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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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?*

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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 (Excludes Buncombe County) 146 25 20.4 13.3-30.0 19 13.1 7.5-21.8 16 11.0 6.3-18.6 58 35.1 26.2-45.2 28 20.4 13.4-30.0
GENDER
Male 59 10 20.2 10.6-34.9 8 15.2 7.1-29.6 6 9.8 4.0-22.2 17 28.8 16.8-44.8 18 26.0 15.1-41.0
Female 87 15 20.6 11.5-34.2 11 10.6 4.8-21.9 10 12.4 6.1-23.3 41 42.2 30.3-55.1 10 14.2 7.1-26.4
RACE
White 117 21 20.2 12.7-30.5 14 14.3 8.1-23.9 15 10.4 6.0-17.6 47 34.5 25.4-44.8 20 20.7 13.1-31.2
Other 28 4 22.4 6.3-55.1 5 4.0 1.2-12.9 1 15.9 2.3-60.6 11 40.9 13.7-75.1 7 16.8 5.4-41.6
AGE
18-44 67 12 20.0 10.4-35.1 7 8.5 3.0-21.9 7 9.3 3.6-21.8 23 33.7 21.1-49.2 18 28.5 16.8-44.0
45+ 79 13 20.7 11.6-34.2 12 17.4 9.1-30.8 9 12.7 6.3-23.7 35 36.4 24.8-49.9 10 12.7 6.2-24.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 81 15 19.8 11.0-33.0 7 8.9 3.8-19.3 7 9.3 3.9-20.8 33 36.8 24.7-50.7 19 25.3 15.3-38.8
Some College + 63 10 21.3 11.2-36.9 12 18.9 9.2-35.0 8 13.2 6.5-25.2 25 33.0 21.0-47.7 8 13.5 5.8-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 105 22 26.0 16.5-38.4 15 14.1 7.3-25.5 10 10.1 4.9-19.8 36 28.6 19.0-40.7 22 21.1 12.9-32.7
$50,000+ 15 1 8.8 1.2-42.8 3 19.3 5.9-47.5 1 6.0 0.8-33.2 9 57.0 30.4-80.1 1 8.8 1.2-42.8

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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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