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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4 visits None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,841 483 17.4 15.7-19.3 230 7.9 6.7- 9.2 97 3.7 2.9- 4.7 242 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,789 63.0 60.7-65.2
-Mountain AHEC 188 41 23.7 17.0-32.1 16 6.9 3.8-12.3 9 6.0 3.0-11.4 17 7.7 4.4-13.2 105 55.7 46.8-64.2
GENDER
Male 67 16 23.6 13.9-37.1 5 6.1 2.3-14.9 5 6.6 2.6-15.8 8 7.8 3.5-16.3 33 55.9 42.0-69.0
Female 121 25 23.9 15.4-35.1 11 7.7 3.5-16.0 4 5.3 1.9-13.7 9 7.6 3.4-16.2 72 55.4 44.3-66.1
RACE
White 157 34 23.0 15.9-31.9 12 7.5 4.0-13.7 7 5.7 2.7-11.8 14 8.3 4.6-14.5 90 55.5 46.1-64.4
African American 11 3 36.6 12.1-70.7 1 5.3 0.7-31.2 1 7.1 0.9-38.0 1 5.3 0.7-31.2 5 45.7 17.7-76.7
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 15 2 10.0 2.2-35.0 1 6.5 0.9-35.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.5 0.9-35.1 11 77.0 49.9-91.8
25-34 31 4 13.1 4.3-33.4 4 6.2 1.4-23.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 0.6 0.1- 2.8 21 80.1 59.2-91.8
35-44 40 7 17.3 7.5-35.1 4 8.1 2.6-22.1 3 7.2 2.3-20.7 3 7.7 1.9-26.8 23 59.8 41.6-75.6
45-54 39 10 32.7 17.2-53.0 2 5.3 0.9-26.5 2 7.5 1.9-25.5 4 7.4 2.3-21.0 21 47.2 29.3-65.8
55-64 29 9 34.9 17.2-58.0 4 11.7 3.6-32.0 1 3.1 0.4-19.5 3 9.4 2.8-27.4 12 40.9 22.1-62.8
65-74 23 7 23.1 8.9-47.9 1 4.6 0.6-26.6 3 20.0 6.4-47.6 3 17.7 5.7-43.2 9 34.7 16.0-59.7
75+ 11 2 38.4 10.1-77.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.2 0.9-39.3 8 54.3 20.0-85.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 35 5 12.9 4.4-32.5 1 2.9 0.4-18.3 2 8.2 2.0-27.9 2 7.1 1.7-25.3 25 68.9 47.5-84.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 58 18 34.5 21.1-51.0 6 10.8 4.1-25.3 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 3 2.1 0.6- 7.1 30 50.9 35.3-66.3
Some Post-H.S. 54 8 15.1 6.4-31.8 6 6.9 2.5-17.6 2 4.7 1.0-19.0 7 12.8 5.5-27.0 31 60.5 44.0-74.9
College Graduate 40 10 30.8 16.7-49.7 3 4.8 1.2-17.0 4 12.5 4.7-29.5 5 9.3 3.3-23.4 18 42.6 26.7-60.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 33 4 11.9 3.9-31.1 4 7.3 1.9-23.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.2 4.7-43.1 22 64.6 42.3-81.9
$15,000- 24,999 43 8 20.4 9.5-38.5 4 8.0 2.3-24.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 2 2.4 0.6- 9.3 28 67.0 48.2-81.7
$25,000- 34,999 30 13 40.9 21.8-63.2 1 3.1 0.4-19.5 1 4.1 0.6-24.4 2 2.1 0.4- 9.8 13 49.7 28.6-71.0
$35,000- 49,999 22 5 24.1 9.2-49.9 3 13.4 4.2-35.5 2 9.2 2.1-32.5 2 6.0 1.0-29.0 10 47.4 25.0-70.8
$50,000-74,999 15 2 18.7 4.7-51.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.2 5.5-45.8 10 63.1 34.4-84.9
$75,000+ 11 4 40.2 15.0-71.9 1 6.3 0.8-34.8 1 9.6 1.3-45.9 2 18.9 4.4-54.0 3 25.0 7.5-57.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 84 14 20.1 11.0-33.8 9 9.6 4.0-21.0 3 5.1 1.6-14.9 7 8.7 3.6-19.6 51 56.5 42.8-69.4
No 102 26 26.2 17.3-37.6 7 5.2 2.3-11.4 5 5.7 2.3-13.7 10 7.1 3.5-14.0 54 55.8 44.1-66.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 24 7 33.4 14.6-59.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 4 15.6 5.3-38.1 3 9.3 2.5-29.0 9 40.0 18.3-66.4
Non-Veteran 163 33 20.9 14.3-29.5 15 8.0 4.3-14.4 5 4.2 1.7- 9.8 14 7.5 4.0-13.6 96 59.4 50.0-68.2
Currently Serving 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days AND who saw a doctor, nurse, or other health professional in the past 12 months.

^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.

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