BRFSS 2002 - Eastern North Carolina: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

	Total Respond.#	Yes	No
North Carolina	1,532	851	57.8	53.9-61.5	681	42.2	38.5-46.1
Eastern NC	191	116	59.1	50.5-67.2	75	40.9	32.8-49.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	87	43	50.2	38.0-62.4	44	49.8	37.6-62.0
Forsyth	116	61	54.0	42.5-65.1	55	46.0	34.9-57.5
Guilford	85	49	49.9	36.9-63.0	36	50.1	37.0-63.1
Henderson/Transylvania	97	57	54.4	42.6-65.8	40	45.6	34.2-57.4
Mecklenburg	81	50	64.7	50.9-76.4	31	35.3	23.6-49.1
Orange	63	29	47.7	33.9-61.8	34	52.3	38.2-66.1
Pitt	97	58	64.0	53.5-73.3	39	36.0	26.7-46.5
Randolph	113	58	47.4	35.8-59.2	55	52.6	40.8-64.2
Robeson	115	76	65.5	53.2-76.1	39	34.5	23.9-46.8
Wake	77	49	71.5	59.5-81.1	28	28.5	18.9-40.5
Western NC	178	78	47.6	38.6-56.7	100	52.4	43.3-61.4
Piedmont NC	232	127	57.9	50.0-65.5	105	42.1	34.5-50.0

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Eastern North Carolina. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

	Total Respond.#	Yes			No
	Total Respond.#	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	1,532	851	57.8	53.9-61.5	681	42.2	38.5-46.1
Eastern NC	191	116	59.1	50.5-67.2	75	40.9	32.8-49.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	87	43	50.2	38.0-62.4	44	49.8	37.6-62.0
Forsyth	116	61	54.0	42.5-65.1	55	46.0	34.9-57.5
Guilford	85	49	49.9	36.9-63.0	36	50.1	37.0-63.1
Henderson/Transylvania	97	57	54.4	42.6-65.8	40	45.6	34.2-57.4
Mecklenburg	81	50	64.7	50.9-76.4	31	35.3	23.6-49.1
Orange	63	29	47.7	33.9-61.8	34	52.3	38.2-66.1
Pitt	97	58	64.0	53.5-73.3	39	36.0	26.7-46.5
Randolph	113	58	47.4	35.8-59.2	55	52.6	40.8-64.2
Robeson	115	76	65.5	53.2-76.1	39	34.5	23.9-46.8
Wake	77	49	71.5	59.5-81.1	28	28.5	18.9-40.5
Western NC	178	78	47.6	38.6-56.7	100	52.4	43.3-61.4
Piedmont NC	232	127	57.9	50.0-65.5	105	42.1	34.5-50.0

2002 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*