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Total Respond.^ |
Yes | No | |||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
North Carolina | 1,088 | 669 | 62.8 | 59.2-66.3 | 419 | 37.2 | 33.7-40.8 |
-Piedmont | 501 | 316 | 64.0 | 59.0-68.7 | 185 | 36.0 | 31.3-41.0 |
GENDER | |||||||
Male | 255 | 150 | 60.9 | 53.9-67.5 | 105 | 39.1 | 32.5-46.1 |
Female | 246 | 166 | 68.0 | 61.0-74.4 | 80 | 32.0 | 25.6-39.0 |
RACE | |||||||
Non-Hispanic White | 320 | 194 | 62.3 | 56.0-68.2 | 126 | 37.7 | 31.8-44.0 |
Non-Hispanic Black | 125 | 87 | 67.1 | 56.8-76.0 | 38 | 32.9 | 24.0-43.2 |
Other | 54 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
AGE | |||||||
18-34 | 113 | 77 | 71.4 | 61.6-79.5 | 36 | 28.6 | 20.5-38.4 |
35-44 | 91 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
45-54 | 108 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
55-64 | 112 | 64 | 56.8 | 46.2-66.9 | 48 | 43.2 | 33.1-53.8 |
65-74 | 58 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
75+ | 18 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
EDUCATION | |||||||
Less Than H.S. | 88 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 181 | 118 | 65.3 | 57.2-72.7 | 63 | 34.7 | 27.3-42.8 |
Some Post-H.S. | 162 | 105 | 65.8 | 57.1-73.5 | 57 | 34.2 | 26.5-42.9 |
College Graduate | 69 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||
Less than $15,000 | 82 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$15,000- 24,999 | 103 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$25,000- 34,999 | 55 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$35,000- 49,999 | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$50,000- 74,999 | 53 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
$75,000+ | 57 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||
Yes | 160 | 101 | 62.9 | 53.7-71.2 | 59 | 37.1 | 28.8-46.3 |
No | 338 | 212 | 64.3 | 58.2-69.9 | 126 | 35.7 | 30.1-41.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||
Veteran | 51 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
Non-Veteran | 450 | 281 | 63.7 | 58.4-68.6 | 169 | 36.3 | 31.4-41.6 |
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | |||||||
Urban | 226 | 134 | 60.5 | 52.9-67.5 | 92 | 39.5 | 32.5-47.1 |
Regional City or Suburban | 152 | 105 | 71.5 | 62.8-78.9 | 47 | 28.5 | 21.1-37.2 |
Rural | 123 | 77 | 61.9 | 51.3-71.4 | 46 | 38.1 | 28.6-48.7 |
*This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life
and currently smoking every day or on some days.
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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