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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 |
-WHITES | 12,247 | 1,757 | 16.9 | 15.9-18.0 | 463 | 4.2 | 3.7- 4.9 | 4,017 | 27.6 | 26.6-28.7 | 6,010 | 51.3 | 49.9-52.6 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Males | 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 |
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 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 113 | 15 | 10.7 | 5.7-19.1 | 7 | 6.2 | 2.3-15.8 | 36 | 24.0 | 14.7-36.7 | 55 | 59.1 | 45.9-71.2 |
Non-Hispanic | 12,111 | 1,740 | 17.0 | 15.9-18.1 | 456 | 4.2 | 3.7- 4.9 | 3,969 | 27.6 | 26.6-28.7 | 5,946 | 51.2 | 49.8-52.5 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 269 | 51 | 19.0 | 13.8-25.6 | 22 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.2 | 22 | 6.1 | 3.7- 9.9 | 174 | 67.2 | 60.0-73.7 |
25-34 | 983 | 206 | 23.1 | 19.8-26.7 | 46 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.5 | 196 | 18.7 | 16.0-21.9 | 535 | 52.8 | 48.9-56.7 |
35-44 | 1,759 | 324 | 19.3 | 17.1-21.7 | 66 | 2.9 | 2.2- 4.0 | 369 | 20.9 | 18.6-23.3 | 1,000 | 56.9 | 54.0-59.7 |
45-54 | 2,350 | 466 | 19.5 | 17.5-21.6 | 119 | 5.2 | 4.2- 6.5 | 629 | 25.8 | 23.7-28.0 | 1,136 | 49.5 | 47.0-52.1 |
55-64 | 2,762 | 411 | 15.0 | 13.3-16.7 | 113 | 3.7 | 3.0- 4.6 | 1,048 | 40.0 | 37.7-42.3 | 1,190 | 41.3 | 39.1-43.6 |
65-74 | 2,287 | 225 | 9.6 | 8.1-11.2 | 72 | 2.8 | 2.2- 3.7 | 1,001 | 45.8 | 43.3-48.3 | 989 | 41.8 | 39.4-44.3 |
75+ | 1,765 | 61 | 3.7 | 2.7- 5.1 | 23 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 | 732 | 43.9 | 41.0-46.8 | 949 | 51.2 | 48.3-54.1 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 1,393 | 324 | 37.6 | 33.3-42.1 | 57 | 4.0 | 2.7- 6.0 | 491 | 29.5 | 26.3-33.0 | 521 | 28.9 | 25.6-32.4 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 3,523 | 663 | 22.9 | 20.6-25.3 | 161 | 4.8 | 3.8- 6.1 | 1,142 | 27.1 | 25.0-29.2 | 1,557 | 45.2 | 42.5-48.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 3,299 | 505 | 16.8 | 14.8-18.9 | 128 | 4.7 | 3.6- 6.1 | 1,118 | 28.8 | 26.7-30.9 | 1,548 | 49.8 | 47.2-52.5 |
College Graduate | 4,009 | 264 | 6.3 | 5.4- 7.3 | 115 | 3.4 | 2.7- 4.4 | 1,262 | 26.7 | 25.0-28.4 | 2,368 | 63.6 | 61.6-65.5 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 1,127 | 283 | 29.6 | 25.5-34.2 | 79 | 8.3 | 5.9-11.6 | 347 | 27.3 | 23.6-31.3 | 418 | 34.7 | 30.0-39.8 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 1,712 | 356 | 28.7 | 25.2-32.5 | 77 | 4.7 | 3.5- 6.2 | 569 | 27.8 | 25.0-30.8 | 710 | 38.8 | 34.9-42.7 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 1,229 | 208 | 20.9 | 17.5-24.7 | 53 | 7.0 | 4.3-11.0 | 427 | 29.7 | 26.3-33.4 | 541 | 42.4 | 38.1-46.8 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,764 | 271 | 19.0 | 16.3-22.0 | 66 | 4.0 | 2.8- 5.6 | 591 | 28.0 | 25.4-30.9 | 836 | 49.0 | 45.6-52.4 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,899 | 229 | 13.2 | 11.3-15.5 | 66 | 4.0 | 2.9- 5.4 | 643 | 28.5 | 26.0-31.2 | 961 | 54.3 | 51.1-57.4 |
$75,000+ | 2,872 | 232 | 9.7 | 8.0-11.7 | 75 | 3.1 | 2.3- 4.3 | 924 | 27.0 | 25.0-29.2 | 1,641 | 60.1 | 57.6-62.6 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 4,548 | 780 | 22.6 | 20.6-24.8 | 207 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.8 | 1,679 | 32.1 | 30.3-34.0 | 1,882 | 40.4 | 38.3-42.6 |
No | 7,425 | 928 | 13.8 | 12.7-15.1 | 247 | 3.9 | 3.2- 4.7 | 2,254 | 25.6 | 24.3-26.9 | 3,996 | 56.7 | 55.0-58.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 1,983 | 260 | 14.0 | 12.0-16.3 | 56 | 3.4 | 2.4- 4.7 | 1,048 | 48.3 | 45.3-51.3 | 619 | 34.3 | 31.4-37.4 |
Non-Veteran | 10,260 | 1,497 | 17.4 | 16.2-18.6 | 407 | 4.4 | 3.8- 5.1 | 2,968 | 24.1 | 23.0-25.2 | 5,388 | 54.1 | 52.7-55.6 |
* 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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