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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 | 6,499 | 760 | 13.5 | 12.5-14.7 | 328 | 5.4 | 4.8- 6.2 | 1,848 | 25.8 | 24.6-27.1 | 3,563 | 55.2 | 53.7-56.7 |
-Piedmont | 3,269 | 340 | 12.2 | 10.9-13.7 | 161 | 5.0 | 4.2- 6.0 | 856 | 24.5 | 22.8-26.2 | 1,912 | 58.3 | 56.3-60.3 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 1,390 | 168 | 14.2 | 12.1-16.7 | 87 | 6.2 | 4.9- 7.9 | 405 | 27.0 | 24.4-29.7 | 730 | 52.5 | 49.4-55.6 |
Female | 1,879 | 172 | 10.4 | 8.8-12.2 | 74 | 4.0 | 3.1- 5.1 | 451 | 22.2 | 20.1-24.4 | 1,182 | 63.5 | 60.9-66.0 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 2,113 | 234 | 13.1 | 11.4-15.1 | 86 | 4.4 | 3.5- 5.5 | 630 | 28.2 | 26.1-30.5 | 1,163 | 54.3 | 51.8-56.8 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 668 | 77 | 13.5 | 10.6-17.1 | 48 | 7.2 | 5.3- 9.8 | 135 | 17.4 | 14.4-20.8 | 408 | 61.9 | 57.5-66.1 |
Other | 440 | 28 | 6.6 | 4.4- 9.9 | 26 | 5.0 | 3.1- 7.9 | 82 | 18.9 | 15.0-23.5 | 304 | 69.5 | 64.3-74.3 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-34 | 665 | 78 | 13.3 | 10.5-16.6 | 35 | 5.4 | 3.8- 7.8 | 87 | 13.3 | 10.6-16.6 | 465 | 68.0 | 63.7-71.9 |
35-44 | 505 | 58 | 12.9 | 9.8-16.8 | 33 | 6.4 | 4.5- 9.2 | 96 | 19.5 | 15.9-23.7 | 318 | 61.2 | 56.3-65.8 |
45-54 | 614 | 70 | 13.4 | 10.5-17.0 | 38 | 5.7 | 4.1- 8.0 | 145 | 24.6 | 21.0-28.7 | 361 | 56.2 | 51.8-60.6 |
55-64 | 601 | 78 | 14.7 | 11.5-18.5 | 34 | 5.5 | 3.8- 7.9 | 175 | 31.0 | 26.8-35.5 | 314 | 48.8 | 44.3-53.4 |
65-74 | 507 | 42 | 9.3 | 6.4-13.3 | 16 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.1 | 206 | 40.6 | 35.7-45.7 | 243 | 47.0 | 41.9-52.2 |
75+ | 331 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | 138 | 41.2 | 35.2-47.5 | 175 | 53.2 | 46.9-59.4 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 334 | 64 | 20.8 | 15.9-26.6 | 24 | 6.5 | 4.2-10.1 | 88 | 26.4 | 21.3-32.3 | 158 | 46.3 | 40.0-52.7 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 809 | 131 | 18.2 | 15.3-21.6 | 50 | 5.8 | 4.2- 7.9 | 220 | 23.7 | 20.6-27.0 | 408 | 52.3 | 48.3-56.3 |
Some Post-H.S. | 856 | 104 | 12.1 | 9.8-14.8 | 58 | 6.4 | 4.8- 8.4 | 225 | 24.4 | 21.3-27.8 | 469 | 57.1 | 53.3-60.8 |
College Graduate | 1,250 | 40 | 3.1 | 2.2- 4.3 | 29 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.3 | 314 | 23.7 | 21.2-26.3 | 867 | 71.0 | 68.2-73.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 269 | 57 | 23.1 | 17.5-30.0 | 25 | 7.8 | 5.0-11.8 | 65 | 22.3 | 16.8-28.9 | 122 | 46.8 | 39.7-54.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 499 | 80 | 16.9 | 13.4-21.0 | 23 | 4.3 | 2.8- 6.6 | 128 | 25.1 | 20.9-29.8 | 268 | 53.8 | 48.6-58.9 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 276 | 38 | 17.4 | 12.3-24.1 | 17 | 5.8 | 3.3- 9.9 | 81 | 24.8 | 19.5-30.9 | 140 | 52.0 | 44.8-59.2 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 349 | 29 | 10.9 | 7.0-16.6 | 20 | 6.2 | 3.8- 9.8 | 99 | 27.6 | 22.5-33.4 | 201 | 55.3 | 49.0-61.4 |
$50,000- 74,999 | 385 | 40 | 11.7 | 8.5-16.0 | 13 | 3.1 | 1.7- 5.5 | 97 | 24.4 | 19.9-29.7 | 235 | 60.8 | 55.0-66.3 |
$75,000+ | 824 | 31 | 4.8 | 3.2- 7.1 | 26 | 3.4 | 2.2- 5.2 | 226 | 26.4 | 23.2-29.9 | 541 | 65.4 | 61.6-69.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 740 | 112 | 17.6 | 14.4-21.3 | 48 | 5.9 | 4.4- 8.0 | 243 | 31.4 | 27.6-35.5 | 337 | 45.0 | 40.9-49.3 |
No | 2,516 | 227 | 10.8 | 9.4-12.4 | 111 | 4.7 | 3.8- 5.8 | 609 | 22.6 | 20.8-24.5 | 1,569 | 61.9 | 59.6-64.1 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 364 | 35 | 10.3 | 7.1-14.6 | 16 | 3.6 | 2.0- 6.3 | 151 | 38.1 | 32.6-43.9 | 162 | 48.1 | 42.2-54.0 |
Non-Veteran | 2,893 | 305 | 12.5 | 11.0-14.1 | 145 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.3 | 702 | 22.8 | 21.1-24.6 | 1,741 | 59.5 | 57.3-61.6 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||||||||
Urban | 1,756 | 144 | 10.1 | 8.4-12.0 | 82 | 4.9 | 3.8- 6.2 | 445 | 23.3 | 21.2-25.6 | 1,085 | 61.7 | 59.1-64.4 |
Regional City or Suburban | 869 | 112 | 14.0 | 11.5-17.0 | 40 | 4.5 | 3.2- 6.3 | 232 | 25.5 | 22.3-28.9 | 485 | 56.0 | 52.1-59.9 |
Rural | 644 | 84 | 15.5 | 12.2-19.4 | 39 | 6.2 | 4.3- 8.9 | 179 | 26.1 | 22.3-30.3 | 342 | 52.2 | 47.5-56.9 |
*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 some days' rates.
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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