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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: 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?*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,532 851 57.8 53.9-61.5 681 42.2 38.5-46.1
GENDER
Male 695 381 59.2 53.6-64.5 314 40.8 35.5-46.4
Female 837 470 56.0 50.8-61.0 367 44.0 39.0-49.2
RACE
White 1,173 619 55.2 50.8-59.5 554 44.8 40.5-49.2
African American 229 151 66.0 55.7-75.0 78 34.0 25.0-44.3
Asian 12 8 67.8 26.3-92.6 4 32.2 7.4-73.7
Native American 44 28 78.8 60.8-89.9 16 21.2 10.1-39.2
Other Minorities 69 43 65.2 47.3-79.7 26 34.8 20.3-52.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 65 39 63.2 42.6-79.8 26 36.8 20.2-57.4
-English Speaking 31 19 71.5 43.4-89.1 12 28.5 10.9-56.6
-Spanish Speaking 34 20 57.5 30.5-80.7 14 42.5 19.3-69.5
Non-Hispanic 1,467 812 57.4 53.5-61.2 655 42.6 38.8-46.5
AGE
18-24 157 111 74.2 63.9-82.4 46 25.8 17.6-36.1
25-34 295 178 61.3 52.5-69.4 117 38.7 30.6-47.5
35-44 358 190 52.1 44.6-59.6 168 47.9 40.4-55.4
45-54 347 177 46.6 38.8-54.6 170 53.4 45.4-61.2
55-64 212 107 54.9 45.3-64.0 105 45.1 36.0-54.7
65-74 115 62 49.3 36.2-62.4 53 50.7 37.6-63.8
75+ 39 24 78.2 54.9-91.3 15 21.8 8.7-45.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 306 170 58.0 49.2-66.4 136 42.0 33.6-50.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 593 318 54.9 48.6-61.1 275 45.1 38.9-51.4
Some Post-H.S. 388 227 59.6 52.3-66.6 161 40.4 33.4-47.7
College Graduate 243 134 62.3 53.1-70.6 109 37.7 29.4-46.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 129 67.7 56.0-77.5 77 32.3 22.5-44.0
$15,000- 24,999 352 197 53.3 44.8-61.6 155 46.7 38.4-55.2
$25,000- 34,999 224 108 48.4 38.8-58.1 116 51.6 41.9-61.2
$35,000- 49,999 216 122 54.4 44.3-64.2 94 45.6 35.8-55.7
$50,000-74,999 125 70 59.6 47.5-70.6 55 40.4 29.4-52.5
$75,000+ 115 66 66.8 54.8-77.0 49 33.2 23.0-45.2
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
Eastern NC 191 116 59.1 50.5-67.2 75 40.9 32.8-49.5

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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

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