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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 | 12,085 | 1,475 | 14.3 | 13.2-15.5 | 554 | 5.4 | 4.7- 6.3 | 3,634 | 24.5 | 23.3-25.6 | 6,422 | 55.8 | 54.3-57.2 |
| -AFRICAN AMERICANS | 1,876 | 237 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.8 | 159 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.3 | 383 | 16.1 | 13.8-18.6 | 1,097 | 62.2 | 58.5-65.7 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 553 | 104 | 19.8 | 14.9-25.8 | 56 | 10.5 | 7.0-15.6 | 148 | 18.9 | 15.0-23.7 | 245 | 50.7 | 44.2-57.2 |
| Female | 1,323 | 133 | 9.2 | 7.2-11.6 | 103 | 5.9 | 4.5- 7.7 | 235 | 13.8 | 11.5-16.5 | 852 | 71.1 | 67.5-74.5 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 18 | 2 | 23.4 | 5.9-59.9 | 1 | 9.0 | 1.3-43.6 | 5 | 21.2 | 6.9-49.6 | 10 | 46.4 | 21.1-73.6 |
| Non-Hispanic | 1,855 | 235 | 13.8 | 11.3-16.8 | 158 | 7.9 | 6.1-10.3 | 377 | 16.0 | 13.8-18.6 | 1,085 | 62.2 | 58.5-65.8 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 78 | 13 | 14.1 | 7.0-26.2 | 3 | 4.3 | 1.0-16.1 | 4 | 5.7 | 1.9-15.9 | 58 | 75.9 | 62.4-85.7 |
| 25-34 | 203 | 32 | 17.0 | 10.4-26.5 | 14 | 6.3 | 3.0-12.6 | 15 | 8.5 | 4.6-15.2 | 142 | 68.2 | 58.4-76.6 |
| 35-44 | 253 | 33 | 11.5 | 7.3-17.8 | 24 | 10.5 | 5.6-18.8 | 20 | 8.8 | 5.1-14.8 | 176 | 69.1 | 60.4-76.7 |
| 45-54 | 422 | 61 | 16.9 | 11.1-24.8 | 52 | 11.5 | 7.3-17.8 | 73 | 18.3 | 13.6-24.1 | 236 | 53.3 | 45.7-60.7 |
| 55-64 | 438 | 60 | 14.9 | 10.9-20.0 | 44 | 9.0 | 6.2-13.0 | 115 | 27.4 | 21.6-34.1 | 219 | 48.6 | 42.2-55.1 |
| 65+ | 457 | 35 | 7.1 | 4.6-10.9 | 20 | 5.2 | 2.6-10.0 | 153 | 31.5 | 25.7-37.9 | 249 | 56.2 | 49.2-62.8 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 307 | 41 | 13.1 | 7.4-22.2 | 38 | 16.3 | 9.9-25.6 | 79 | 21.1 | 15.1-28.8 | 149 | 49.4 | 39.7-59.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 608 | 109 | 19.9 | 15.0-25.9 | 48 | 6.7 | 4.0-11.0 | 127 | 15.8 | 12.0-20.5 | 324 | 57.7 | 50.9-64.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 488 | 60 | 12.2 | 8.6-17.2 | 44 | 7.7 | 4.7-12.3 | 102 | 17.6 | 13.4-22.8 | 282 | 62.5 | 56.0-68.6 |
| College Graduate | 469 | 27 | 6.6 | 3.4-12.5 | 29 | 4.1 | 2.6- 6.6 | 74 | 11.3 | 8.1-15.5 | 339 | 78.0 | 71.9-83.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 351 | 69 | 19.6 | 14.3-26.3 | 45 | 14.1 | 8.9-21.6 | 59 | 16.9 | 12.2-22.9 | 178 | 49.4 | 41.8-57.1 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 380 | 71 | 20.5 | 14.2-28.7 | 36 | 8.6 | 5.0-14.4 | 94 | 17.4 | 12.7-23.3 | 179 | 53.5 | 45.0-61.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 232 | 25 | 10.9 | 5.9-19.3 | 17 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.2 | 60 | 28.1 | 19.5-38.6 | 130 | 57.6 | 47.2-67.3 |
| $35,000-49,999 | 223 | 29 | 12.3 | 7.7-19.0 | 12 | 3.1 | 1.6- 6.1 | 52 | 18.4 | 12.7-26.1 | 130 | 66.1 | 57.0-74.2 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 195 | 14 | 11.6 | 5.4-23.3 | 12 | 4.2 | 2.0- 8.5 | 29 | 11.0 | 7.1-16.7 | 140 | 73.2 | 62.8-81.5 |
| $75,000+ | 197 | 8 | 5.6 | 2.3-12.8 | 12 | 6.5 | 3.4-12.3 | 35 | 12.8 | 8.1-19.5 | 142 | 75.1 | 66.6-82.1 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 787 | 103 | 12.6 | 9.7-16.2 | 87 | 12.9 | 9.0-18.2 | 206 | 23.9 | 19.7-28.6 | 391 | 50.6 | 45.0-56.3 |
| No | 991 | 120 | 14.1 | 10.7-18.4 | 67 | 4.8 | 3.4- 6.8 | 162 | 12.6 | 10.0-15.8 | 642 | 68.5 | 63.7-73.0 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 235 | 39 | 15.5 | 10.6-22.2 | 26 | 10.0 | 5.2-18.4 | 71 | 21.2 | 15.5-28.3 | 99 | 53.3 | 43.9-62.4 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,640 | 198 | 13.6 | 10.8-16.9 | 133 | 7.6 | 5.7-10.1 | 312 | 15.3 | 12.9-18.0 | 997 | 63.5 | 59.5-67.3 |
* 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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