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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--WHITE Respondents Only

In the past 12 months, has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional advised you to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 811 589 75.0 70.6-79.0 222 25.0 21.0-29.4
GENDER
Male 292 206 74.3 67.0-80.4 86 25.7 19.6-33.0
Female 519 383 75.6 69.8-80.6 136 24.4 19.4-30.2
AGE
18-24 73 50 77.6 64.0-87.1 23 22.4 12.9-36.0
25-34 138 92 69.4 57.5-79.2 46 30.6 20.8-42.5
35-44 160 119 77.9 68.3-85.3 41 22.1 14.7-31.7
45-54 199 151 74.9 64.4-83.2 48 25.1 16.8-35.6
55-64 133 104 80.6 70.4-88.0 29 19.4 12.0-29.6
65-74 75 49 62.0 46.3-75.5 26 38.0 24.5-53.7
75+ 28 20 77.3 48.3-92.6 8 22.7 7.4-51.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 133 101 78.0 66.4-86.4 32 22.0 13.6-33.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 300 226 79.0 72.0-84.6 74 21.0 15.4-28.0
Some Post-H.S. 226 162 73.7 64.8-81.1 64 26.3 18.9-35.2
College Graduate 152 100 63.3 51.4-73.7 52 36.7 26.3-48.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 97 83 91.9 84.3-96.0 14 8.1 4.0-15.7
$15,000- 24,999 150 101 69.4 57.3-79.4 49 30.6 20.6-42.7
$25,000- 34,999 121 88 70.1 56.5-80.9 33 29.9 19.1-43.5
$35,000- 49,999 136 94 68.1 55.6-78.5 42 31.9 21.5-44.4
$50,000-74,999 80 62 79.4 65.1-88.8 18 20.6 11.2-34.9
$75,000+ 70 49 77.4 63.3-87.2 21 22.6 12.8-36.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 57 40 71.1 56.6-82.3 17 28.9 17.7-43.4
Forsyth 58 42 64.2 43.7-80.6 16 35.8 19.4-56.3
Guilford 45 33 69.6 50.6-83.7 12 30.4 16.3-49.4
Henderson/Transylvania 61 43 63.5 46.2-77.9 18 36.5 22.1-53.8
Mecklenburg 39 33 84.4 62.9-94.6 6 15.6 5.4-37.1
Orange 31 24 73.5 53.0-87.2 7 26.5 12.8-47.0
Pitt 43 28 62.8 45.7-77.1 15 37.2 22.9-54.3
Randolph 67 47 75.4 59.8-86.3 20 24.6 13.7-40.2
Robeson 37 24 66.3 42.9-83.8 13 33.7 16.2-57.1
Wake 41 30 78.2 61.9-88.8 11 21.8 11.2-38.1
Western NC 108 81 76.7 66.9-84.3 27 23.3 15.7-33.1
Piedmont NC 132 103 80.8 72.1-87.2 29 19.2 12.8-27.9
Eastern NC 92 61 68.2 57.0-77.7 31 31.8 22.3-43.0

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking regularly within the past year and had received health care of some kind.

#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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