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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 |
| -Piedmont | 1,357 | 340 | 29.3 | 26.4-32.3 | 161 | 12.1 | 10.2-14.2 | 856 | 58.7 | 55.5-61.7 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 660 | 168 | 30.0 | 25.9-34.4 | 87 | 13.1 | 10.4-16.4 | 405 | 56.9 | 52.4-61.2 |
| Female | 697 | 172 | 28.4 | 24.5-32.7 | 74 | 10.8 | 8.5-13.7 | 451 | 60.8 | 56.4-65.0 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 950 | 234 | 28.8 | 25.3-32.4 | 86 | 9.5 | 7.6-11.9 | 630 | 61.7 | 57.9-65.4 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 260 | 77 | 35.5 | 28.8-42.9 | 48 | 18.9 | 14.0-25.1 | 135 | 45.5 | 38.6-52.7 |
| Other | 136 | 28 | 21.7 | 14.7-30.9 | 26 | 16.3 | 10.3-24.7 | 82 | 62.0 | 52.2-70.9 |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 200 | 78 | 41.4 | 34.0-49.3 | 35 | 17.0 | 12.0-23.5 | 87 | 41.6 | 34.2-49.4 |
| 35-44 | 187 | 58 | 33.1 | 25.9-41.2 | 33 | 16.6 | 11.6-23.1 | 96 | 50.3 | 42.4-58.2 |
| 45-54 | 253 | 70 | 30.6 | 24.5-37.6 | 38 | 13.1 | 9.3-18.1 | 145 | 56.3 | 49.3-63.0 |
| 55-64 | 287 | 78 | 28.7 | 22.9-35.3 | 34 | 10.7 | 7.5-15.2 | 175 | 60.6 | 53.9-66.9 |
| 65-74 | 264 | 42 | 17.6 | 12.3-24.4 | 16 | 5.7 | 3.4- 9.5 | 206 | 76.7 | 69.8-82.5 |
| 75+ | 156 | 13 | 9.0 | 5.0-15.8 | *** | *** | *** | 138 | 88.1 | 81.0-92.7 |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 176 | 64 | 38.6 | 30.5-47.4 | 24 | 12.2 | 7.8-18.5 | 88 | 49.2 | 40.7-57.7 |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 401 | 131 | 38.2 | 32.9-43.9 | 50 | 12.1 | 9.0-16.2 | 220 | 49.6 | 44.1-55.2 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 387 | 104 | 28.2 | 23.3-33.7 | 58 | 14.9 | 11.4-19.3 | 225 | 56.9 | 51.2-62.4 |
| College Graduate | 383 | 40 | 10.7 | 7.6-14.7 | 29 | 7.8 | 5.3-11.2 | 314 | 81.6 | 76.9-85.5 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 147 | 57 | 43.5 | 33.9-53.6 | 25 | 14.6 | 9.5-21.8 | 65 | 41.9 | 32.5-51.9 |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 231 | 80 | 36.5 | 29.6-43.9 | 23 | 9.3 | 6.0-14.1 | 128 | 54.3 | 46.8-61.5 |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 136 | 38 | 36.3 | 26.9-46.9 | 17 | 12.1 | 7.0-19.9 | 81 | 51.6 | 41.7-61.5 |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 148 | 29 | 24.5 | 16.3-35.0 | 20 | 13.9 | 8.7-21.5 | 99 | 61.7 | 51.5-70.9 |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 150 | 40 | 29.8 | 22.2-38.8 | 13 | 7.9 | 4.4-13.7 | 97 | 62.3 | 53.2-70.5 |
| $75,000+ | 283 | 31 | 13.9 | 9.5-19.9 | 26 | 9.8 | 6.5-14.6 | 226 | 76.3 | 69.8-81.8 |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 403 | 112 | 32.0 | 26.6-37.9 | 48 | 10.8 | 8.0-14.5 | 243 | 57.2 | 51.3-62.9 |
| No | 947 | 227 | 28.3 | 25.0-32.0 | 111 | 12.4 | 10.2-15.1 | 609 | 59.2 | 55.5-62.9 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 202 | 35 | 19.8 | 14.0-27.2 | 16 | 6.9 | 3.9-11.9 | 151 | 73.4 | 65.6-79.9 |
| Non-Veteran | 1,152 | 305 | 30.8 | 27.6-34.1 | 145 | 12.9 | 10.8-15.3 | 702 | 56.3 | 52.9-59.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
| Urban | 671 | 144 | 26.3 | 22.3-30.6 | 82 | 12.7 | 10.1-15.9 | 445 | 61.0 | 56.5-65.3 |
| Regional City or Suburban | 384 | 112 | 31.9 | 26.7-37.6 | 40 | 10.2 | 7.3-14.1 | 232 | 57.9 | 52.1-63.5 |
| Rural | 302 | 84 | 32.3 | 26.1-39.2 | 39 | 13.0 | 9.1-18.3 | 179 | 54.6 | 47.8-61.3 |
*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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