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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 | 13,219 | 1,774 | 14.4 | 13.4-15.5 | 619 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.8 | 4,064 | 26.2 | 24.9-27.5 | 6,762 | 53.5 | 52.0-55.1 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 1,852 | 260 | 14.0 | 11.6-16.9 | 111 | 6.2 | 4.4- 8.6 | 434 | 18.4 | 15.9-21.2 | 1,047 | 61.3 | 57.5-65.0 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 612 | 95 | 14.9 | 11.3-19.5 | 50 | 8.7 | 5.4-13.8 | 185 | 22.1 | 17.8-27.1 | 282 | 54.2 | 48.0-60.3 |
| Female | 1,240 | 165 | 13.3 | 10.3-17.1 | 61 | 4.2 | 2.8- 6.3 | 249 | 15.6 | 12.8-18.8 | 765 | 66.9 | 62.3-71.1 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 15 | 1 | 9.4 | 1.2-46.7 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 6.5 | 1.1-30.1 | 12 | 84.1 | 51.5-96.3 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,836 | 259 | 14.1 | 11.7-16.9 | 111 | 6.3 | 4.5- 8.7 | 432 | 18.6 | 16.0-21.4 | 1,034 | 61.0 | 57.2-64.7 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 89 | 22 | 17.8 | 10.5-28.6 | 3 | 4.4 | 1.2-14.7 | 5 | 6.4 | 2.4-16.0 | 59 | 71.4 | 58.5-81.5 |
| 25-34 | 206 | 36 | 18.1 | 11.5-27.5 | 15 | 8.1 | 4.0-15.7 | 17 | 6.9 | 3.8-12.2 | 138 | 66.9 | 57.1-75.4 |
| 35-44 | 289 | 50 | 17.0 | 11.7-24.2 | 16 | 5.0 | 2.6- 9.2 | 26 | 9.4 | 5.3-16.0 | 197 | 68.6 | 60.3-75.8 |
| 45-54 | 406 | 61 | 11.9 | 7.9-17.5 | 28 | 8.6 | 3.7-18.5 | 96 | 22.9 | 17.1-29.9 | 221 | 56.6 | 48.7-64.2 |
| 55-64 | 406 | 55 | 13.1 | 9.1-18.5 | 30 | 7.0 | 4.4-10.7 | 131 | 32.4 | 26.3-39.2 | 190 | 47.6 | 40.5-54.8 |
| 65+ | 439 | 36 | 5.2 | 3.4- 7.8 | 19 | 4.2 | 2.3- 7.5 | 156 | 39.4 | 32.1-47.2 | 228 | 51.2 | 43.6-58.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 316 | 67 | 23.3 | 16.3-32.2 | 27 | 9.4 | 4.7-17.9 | 93 | 25.2 | 18.0-34.1 | 129 | 42.1 | 32.6-52.1 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 658 | 99 | 16.7 | 12.2-22.5 | 49 | 8.5 | 5.0-14.1 | 153 | 18.8 | 14.6-24.0 | 357 | 56.0 | 48.9-62.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 461 | 62 | 10.0 | 6.9-14.2 | 17 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.8 | 98 | 17.1 | 12.7-22.7 | 284 | 70.2 | 63.6-76.0 |
| College Graduate | 413 | 32 | 8.0 | 4.9-12.8 | 17 | 4.1 | 2.1- 8.1 | 89 | 14.5 | 10.9-19.1 | 275 | 73.4 | 67.2-78.8 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 357 | 68 | 18.5 | 13.0-25.7 | 34 | 8.5 | 5.3-13.3 | 94 | 21.0 | 15.2-28.2 | 161 | 52.0 | 43.2-60.7 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 390 | 67 | 20.0 | 13.8-28.1 | 21 | 5.3 | 2.8- 9.6 | 99 | 22.3 | 16.6-29.3 | 203 | 52.5 | 44.4-60.4 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 203 | 28 | 8.0 | 4.9-12.7 | 19 | 19.6 | 9.1-37.1 | 40 | 13.4 | 8.8-19.9 | 116 | 59.1 | 46.1-70.9 |
| $35,000-49,999 | 219 | 29 | 11.3 | 7.0-17.8 | 10 | 3.8 | 1.3-10.6 | 62 | 26.4 | 17.7-37.3 | 118 | 58.6 | 46.7-69.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 208 | 19 | 8.1 | 4.2-15.2 | 12 | 6.0 | 2.9-12.2 | 46 | 16.5 | 10.6-24.8 | 131 | 69.4 | 59.7-77.6 |
| $75,000+ | 196 | 9 | 5.1 | 1.9-12.7 | 5 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.6 | 41 | 17.6 | 11.8-25.4 | 141 | 76.3 | 67.5-83.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 712 | 123 | 20.7 | 15.7-26.6 | 61 | 10.2 | 6.3-16.1 | 193 | 23.2 | 18.5-28.8 | 335 | 45.9 | 39.5-52.5 |
| No | 975 | 111 | 10.2 | 7.8-13.3 | 41 | 4.4 | 2.6- 7.3 | 214 | 16.4 | 13.5-19.8 | 609 | 69.0 | 64.4-73.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 228 | 31 | 11.9 | 7.3-18.9 | 13 | 5.1 | 2.5-10.1 | 76 | 36.0 | 26.4-46.8 | 108 | 47.0 | 37.3-56.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,471 | 212 | 14.8 | 12.0-18.1 | 90 | 6.6 | 4.5- 9.5 | 325 | 16.6 | 14.0-19.5 | 844 | 62.1 | 57.9-66.1 |
*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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