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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 |
| -Western | 578 | 141 | 30.2 | 24.9-36.0 | 55 | 11.3 | 8.0-15.6 | 382 | 58.5 | 52.8-64.1 |
| GENDER | ||||||||||
| Male | 289 | 66 | 25.6 | 19.5-32.9 | 23 | 10.0 | 6.1-16.1 | 200 | 64.4 | 56.7-71.3 |
| Female | 289 | 75 | 35.0 | 26.8-44.1 | 32 | 12.6 | 7.9-19.5 | 182 | 52.4 | 44.1-60.6 |
| RACE | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic White | 510 | 119 | 30.3 | 24.7-36.6 | 42 | 9.6 | 6.6-13.7 | 349 | 60.1 | 53.9-65.9 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 18 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Other | 49 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| AGE | ||||||||||
| 18-34 | 82 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 35-44 | 56 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 45-54 | 76 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| 55-64 | 123 | 34 | 23.0 | 15.6-32.5 | *** | *** | *** | 80 | 69.1 | 58.5-78.1 |
| 65-74 | 151 | 22 | 12.4 | 7.6-19.6 | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 83.2 | 75.4-88.9 |
| 75+ | 87 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| EDUCATION | ||||||||||
| Less Than H.S. | 71 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| H.S. or G.E.D. | 188 | 53 | 35.3 | 26.7-45.0 | *** | *** | *** | 120 | 57.6 | 48.0-66.6 |
| Some Post-H.S. | 168 | 43 | 24.0 | 16.8-33.1 | 22 | 15.2 | 9.2-23.9 | 103 | 60.8 | 51.1-69.8 |
| College Graduate | 148 | 16 | 12.3 | 7.0-20.8 | *** | *** | *** | 124 | 80.2 | 70.8-87.1 |
| HOUSEHOLD INCOME | ||||||||||
| Less than $15,000 | 72 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $15,000- 24,999 | 116 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $25,000- 34,999 | 66 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $35,000- 49,999 | 75 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $50,000- 74,999 | 64 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| $75,000+ | 90 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| DISABILITY STATUS | ||||||||||
| Yes | 223 | 54 | 27.7 | 19.9-37.1 | 18 | 9.0 | 4.9-15.9 | 151 | 63.3 | 53.9-71.7 |
| No | 351 | 86 | 31.5 | 24.8-39.1 | 36 | 12.4 | 8.2-18.4 | 229 | 56.1 | 48.7-63.2 |
| VETERAN STATUS | ||||||||||
| Veteran | 97 | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** | *** |
| Non-Veteran | 480 | 123 | 31.7 | 25.9-38.2 | 50 | 12.7 | 8.9-17.6 | 307 | 55.6 | 49.3-61.7 |
| RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY | ||||||||||
| Regional City or Suburban | 132 | 20 | 17.5 | 10.9-26.9 | *** | *** | *** | 102 | 75.0 | 65.3-82.7 |
| Rural | 446 | 121 | 34.6 | 28.1-41.6 | 45 | 12.6 | 8.6-18.2 | 280 | 52.8 | 46.2-59.4 |
*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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