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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
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
-Mountain AHEC 248 44 20.5 14.8-27.6 31 11.3 7.2-17.4 30 12.4 8.3-18.1 82 31.1 24.4-38.8 61 24.7 18.7-32.0
GENDER
Male 102 19 21.5 13.6-32.3 10 10.6 5.1-20.9 11 11.2 5.9-20.5 27 25.9 16.7-38.0 35 30.7 21.2-42.1
Female 146 25 19.3 12.1-29.2 21 12.0 6.9-20.1 19 13.7 8.3-21.7 55 37.0 28.0-47.0 26 18.0 11.6-26.9
RACE
White 201 37 20.4 14.3-28.2 25 12.7 7.9-19.7 26 12.0 7.9-17.8 68 31.6 24.6-39.7 45 23.3 16.9-31.3
African American 17 4 30.8 11.6-60.2 1 1.8 0.2-12.6 2 8.5 2.0-29.8 4 28.8 10.0-59.5 6 30.1 11.8-58.0
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 58.6 8.1-95.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 41.4 4.2-91.9
AGE
18-24 21 4 22.3 7.8-49.4 1 1.9 0.3-12.9 6 20.5 8.0-43.3 4 15.6 5.6-36.9 6 39.6 18.5-65.6
25-34 43 9 20.3 8.5-41.2 6 11.7 3.4-32.9 2 3.8 0.7-17.4 13 35.5 17.9-58.2 13 28.7 14.6-48.5
35-44 52 5 11.4 4.4-26.4 9 12.9 5.7-26.9 9 18.3 8.4-35.1 16 29.4 17.4-45.2 13 28.0 15.4-45.4
45-54 54 13 30.1 16.8-47.8 4 10.4 3.1-29.6 5 12.2 4.8-27.7 18 27.7 15.9-43.8 14 19.5 10.5-33.5
55-64 38 7 18.9 8.4-37.0 4 9.9 3.2-27.0 3 7.5 2.3-21.9 15 42.0 24.9-61.3 9 21.6 10.5-39.5
65-74 29 3 13.0 3.7-36.8 5 20.1 6.9-45.8 5 18.3 6.8-40.6 10 30.4 14.9-52.1 6 18.2 6.4-42.1
75+ 11 3 48.2 16.9-81.0 2 12.3 2.2-46.2 0 0.0 . - . 6 39.5 13.6-73.1 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 48 7 14.7 5.5-33.8 2 3.5 0.7-15.1 6 12.1 5.1-26.1 20 38.0 21.9-57.1 13 31.6 17.5-50.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 78 12 17.9 9.6-31.0 10 10.6 4.9-21.6 8 11.3 4.7-24.6 27 32.3 20.9-46.3 21 27.9 17.2-41.8
Some Post-H.S. 67 16 26.3 15.4-41.0 10 13.9 5.7-30.2 9 14.8 7.5-27.0 18 24.4 14.2-38.5 14 20.7 11.2-35.1
College Graduate 53 9 22.4 11.4-39.3 9 17.4 8.4-32.9 6 10.7 4.6-22.8 17 32.4 19.7-48.4 12 17.1 9.2-29.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 4 8.6 3.1-21.6 2 1.5 0.2- 9.4 7 17.2 7.3-35.4 21 40.4 23.8-59.5 9 32.3 16.1-54.3
$15,000- 24,999 55 12 29.7 16.2-48.0 10 11.3 5.0-23.8 5 10.9 3.5-29.3 16 30.5 16.5-49.2 12 17.6 9.2-31.2
$25,000- 34,999 41 9 27.5 13.5-48.0 5 14.8 5.0-36.7 3 6.5 1.9-20.1 12 23.0 11.1-41.6 12 28.1 14.9-46.6
$35,000- 49,999 34 7 22.2 9.6-43.6 4 16.2 5.1-41.2 4 11.2 4.0-27.8 7 18.3 8.1-36.2 12 32.1 16.5-53.0
$50,000-74,999 19 2 15.4 3.9-45.0 6 26.9 10.8-52.7 1 2.3 0.3-15.0 6 37.9 16.6-65.1 4 17.6 5.6-43.6
$75,000+ 12 5 33.4 13.1-62.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 27.4 8.6-60.0 3 35.8 12.2-69.2 1 3.3 0.4-21.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 93 12 17.3 9.2-30.1 12 12.2 5.8-23.8 8 6.8 3.2-13.9 53 57.2 44.2-69.2 8 6.4 2.9-13.7
No 150 32 22.6 15.4-31.9 19 11.1 6.2-19.2 21 14.9 9.3-23.1 28 18.6 12.0-27.6 50 32.7 24.2-42.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 32 6 22.4 9.4-44.4 2 6.9 1.4-28.5 5 14.6 5.4-33.7 11 40.3 20.5-63.9 8 15.9 6.9-32.6
Non-Veteran 215 38 20.3 14.3-28.1 29 12.1 7.5-19.0 25 12.1 7.8-18.5 70 28.9 22.2-36.7 53 26.5 19.7-34.6
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 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.

^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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