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| Total Respond.^ |
Often/Sometimes | Rarely/Never | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 587 | 73 | 14.8 | 10.2-21.0 | 514 | 85.2 | 79.0-89.8 |
| -Piedmont NC | 249 | 28 | 12.9 | 6.9-22.6 | 221 | 87.1 | 77.4-93.1 |
| GENDER | |||||||
| Male | 196 | 22 | 9.4 | 5.7-15.2 | 174 | 90.6 | 84.8-94.3 |
| Female | 53 | 6 | 28.9 | 8.0-65.5 | 47 | 71.1 | 34.5-92.0 |
| RACE | |||||||
| White | 212 | 25 | 14.0 | 7.1-25.7 | 187 | 86.0 | 74.3-92.9 |
| African American | 29 | 3 | 10.9 | 3.1-32.1 | 26 | 89.1 | 67.9-96.9 |
| Other Minorities | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 8 | 100 | . - . |
| HISPANIC | |||||||
| Hispanic | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 100 | . - . |
| Non-Hispanic | 247 | 28 | 13.0 | 7.0-22.9 | 219 | 87.0 | 77.1-93.0 |
| AGE | |||||||
| 18-24 | 15 | 4 | 34.4 | 10.5-70.0 | 11 | 65.6 | 30.0-89.5 |
| 25-34 | 51 | 6 | 8.0 | 3.1-18.7 | 45 | 92.0 | 81.3-96.9 |
| 35-44 | 47 | 8 | 13.0 | 6.0-25.7 | 39 | 87.0 | 74.3-94.0 |
| 45-54 | 62 | 2 | 5.7 | 1.2-22.6 | 60 | 94.3 | 77.4-98.8 |
| 55-64 | 43 | 4 | 4.4 | 1.5-11.9 | 39 | 95.6 | 88.1-98.5 |
| 65-74 | 24 | 3 | 13.4 | 4.0-36.7 | 21 | 86.6 | 63.3-96.0 |
| 75+ | 6 | 1 | 7.2 | 0.9-41.1 | 5 | 92.8 | 58.9-99.1 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 44 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.5- 9.5 | 42 | 97.7 | 90.5-99.5 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 109 | 16 | 18.8 | 8.0-38.2 | 93 | 81.2 | 61.8-92.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 53 | 6 | 12.6 | 4.8-29.3 | 47 | 87.4 | 70.7-95.2 |
| College Graduate | 42 | 4 | 8.8 | 3.0-22.9 | 38 | 91.2 | 77.1-97.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 35 | 6 | 19.7 | 5.7-49.8 | 29 | 80.3 | 50.2-94.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 50 | 4 | 6.9 | 2.1-20.2 | 46 | 93.1 | 79.8-97.9 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 29 | 3 | 4.2 | 1.2-13.9 | 26 | 95.8 | 86.1-98.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 37 | 2 | 4.0 | 0.9-15.7 | 35 | 96.0 | 84.3-99.1 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 22 | 5 | 21.4 | 8.2-45.4 | 17 | 78.6 | 54.6-91.8 |
| $75,000+ | 47 | 6 | 23.6 | 7.4-54.3 | 41 | 76.4 | 45.7-92.6 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
| Yes | 121 | 12 | 15.9 | 5.8-36.7 | 109 | 84.1 | 63.3-94.2 |
| No | 126 | 15 | 8.8 | 4.8-15.4 | 111 | 91.2 | 84.6-95.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
| Veteran | 42 | 4 | 5.6 | 1.8-15.9 | 38 | 94.4 | 84.1-98.2 |
| Non-Veteran | 207 | 24 | 13.7 | 7.2-24.7 | 183 | 86.3 | 75.3-92.8 |
*Asked only of current smokers who reported ever trying smokeless tobacco.
^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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