BRFSS 2004 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties: (In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse <br>or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*)

	Total Respond.^	Once	Twice	Three times	4 or more times	Never
North Carolina	3,548	797	23.2	21.5-25.1	538	14.4	13.1-15.9	350	9.5	8.4-10.8	1,112	29.2	27.4-31.1	751	23.6	21.8-25.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	87	17	19.7	11.7-31.2	9	9.5	4.8-17.9	12	12.9	7.0-22.4	26	28.4	19.0-40.2	23	29.5	19.2-42.4
GENDER
Male	35	8	25.4	12.2-45.5	3	6.7	2.0-20.0	2	7.5	1.8-26.1	8	22.6	10.7-41.6	14	37.8	21.4-57.6
Female	52	9	14.4	7.3-26.2	6	12.1	5.3-25.3	10	17.9	9.5-31.3	18	33.9	21.3-49.3	9	21.7	10.8-38.8
RACE
White	85	17	20.0	11.9-31.6	9	9.6	4.9-18.1	12	13.0	7.1-22.7	26	28.8	19.3-40.6	21	28.6	18.3-41.7
Other	1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	39	7	21.7	9.6-41.9	3	4.8	1.4-15.1	5	10.1	3.9-23.6	10	24.5	12.6-42.3	14	38.9	22.4-58.4
45+	48	10	18.0	9.4-31.6	6	13.8	6.2-27.9	7	15.4	7.1-30.5	16	32.0	19.3-48.2	9	20.8	10.4-37.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	52	10	20.6	10.1-37.3	5	8.8	3.6-20.2	5	10.1	3.9-23.6	18	35.6	22.3-51.5	14	24.9	14.0-40.4
Some College +	35	7	18.5	8.6-35.2	4	10.4	3.7-26.2	7	16.9	7.6-33.3	8	18.3	8.5-35.0	9	35.9	18.9-57.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	68	12	20.0	10.9-33.9	8	10.6	5.1-20.5	9	12.6	6.3-23.6	21	28.8	18.6-41.9	18	28.0	17.5-41.6
$50,000+	8	3	36.3	11.8-71.0	1	15.9	2.3-60.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	26.8	6.4-66.0	2	21.0	5.0-57.4

*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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 (MAHEC): 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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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	Total Respond.^	Once			Twice			Three times			4 or more times			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,548	797	23.2	21.5-25.1	538	14.4	13.1-15.9	350	9.5	8.4-10.8	1,112	29.2	27.4-31.1	751	23.6	21.8-25.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes	87	17	19.7	11.7-31.2	9	9.5	4.8-17.9	12	12.9	7.0-22.4	26	28.4	19.0-40.2	23	29.5	19.2-42.4
GENDER
Male	35	8	25.4	12.2-45.5	3	6.7	2.0-20.0	2	7.5	1.8-26.1	8	22.6	10.7-41.6	14	37.8	21.4-57.6
Female	52	9	14.4	7.3-26.2	6	12.1	5.3-25.3	10	17.9	9.5-31.3	18	33.9	21.3-49.3	9	21.7	10.8-38.8
RACE
White	85	17	20.0	11.9-31.6	9	9.6	4.9-18.1	12	13.0	7.1-22.7	26	28.8	19.3-40.6	21	28.6	18.3-41.7
Other	1	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .	1	100	. - .
AGE
18-44	39	7	21.7	9.6-41.9	3	4.8	1.4-15.1	5	10.1	3.9-23.6	10	24.5	12.6-42.3	14	38.9	22.4-58.4
45+	48	10	18.0	9.4-31.6	6	13.8	6.2-27.9	7	15.4	7.1-30.5	16	32.0	19.3-48.2	9	20.8	10.4-37.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	52	10	20.6	10.1-37.3	5	8.8	3.6-20.2	5	10.1	3.9-23.6	18	35.6	22.3-51.5	14	24.9	14.0-40.4
Some College +	35	7	18.5	8.6-35.2	4	10.4	3.7-26.2	7	16.9	7.6-33.3	8	18.3	8.5-35.0	9	35.9	18.9-57.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	68	12	20.0	10.9-33.9	8	10.6	5.1-20.5	9	12.6	6.3-23.6	21	28.8	18.6-41.9	18	28.0	17.5-41.6
$50,000+	8	3	36.3	11.8-71.0	1	15.9	2.3-60.7	0	0.0	. - .	2	26.8	6.4-66.0	2	21.0	5.0-57.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*