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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 | 5,401 | 1,457 | 33.6 | 31.5-35.7 | 563 | 13.2 | 11.7-14.9 | 3,381 | 53.2 | 51.0-55.4 |
| -MALES | 2,469 | 605 | 32.2 | 29.2-35.4 | 214 | 12.8 | 10.7-15.3 | 1,650 | 55.0 | 51.8-58.1 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| White | 1,990 | 460 | 31.5 | 28.1-35.1 | 134 | 9.5 | 7.5-12.0 | 1,396 | 59.0 | 55.4-62.5 |
| African American | 307 | 92 | 34.6 | 26.9-43.2 | 55 | 23.6 | 17.3-31.3 | 160 | 41.8 | 34.1-50.0 |
| Other Minorities | 153 | *** | *** | *** | 23 | 17.2 | 9.5-29.1 | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 261 | 113 | 44.2 | 36.9-51.8 | 58 | 23.1 | 17.4-30.0 | 90 | 32.6 | 26.0-40.0 |
| 35-44 | 264 | 98 | 43.1 | 35.2-51.3 | 36 | 12.9 | 8.9-18.4 | 130 | 44.0 | 36.3-52.0 |
| 45-54 | 409 | 147 | 37.4 | 30.7-44.6 | 44 | 11.6 | 7.4-17.9 | 218 | 51.0 | 43.8-58.1 |
| 55-64 | 586 | 141 | 24.5 | 19.7-30.1 | 47 | 7.9 | 5.4-11.5 | 398 | 67.6 | 61.8-72.9 |
| 65-74 | 565 | 84 | 11.8 | 8.3-16.5 | 14 | 3.8 | 1.8- 7.9 | 467 | 84.4 | 79.1-88.6 |
| 75+ | 370 | 19 | 3.2 | 1.9- 5.3 | 14 | 4.8 | 2.2-10.2 | 337 | 92.0 | 87.0-95.2 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 415 | 134 | 41.0 | 34.0-48.3 | 42 | 12.2 | 8.1-18.0 | 239 | 46.8 | 39.8-53.9 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 789 | 239 | 38.7 | 33.4-44.2 | 72 | 12.4 | 9.0-16.7 | 478 | 49.0 | 43.6-54.4 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 595 | 142 | 27.2 | 21.8-33.3 | 62 | 15.9 | 11.6-21.3 | 391 | 57.0 | 50.7-63.1 |
| College Graduate | 660 | 88 | 15.6 | 11.2-21.4 | 38 | 9.3 | 6.1-13.9 | 534 | 75.1 | 68.9-80.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 289 | 132 | 53.2 | 44.3-62.0 | 33 | 19.2 | 12.5-28.3 | 124 | 27.6 | 20.9-35.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 460 | 140 | 40.5 | 33.3-48.2 | 47 | 10.6 | 7.0-15.7 | 273 | 48.9 | 41.5-56.3 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 272 | 53 | 22.1 | 15.3-30.9 | 31 | 22.1 | 14.9-31.7 | 188 | 55.7 | 46.3-64.8 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 339 | 70 | 26.7 | 19.7-35.1 | 26 | 9.3 | 5.7-14.8 | 243 | 64.0 | 55.7-71.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 341 | 72 | 25.7 | 19.3-33.5 | 19 | 5.6 | 3.0-10.4 | 250 | 68.7 | 60.7-75.7 |
| $75,000+ | 450 | 67 | 21.7 | 15.3-29.8 | 36 | 13.8 | 9.0-20.5 | 347 | 64.5 | 56.5-71.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 810 | 203 | 32.1 | 26.8-37.9 | 59 | 8.7 | 5.9-12.6 | 548 | 59.2 | 53.4-64.7 |
| No | 1,537 | 362 | 31.0 | 27.3-34.9 | 143 | 14.4 | 11.7-17.6 | 1,032 | 54.6 | 50.7-58.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 984 | 170 | 20.8 | 16.9-25.3 | 52 | 8.8 | 5.9-12.8 | 762 | 70.4 | 65.4-75.0 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,484 | 435 | 36.7 | 32.9-40.7 | 162 | 14.4 | 11.8-17.5 | 887 | 48.8 | 44.9-52.7 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported ever smoking at least 100 or more cigarettes.
PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.
^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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