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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Henderson/Transylvania Counties

Tobacco Indicators

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Within 6 months Within 1 year Within 5 years Within 10 years More than 10 years ago
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,545 104 7.6 5.7-10.1 55 4.5 3.1- 6.5 266 18.0 15.3-21.0 147 9.3 7.4-11.6 973 60.6 56.9-64.2
Henderson/ Transylvania 125 5 2.8 1.1- 7.0 3 6.4 1.6-21.9 21 14.0 8.4-22.3 11 15.7 5.1-39.2 85 61.2 45.7-74.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 105 6 4.9 2.1-11.3 5 5.8 2.3-14.1 15 14.4 8.4-23.8 7 6.5 2.9-14.2 72 68.3 57.4-77.5
Forsyth 113 11 10.5 5.6-18.6 2 1.6 0.4- 6.2 27 23.7 16.0-33.6 7 7.3 3.3-15.2 66 57.0 46.3-67.0
Guilford 98 7 5.8 2.6-12.2 6 11.6 4.9-24.9 15 15.8 9.0-26.2 10 12.1 6.0-22.7 60 54.8 42.8-66.2
Mecklenburg 91 8 13.5 5.8-28.2 4 10.5 3.5-28.0 17 17.9 10.4-29.1 4 3.2 1.1- 9.2 58 54.8 41.5-67.4
Orange 93 2 2.8 0.7-10.7 4 4.2 1.6-10.9 9 11.1 5.5-21.3 12 11.4 5.9-20.8 66 70.4 58.9-79.8
Pitt 86 11 11.0 5.3-21.2 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 17 18.5 10.7-30.1 11 10.3 5.2-19.3 46 58.3 42.9-72.2
Randolph 90 5 19.3 5.1-51.3 5 4.2 1.5-11.4 16 15.6 9.0-25.6 12 12.6 6.7-22.4 52 48.3 30.7-66.4
Robeson 98 5 5.2 1.8-14.4 4 2.6 0.9- 7.6 26 35.0 24.6-47.0 9 8.1 4.0-15.6 54 49.2 38.2-60.2
Wake 98 7 12.8 5.9-25.6 6 4.7 2.0-10.5 13 15.9 9.2-26.2 8 6.9 3.3-13.9 64 59.7 47.8-70.5
Western NC 155 10 6.9 3.4-13.5 4 3.8 1.4-10.1 25 17.0 11.2-25.0 18 11.8 7.3-18.6 98 60.4 51.5-68.7
Piedmont NC 198 13 4.0 1.9- 8.3 4 2.1 0.8- 5.6 33 19.6 13.7-27.2 19 8.3 5.0-13.5 129 66.0 57.8-73.4
Eastern NC 195 14 8.4 4.5-15.2 7 4.6 1.9-10.8 32 17.1 11.7-24.5 19 10.9 6.7-17.3 123 58.9 50.5-66.8

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

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* This question was asked only of respondents who were former smokers.

#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

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