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| Total Respond.^ |
Everyday | Some days | Not at all | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
| North Carolina | 2,936 | 760 | 30.3 | 28.1-32.5 | 328 | 12.2 | 10.8-13.7 | 1,848 | 57.6 | 55.3-59.8 |
| -Eastern | 1,001 | 279 | 32.1 | 28.4-36.1 | 112 | 12.8 | 10.4-15.6 | 610 | 55.1 | 51.2-59.0 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 500 | 148 | 32.4 | 27.5-37.7 | 57 | 13.8 | 10.4-18.1 | 295 | 53.8 | 48.4-59.1 |
| Female | 501 | 131 | 31.8 | 26.4-37.8 | 55 | 11.4 | 8.5-15.1 | 315 | 56.8 | 51.1-62.4 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 706 | 178 | 30.7 | 26.3-35.4 | 62 | 9.9 | 7.5-13.1 | 466 | 59.4 | 54.6-64.0 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 212 | 74 | 38.5 | 30.3-47.3 | 37 | 20.2 | 14.1-28.1 | 101 | 41.3 | 33.5-49.6 |
| Other | 70 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 131 | 57 | 47.6 | 38.0-57.3 | 21 | 16.3 | 10.5-24.6 | 53 | 36.1 | 27.6-45.5 |
| 35-44 | 130 | 50 | 34.3 | 25.5-44.3 | 26 | 19.9 | 13.2-28.8 | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 172 | 77 | 43.9 | 35.6-52.6 | 24 | 11.8 | 7.5-18.0 | 71 | 44.3 | 35.9-53.1 |
| 55-64 | 249 | 64 | 26.3 | 20.4-33.1 | 23 | 11.1 | 7.2-16.8 | 162 | 62.6 | 55.4-69.4 |
| 65-74 | 196 | 26 | 12.4 | 7.8-19.0 | *** | *** | *** | 159 | 80.3 | 72.7-86.2 |
| 75+ | 112 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 127 | *** | *** | *** | 16 | 10.1 | 5.6-17.3 | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 320 | 126 | 43.3 | 36.9-50.1 | 37 | 12.4 | 8.7-17.5 | 157 | 44.2 | 37.9-50.7 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 330 | 88 | 28.1 | 22.6-34.4 | 41 | 16.1 | 11.6-21.9 | 201 | 55.8 | 49.2-62.1 |
| College Graduate | 221 | 30 | 16.4 | 10.6-24.4 | 18 | 8.4 | 5.0-13.7 | 173 | 75.3 | 67.1-82.0 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 109 | *** | *** | *** | 12 | 11.3 | 6.3-19.6 | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 193 | 55 | 31.0 | 22.6-40.9 | 37 | 22.8 | 16.2-31.0 | 101 | 46.2 | 37.5-55.2 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 91 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 115 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 139 | 34 | 28.7 | 20.1-39.1 | *** | *** | *** | 96 | 63.9 | 53.1-73.4 |
| $75,000+ | 169 | 24 | 15.8 | 10.1-23.8 | *** | *** | *** | 138 | 79.4 | 71.0-85.9 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 344 | 96 | 29.2 | 23.7-35.5 | 44 | 14.8 | 10.5-20.3 | 204 | 56.0 | 49.4-62.4 |
| No | 654 | 183 | 33.6 | 28.9-38.6 | 67 | 11.7 | 9.0-15.2 | 404 | 54.7 | 49.8-59.5 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 202 | 44 | 23.0 | 16.7-30.9 | 16 | 11.9 | 7.0-19.6 | 142 | 65.1 | 56.5-72.7 |
| Non-Veteran | 796 | 234 | 34.5 | 30.3-39.1 | 95 | 12.9 | 10.2-16.1 | 467 | 52.6 | 48.1-57.0 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
| Urban | 75 | 13 | 15.8 | 8.8-26.9 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Regional City or Suburban | 129 | *** | *** | *** | 15 | 10.4 | 5.8-18.0 | *** | *** | *** |
| Rural | 797 | 225 | 33.0 | 28.7-37.5 | 89 | 13.2 | 10.5-16.6 | 483 | 53.8 | 49.3-58.2 |
*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 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.
***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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.
**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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