 | 76 | 57.7 | 47.4-67.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 7,356 | 977 | 15.7 | 14.4-17.2 | 281 | 3.8 | 3.2- 4.5 | 2,050 | 24.1 | 22.8-25.4 | 4,048 | 56.4 | 54.6-58.1 |
* 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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