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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 | 2,936 | 760 | 30.3 | 28.1-32.5 | 328 | 12.2 | 10.8-13.7 | 1,848 | 57.6 | 55.3-59.8 |
| -Non-Hispanic White | 2,166 | 531 | 29.6 | 27.1-32.2 | 190 | 9.7 | 8.2-11.3 | 1,445 | 60.7 | 58.1-63.3 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 1,012 | 257 | 29.8 | 26.3-33.5 | 83 | 9.5 | 7.5-12.0 | 672 | 60.7 | 56.9-64.4 |
| Female | 1,154 | 274 | 29.4 | 26.0-33.1 | 107 | 9.8 | 8.0-12.1 | 773 | 60.8 | 57.1-64.3 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 284 | 112 | 44.4 | 37.8-51.2 | 43 | 14.7 | 10.7-19.7 | 129 | 40.9 | 34.7-47.5 |
| 35-44 | 247 | 75 | 33.4 | 26.6-41.0 | 33 | 12.8 | 8.9-18.1 | 139 | 53.8 | 46.4-61.0 |
| 45-54 | 342 | 128 | 39.8 | 33.7-46.1 | 41 | 11.0 | 7.8-15.2 | 173 | 49.2 | 43.0-55.5 |
| 55-64 | 465 | 122 | 26.0 | 21.7-30.9 | 36 | 8.3 | 5.8-11.8 | 307 | 65.7 | 60.4-70.6 |
| 65-74 | 513 | 73 | 15.1 | 11.4-19.8 | 27 | 5.2 | 3.4- 8.0 | 413 | 79.6 | 74.7-83.8 |
| 75+ | 303 | 21 | 7.6 | 4.7-12.1 | *** | *** | *** | 272 | 90.1 | 85.5-93.4 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 212 | 81 | 43.3 | 35.2-51.8 | 16 | 5.7 | 3.3- 9.8 | 115 | 51.0 | 42.7-59.2 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 617 | 205 | 39.7 | 35.1-44.5 | 50 | 8.4 | 6.1-11.5 | 362 | 51.9 | 47.1-56.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 688 | 174 | 25.9 | 22.2-30.1 | 83 | 14.1 | 11.2-17.5 | 431 | 60.0 | 55.5-64.3 |
| College Graduate | 639 | 70 | 12.1 | 9.3-15.6 | 40 | 6.9 | 5.0- 9.6 | 529 | 81.0 | 77.0-84.4 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 196 | 76 | 43.0 | 34.6-51.8 | 23 | 13.4 | 8.6-20.3 | 97 | 43.6 | 35.3-52.3 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 327 | 112 | 39.2 | 32.5-46.4 | 36 | 11.0 | 7.5-15.7 | 179 | 49.8 | 43.0-56.7 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 212 | 56 | 36.5 | 28.3-45.5 | 18 | 10.3 | 6.2-16.7 | 138 | 53.2 | 44.7-61.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 260 | 64 | 29.5 | 22.5-37.6 | 24 | 8.3 | 5.4-12.7 | 172 | 62.2 | 54.3-69.5 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 294 | 68 | 28.5 | 22.1-35.9 | 19 | 6.0 | 3.6- 9.8 | 207 | 65.5 | 58.1-72.1 |
| $75,000+ | 480 | 63 | 15.5 | 11.7-20.2 | 31 | 8.6 | 5.8-12.4 | 386 | 75.9 | 70.7-80.5 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 728 | 195 | 31.1 | 26.9-35.6 | 63 | 9.0 | 6.8-11.7 | 470 | 60.0 | 55.3-64.4 |
| No | 1,427 | 336 | 29.1 | 26.1-32.3 | 124 | 9.8 | 8.1-11.9 | 967 | 61.1 | 57.8-64.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 390 | 75 | 21.4 | 16.7-27.0 | 20 | 5.4 | 3.2- 8.8 | 295 | 73.2 | 67.4-78.3 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,772 | 454 | 31.2 | 28.4-34.1 | 169 | 10.5 | 8.8-12.3 | 1,149 | 58.4 | 55.4-61.3 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
| Urban | 472 | 86 | 20.8 | 16.6-25.8 | 40 | 9.6 | 6.9-13.3 | 346 | 69.5 | 64.3-74.3 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 507 | 135 | 31.0 | 26.3-36.1 | 40 | 8.0 | 5.7-11.0 | 332 | 61.0 | 55.9-66.0 |
| Rural | 1,187 | 310 | 33.2 | 29.6-37.1 | 110 | 10.6 | 8.5-13.1 | 767 | 56.2 | 52.4-59.9 |
*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.
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