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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 |
| -WHITES | 9,416 | 1,144 | 14.9 | 13.6-16.3 | 363 | 4.7 | 3.9- 5.6 | 3,052 | 27.4 | 26.1-28.7 | 4,857 | 53.0 | 51.4-54.6 |
| GENDER | |||||||||||||
| Male | 3,590 | 482 | 16.4 | 14.4-18.7 | 144 | 5.6 | 4.2- 7.3 | 1,436 | 31.3 | 29.2-33.5 | 1,528 | 46.7 | 44.1-49.3 |
| Female | 5,826 | 662 | 13.5 | 11.9-15.2 | 219 | 3.9 | 3.3- 4.7 | 1,616 | 23.8 | 22.3-25.4 | 3,329 | 58.8 | 56.8-60.8 |
| HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
| Hispanic | 177 | 16 | 4.5 | 1.9-10.4 | 8 | 2.5 | 1.1- 5.4 | 52 | 28.8 | 19.9-39.6 | 101 | 64.2 | 53.4-73.7 |
| Non-Hispanic | 9,233 | 1,128 | 15.2 | 13.9-16.7 | 354 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.7 | 2,997 | 27.3 | 26.0-28.7 | 4,754 | 52.6 | 51.0-54.3 |
| AGE | |||||||||||||
| 18-24 | 229 | 42 | 24.2 | 16.8-33.6 | 18 | 9.3 | 5.0-16.5 | 18 | 5.0 | 2.8- 8.7 | 151 | 61.5 | 52.3-70.0 |
| 25-34 | 636 | 119 | 19.1 | 15.4-23.5 | 35 | 6.4 | 4.0-10.1 | 128 | 21.3 | 17.4-25.8 | 354 | 53.2 | 48.1-58.3 |
| 35-44 | 1,265 | 177 | 13.9 | 11.7-16.5 | 70 | 5.2 | 3.9- 6.8 | 243 | 19.6 | 16.9-22.6 | 775 | 61.3 | 57.9-64.7 |
| 45-54 | 1,716 | 305 | 18.0 | 15.6-20.6 | 94 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.2 | 448 | 25.9 | 23.2-28.7 | 869 | 51.3 | 48.1-54.4 |
| 55-64 | 2,124 | 267 | 12.9 | 11.1-15.1 | 79 | 2.9 | 2.2- 3.8 | 775 | 38.0 | 35.2-40.8 | 1,003 | 46.2 | 43.3-49.0 |
| 65+ | 3,375 | 231 | 6.5 | 5.5- 7.7 | 61 | 1.7 | 1.2- 2.4 | 1,420 | 44.5 | 42.2-46.7 | 1,663 | 47.3 | 45.1-49.6 |
| EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 1,033 | 227 | 30.4 | 25.2-36.1 | 45 | 8.4 | 5.3-13.0 | 373 | 27.8 | 24.0-32.0 | 388 | 33.5 | 29.0-38.3 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 2,663 | 431 | 22.2 | 19.2-25.5 | 133 | 6.8 | 4.9- 9.3 | 830 | 26.5 | 24.1-29.1 | 1,269 | 44.5 | 41.3-47.8 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 2,370 | 316 | 15.4 | 12.9-18.4 | 108 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.3 | 802 | 27.8 | 25.2-30.5 | 1,144 | 52.7 | 49.3-56.0 |
| College Graduate | 3,337 | 170 | 4.6 | 3.8- 5.6 | 77 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.5 | 1,044 | 27.7 | 25.6-29.9 | 2,046 | 65.2 | 62.8-67.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 851 | 202 | 30.3 | 25.4-35.6 | 52 | 7.2 | 5.0-10.1 | 259 | 24.2 | 20.4-28.4 | 338 | 38.4 | 33.0-44.0 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 1,355 | 253 | 24.0 | 20.2-28.2 | 56 | 3.6 | 2.5- 5.0 | 470 | 31.1 | 27.5-34.9 | 576 | 41.3 | 37.3-45.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 969 | 150 | 21.0 | 16.7-26.2 | 45 | 6.5 | 3.6-11.5 | 332 | 30.6 | 26.4-35.1 | 442 | 41.9 | 37.0-46.9 |
| $35,000-49,999 | 1,192 | 148 | 15.1 | 12.2-18.5 | 46 | 4.1 | 2.8- 5.9 | 410 | 30.6 | 27.0-34.5 | 588 | 50.3 | 46.0-54.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 1,323 | 120 | 9.9 | 7.6-12.7 | 44 | 4.5 | 2.9- 6.9 | 427 | 29.3 | 26.0-32.8 | 732 | 56.4 | 52.5-60.2 |
| $75,000+ | 2,229 | 121 | 7.7 | 5.8-10.1 | 71 | 3.9 | 2.7- 5.6 | 689 | 26.0 | 23.6-28.6 | 1,348 | 62.4 | 59.3-65.4 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Yes | 3,480 | 536 | 20.7 | 18.1-23.7 | 156 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.0 | 1,255 | 31.7 | 29.5-34.1 | 1,533 | 41.4 | 38.9-44.1 |
| No | 5,594 | 572 | 12.3 | 10.8-13.9 | 195 | 4.1 | 3.2- 5.2 | 1,691 | 25.6 | 23.9-27.2 | 3,136 | 58.1 | 56.0-60.1 |
| VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
| Veteran | 1,363 | 174 | 13.5 | 10.9-16.5 | 38 | 3.4 | 2.0- 5.7 | 682 | 45.4 | 41.6-49.2 | 469 | 37.7 | 33.9-41.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 8,051 | 970 | 15.1 | 13.7-16.7 | 325 | 4.9 | 4.1- 5.9 | 2,369 | 24.6 | 23.2-26.0 | 4,387 | 55.4 | 53.6-57.1 |
* 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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