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| Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
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| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 7,667 | 2,183 | 33.9 | 32.2-35.6 | 695 | 11.9 | 10.6-13.3 | 4,789 | 54.3 | 52.5-56.0 |
| -Piedmont NC | 3,551 | 986 | 33.5 | 31.0-36.0 | 312 | 10.9 | 9.3-12.8 | 2,253 | 55.6 | 53.0-58.2 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,624 | 424 | 31.1 | 27.6-34.8 | 132 | 12.9 | 10.4-16.0 | 1,068 | 56.0 | 52.1-59.8 |
| Female | 1,927 | 562 | 36.4 | 33.0-40.0 | 180 | 8.4 | 6.9-10.3 | 1,185 | 55.1 | 51.7-58.5 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 2,961 | 806 | 34.4 | 31.7-37.1 | 217 | 8.1 | 6.7- 9.8 | 1,938 | 57.5 | 54.8-60.2 |
| African American | 440 | 140 | 36.3 | 29.5-43.6 | 72 | 18.0 | 13.1-24.2 | 228 | 45.8 | 38.9-52.9 |
| Other Minorities | 143 | 37 | 19.3 | 11.2-31.1 | 23 | 22.4 | 13.4-35.0 | 83 | 58.3 | 44.6-70.8 |
| HISPANIC | ||||||||||
| Hispanic | 90 | 16 | 8.9 | 3.9-18.9 | 18 | 26.2 | 14.1-43.5 | 56 | 64.9 | 47.4-79.2 |
| Non-Hispanic | 3,453 | 967 | 34.9 | 32.4-37.5 | 294 | 10.1 | 8.6-11.8 | 2,192 | 55.1 | 52.5-57.6 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-24 | 57 | 27 | 51.7 | 35.2-67.8 | 15 | 19.0 | 10.5-31.9 | 15 | 29.3 | 15.2-49.0 |
| 25-34 | 261 | 119 | 48.1 | 40.3-55.9 | 31 | 14.5 | 9.5-21.4 | 111 | 37.4 | 30.4-45.0 |
| 35-44 | 472 | 182 | 38.0 | 32.8-43.6 | 50 | 13.0 | 9.0-18.4 | 240 | 48.9 | 43.3-54.6 |
| 45-54 | 752 | 262 | 34.6 | 30.3-39.1 | 79 | 12.0 | 9.1-15.5 | 411 | 53.5 | 48.8-58.1 |
| 55-64 | 888 | 232 | 26.4 | 22.8-30.2 | 74 | 6.9 | 5.2- 9.1 | 582 | 66.7 | 62.7-70.5 |
| 65-74 | 672 | 119 | 17.1 | 13.8-20.9 | 45 | 6.2 | 4.3- 8.8 | 508 | 76.7 | 72.6-80.4 |
| 75+ | 420 | 35 | 8.1 | 5.4-12.0 | 15 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.6 | 370 | 88.7 | 84.5-91.9 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 512 | 177 | 41.0 | 34.2-48.2 | 53 | 15.6 | 10.3-22.8 | 282 | 43.4 | 36.6-50.4 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,121 | 378 | 41.2 | 36.2-46.4 | 96 | 9.9 | 7.4-13.2 | 647 | 48.9 | 43.8-54.0 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 958 | 270 | 34.4 | 29.9-39.2 | 82 | 8.9 | 6.6-11.9 | 606 | 56.7 | 52.0-61.3 |
| College Graduate | 955 | 160 | 17.0 | 14.1-20.3 | 80 | 11.8 | 8.9-15.6 | 715 | 71.2 | 67.0-75.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 398 | 143 | 38.1 | 29.7-47.2 | 54 | 17.9 | 11.7-26.3 | 201 | 44.1 | 35.6-52.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 604 | 211 | 40.3 | 33.3-47.7 | 55 | 12.0 | 8.0-17.5 | 338 | 47.7 | 40.0-55.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 381 | 112 | 36.2 | 29.5-43.5 | 43 | 13.9 | 9.0-20.7 | 226 | 49.9 | 42.8-57.1 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 494 | 158 | 36.8 | 30.8-43.3 | 44 | 11.0 | 7.2-16.5 | 292 | 52.1 | 45.7-58.4 |
| $50,000-74,999 | 489 | 114 | 28.5 | 23.2-34.5 | 38 | 10.0 | 6.5-15.0 | 337 | 61.5 | 55.3-67.4 |
| $75,000+ | 750 | 140 | 23.0 | 18.3-28.4 | 48 | 7.9 | 5.5-11.2 | 562 | 69.1 | 63.7-74.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1,454 | 411 | 37.3 | 33.1-41.6 | 133 | 9.9 | 7.8-12.6 | 910 | 52.8 | 48.7-56.9 |
| No | 1,999 | 552 | 30.9 | 27.8-34.1 | 171 | 11.5 | 9.3-14.1 | 1,276 | 57.6 | 54.2-61.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 664 | 131 | 21.6 | 17.7-26.2 | 35 | 7.6 | 4.9-11.6 | 498 | 70.8 | 65.7-75.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 2,887 | 855 | 35.8 | 32.9-38.7 | 277 | 11.6 | 9.8-13.7 | 1,755 | 52.6 | 49.7-55.5 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.
^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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