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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,832 664 24.2 22.2-26.2 429 14.8 13.3-16.6 230 8.5 7.3- 9.9 652 22.0 20.1-23.9 857 30.5 28.4-32.7
-Mountain AHEC 186 45 27.3 20.0-36.1 21 12.7 7.4-20.9 19 10.7 6.7-16.7 50 22.6 15.9-30.9 51 26.7 19.6-35.3
GENDER
Male 67 16 26.6 16.2-40.4 8 16.1 7.5-31.2 9 11.1 5.5-20.9 18 22.0 12.2-36.4 16 24.2 14.0-38.5
Female 119 29 28.1 18.8-39.7 13 9.4 4.7-18.0 10 10.3 5.3-18.9 32 23.1 15.3-33.3 35 29.1 20.2-40.1
RACE
White 155 37 27.0 19.3-36.5 18 14.2 8.2-23.4 16 10.9 6.5-17.5 37 19.7 13.7-27.4 47 28.3 20.6-37.3
African American 11 4 39.2 13.8-72.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.1 2.7-40.2 4 41.1 14.7-74.0 1 7.5 1.0-39.7
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 15 3 18.6 4.1-55.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 12.8 2.7-43.8 3 17.3 5.3-43.9 7 51.3 24.9-76.9
25-34 30 7 24.0 9.9-47.5 4 20.3 5.9-51.1 1 4.3 0.6-25.4 7 21.7 5.9-55.1 11 29.8 12.8-55.0
35-44 38 4 9.2 3.0-24.9 6 10.5 3.9-25.1 7 16.3 7.6-31.7 9 25.6 12.6-45.1 12 38.4 21.7-58.5
45-54 40 16 44.7 27.3-63.6 2 10.5 2.5-35.2 4 12.4 4.5-29.7 12 19.9 9.5-37.1 6 12.5 4.5-30.2
55-64 29 8 35.5 17.6-58.6 4 9.8 2.6-30.9 2 5.3 1.3-19.8 8 24.1 11.0-45.2 7 25.3 10.7-48.9
65-74 23 5 20.7 7.1-47.1 4 23.9 8.2-52.6 3 16.9 5.0-44.0 7 26.2 11.0-50.4 4 12.3 4.4-30.2
75+ 11 2 38.4 10.1-77.6 1 9.8 1.3-47.5 0 0.0 . - . 4 19.9 5.2-52.8 4 31.9 9.9-66.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 35 7 16.4 6.3-36.3 2 4.1 0.6-22.2 3 7.7 2.1-24.4 11 40.2 20.4-63.9 12 31.6 15.6-53.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 58 20 42.2 27.4-58.6 6 12.6 4.7-29.8 3 3.8 1.2-11.8 16 16.5 9.2-27.9 13 24.9 13.2-42.0
Some Post-H.S. 52 7 17.0 7.5-34.2 7 16.2 6.2-36.2 7 15.3 7.1-30.0 12 17.9 9.0-32.3 19 33.6 20.1-50.4
College Graduate 40 10 30.0 16.0-49.1 6 15.8 6.4-34.3 6 17.4 7.8-34.5 11 22.5 11.0-40.4 7 14.3 6.3-29.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 34 5 20.5 7.6-44.7 2 2.5 0.4-13.0 2 6.3 1.4-23.4 13 42.1 23.1-63.7 12 28.6 14.9-47.9
$15,000- 24,999 43 11 31.3 16.6-51.1 7 11.3 4.3-26.6 2 3.7 0.9-14.4 10 22.6 9.1-46.1 13 31.1 15.9-51.8
$25,000- 34,999 29 13 43.3 23.3-65.7 3 19.7 5.7-49.8 1 2.1 0.3-14.1 7 12.2 4.8-27.8 5 22.6 9.1-46.1
$35,000- 49,999 22 6 26.8 11.0-52.0 3 20.9 5.8-52.9 5 24.0 9.7-48.1 3 10.0 2.6-31.7 5 18.4 6.3-42.9
$50,000-74,999 15 2 18.7 4.7-51.6 3 22.9 7.1-53.5 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 4 19.6 6.4-46.6 5 36.1 13.5-67.0
$75,000+ 10 2 13.4 3.1-42.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.0 4.0-50.4 3 39.6 13.5-73.3 3 30.0 9.3-64.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 84 15 20.3 11.3-33.8 8 8.8 3.6-20.1 5 6.3 2.5-15.1 34 41.7 28.8-55.9 22 22.9 14.1-35.0
No 100 30 32.6 22.5-44.7 13 15.6 8.0-28.1 13 13.0 7.3-22.0 15 9.1 4.9-16.3 29 29.8 19.8-42.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 24 7 36.8 16.9-62.4 2 8.2 1.6-32.9 5 17.3 6.3-39.4 8 31.8 12.4-60.6 2 5.8 1.0-26.9
Non-Veteran 161 38 25.8 18.3-35.1 19 13.7 7.8-23.1 14 9.5 5.5-15.9 41 19.7 13.7-27.7 49 31.2 22.9-40.8
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 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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