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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

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%)
North Carolina 1,532 851 57.8 53.9-61.5 681 42.2 38.5-46.1
Randolph County 113 58 47.4 35.8-59.2 55 52.6 40.8-64.2
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
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

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Randolph County. 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

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