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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 2,832 353 13.1 11.6-14.8 189 6.7 5.7- 7.9 72 2.5 1.9- 3.3 197 6.8 5.7- 8.1 2,021 70.9 68.7-73.0
-Mountain AHEC 186 25 13.2 8.3-20.2 14 5.9 3.2-10.8 9 5.7 2.9-11.0 17 10.4 5.7-18.4 121 64.8 55.8-72.8
GENDER
Male 65 7 12.4 5.6-25.4 6 6.9 2.8-15.9 5 6.9 2.7-16.4 8 12.5 5.0-28.1 39 61.2 46.5-74.2
Female 121 18 13.8 8.0-22.6 8 5.1 2.1-11.4 4 4.6 1.6-12.4 9 8.6 4.1-17.4 82 67.9 57.1-77.1
RACE
White 155 19 11.7 6.9-19.0 10 6.1 3.1-11.6 7 5.4 2.5-11.4 16 9.1 5.3-15.3 103 67.7 58.7-75.6
African American 11 2 22.6 5.3-60.2 2 10.3 2.3-35.7 1 7.1 0.9-38.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 60.0 28.3-85.0
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 15 3 10.8 2.6-34.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.3 5.3-43.9 9 71.9 45.2-88.9
25-34 31 5 17.3 6.5-38.5 3 2.0 0.4-10.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 14.7 2.3-56.0 21 66.0 38.4-85.8
35-44 40 4 10.6 3.4-28.3 7 15.5 7.1-30.5 3 7.2 2.3-20.7 2 6.2 1.1-27.6 24 60.5 42.4-76.1
45-54 39 5 14.0 5.2-32.6 1 3.3 0.5-20.0 2 7.5 1.9-25.5 3 6.9 2.1-20.9 28 68.4 49.3-82.8
55-64 28 4 17.6 5.5-44.3 3 10.0 2.5-32.3 1 3.3 0.5-20.4 3 7.4 2.3-21.3 17 61.7 39.1-80.2
65-74 23 2 4.7 1.0-18.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 16.9 5.0-44.0 3 17.7 5.7-43.2 15 60.8 36.5-80.7
75+ 10 2 16.4 3.0-55.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.2 1.4-47.9 7 73.5 37.7-92.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 34 3 8.5 1.8-31.9 1 3.0 0.4-19.0 2 6.5 1.4-25.1 3 19.9 5.3-52.5 25 62.1 37.2-81.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 57 11 20.0 10.0-36.1 4 6.4 1.9-19.1 1 1.8 0.2-11.7 3 3.4 1.1-10.6 38 68.3 52.3-81.0
Some Post-H.S. 54 4 7.4 2.6-19.7 4 3.2 0.9-10.6 2 4.7 1.0-19.0 6 12.5 5.3-26.8 38 72.1 56.5-83.8
College Graduate 40 6 15.7 6.5-33.3 5 12.2 4.6-28.4 4 12.5 4.7-29.5 5 9.3 3.3-23.4 20 50.3 33.3-67.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 32 4 11.2 3.3-31.7 2 2.4 0.4-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.2 4.2-42.2 23 71.1 47.6-87.0
$15,000- 24,999 42 3 4.7 1.0-19.3 3 8.3 2.3-25.7 1 2.3 0.3-14.9 2 12.1 2.2-46.2 33 72.6 48.6-88.1
$25,000- 34,999 30 8 23.5 10.6-44.2 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 3.9 0.9-15.1 19 71.6 51.1-85.9
$35,000- 49,999 22 2 8.6 2.0-30.2 3 12.0 3.8-32.3 2 9.2 2.1-32.5 1 5.4 0.8-30.3 14 64.8 41.2-82.9
$50,000-74,999 15 1 8.3 1.1-41.2 3 15.3 4.4-41.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 18.2 5.5-45.8 8 58.3 30.9-81.4
$75,000+ 11 3 33.9 10.8-68.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.6 1.3-45.9 2 18.9 4.4-54.0 5 37.6 14.6-68.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 83 7 8.3 3.4-19.0 8 8.2 3.4-18.3 2 3.4 0.8-13.0 8 14.8 6.0-32.2 58 65.3 50.4-77.7
No 101 18 16.7 9.7-27.2 6 4.5 1.8-10.4 6 6.5 2.7-14.5 9 7.5 3.7-14.9 62 64.8 53.3-74.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 23 3 18.7 5.4-48.4 2 3.6 0.8-14.3 4 16.7 5.6-40.3 5 29.3 9.9-61.0 9 31.6 14.1-56.7
Non-Veteran 162 21 11.0 6.7-17.5 12 6.4 3.3-12.1 5 3.8 1.5- 9.1 12 7.1 3.8-13.1 112 71.7 63.0-79.0
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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