SCHS Home Search FAQs Guestbook

North Carolina State Center for Health Statistics Navigation Bar

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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?*

View results for a demographic group:
Select a different topic:
View results for a different geographical area:
  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three times 4 or more times Never
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
-Durham County 77 21 26.4 16.7-39.2 16 20.8 11.9-33.7 5 5.1 2.0-12.3 23 27.5 17.9-39.7 12 20.3 10.3-36.0
GENDER
Male 35 12 31.5 17.2-50.5 7 22.6 10.4-42.4 2 3.9 0.9-15.7 8 19.8 9.4-37.1 6 22.1 8.6-46.1
Female 42 9 18.5 9.5-33.2 9 18.1 9.0-33.0 3 6.8 2.1-19.9 15 39.2 24.6-56.0 6 17.4 7.4-35.9
RACE
White 33 9 29.9 15.6-49.6 7 21.8 9.9-41.3 2 4.3 1.0-17.1 11 34.3 19.5-53.0 4 9.6 3.5-24.2
Other 44 12 24.5 12.7-41.8 9 20.3 9.4-38.4 3 5.5 1.7-16.5 12 23.6 12.6-40.0 8 26.2 12.0-48.0
AGE
18-44 43 13 29.3 16.1-47.3 12 27.0 14.2-45.4 4 6.7 2.3-17.8 8 16.8 7.9-32.0 6 20.2 7.6-43.7
45+ 34 8 21.3 10.3-38.8 4 9.8 3.6-24.2 1 2.2 0.3-14.2 15 46.4 29.2-64.4 6 20.4 8.8-40.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 36 6 17.8 6.9-38.8 8 19.6 9.0-37.7 1 3.0 0.4-18.6 11 26.8 14.0-45.2 10 32.7 16.0-55.4
Some College + 41 15 36.1 21.8-53.5 8 22.1 9.8-42.6 4 7.4 2.6-19.0 12 28.2 15.7-45.2 2 6.2 1.2-26.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 48 11 20.2 10.6-35.3 10 17.0 8.4-31.4 3 4.0 1.2-12.3 15 29.3 17.1-45.4 9 29.5 14.7-50.5
$50,000+ 19 9 44.7 23.5-68.1 5 30.3 12.1-57.9 2 11.8 2.9-37.7 2 9.8 2.4-32.3 1 3.4 0.5-21.1

Back to Smoking Cessation.

*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.

BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes

This page was generated on 06APR05.

SCHS Home | Search | FAQs | Guestbook