BRFSS 2003 - Appalachian/Wilkes Counties: (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	2,153	1,108	52.6	49.1-56.0	1,045	47.4	44.0-50.9
-Appalachian/Wilkes	111	48	38.2	26.7-51.1	63	61.8	48.9-73.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	107	57	49.8	38.7-61.0	50	50.2	39.0-61.3
Guilford	86	45	54.2	41.2-66.7	41	45.8	33.3-58.8
Mecklenburg	89	50	54.2	40.2-67.6	39	45.8	32.4-59.8
Orange	51	32	65.1	37.3-85.4	19	34.9	14.6-62.7
Wake	69	39	54.2	39.0-68.7	30	45.8	31.3-61.0
Chatham/Lee	88	46	51.6	39.2-63.9	42	48.4	36.1-60.8
Nash/Wilson	92	47	56.4	44.0-68.1	45	43.6	31.9-56.0
Craven/Pamlico	103	50	48.8	37.8-59.9	53	51.2	40.1-62.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	134	63	45.8	36.3-55.7	71	54.2	44.3-63.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	106	51	42.7	30.9-55.3	55	57.3	44.7-69.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson	101	46	60.3	38.2-78.8	55	39.7	21.2-61.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	132	75	57.2	47.1-66.8	57	42.8	33.2-52.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	107	63	61.1	50.2-70.9	44	38.9	29.1-49.8
Northeast NC I	99	52	54.6	42.8-65.9	47	45.4	34.1-57.2
Northeast NC II	122	63	51.5	40.9-62.0	59	48.5	38.0-59.1
Northeastern Partnership	221	115	52.5	44.3-60.6	106	47.5	39.4-55.7
Mountain AHEC	303	145	55.7	45.4-65.5	158	44.3	34.5-54.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	795	417	49.8	44.0-55.7	378	50.2	44.3-56.0
Piedmont	843	450	54.8	49.9-59.7	393	45.2	40.3-50.1
Western NC	515	241	50.4	42.4-58.3	274	49.6	41.7-57.6

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Appalachian/Wilkes Counties. 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 percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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

	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	2,153	1,108	52.6	49.1-56.0	1,045	47.4	44.0-50.9
-Appalachian/Wilkes	111	48	38.2	26.7-51.1	63	61.8	48.9-73.3
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	107	57	49.8	38.7-61.0	50	50.2	39.0-61.3
Guilford	86	45	54.2	41.2-66.7	41	45.8	33.3-58.8
Mecklenburg	89	50	54.2	40.2-67.6	39	45.8	32.4-59.8
Orange	51	32	65.1	37.3-85.4	19	34.9	14.6-62.7
Wake	69	39	54.2	39.0-68.7	30	45.8	31.3-61.0
Chatham/Lee	88	46	51.6	39.2-63.9	42	48.4	36.1-60.8
Nash/Wilson	92	47	56.4	44.0-68.1	45	43.6	31.9-56.0
Craven/Pamlico	103	50	48.8	37.8-59.9	53	51.2	40.1-62.2
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	134	63	45.8	36.3-55.7	71	54.2	44.3-63.7
Franklin/Gran./Vance	106	51	42.7	30.9-55.3	55	57.3	44.7-69.1
Graham/Swain/Jackson	101	46	60.3	38.2-78.8	55	39.7	21.2-61.8
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	132	75	57.2	47.1-66.8	57	42.8	33.2-52.9
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	107	63	61.1	50.2-70.9	44	38.9	29.1-49.8
Northeast NC I	99	52	54.6	42.8-65.9	47	45.4	34.1-57.2
Northeast NC II	122	63	51.5	40.9-62.0	59	48.5	38.0-59.1
Northeastern Partnership	221	115	52.5	44.3-60.6	106	47.5	39.4-55.7
Mountain AHEC	303	145	55.7	45.4-65.5	158	44.3	34.5-54.6
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	795	417	49.8	44.0-55.7	378	50.2	44.3-56.0
Piedmont	843	450	54.8	49.9-59.7	393	45.2	40.3-50.1
Western NC	515	241	50.4	42.4-58.3	274	49.6	41.7-57.6

BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Appalachian/Wilkes Counties

Tobacco Use

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