BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg County: (In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse <br>or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*)

	Total Respond.^	Once	Twice	Three times	4 or more times	Never
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
-Mecklenburg County	117	36	34.1	24.7-45.0	16	13.0	7.8-20.7	13	12.3	7.0-20.5	21	15.3	9.3-24.3	31	25.3	17.6-35.0
GENDER
Male	56	16	34.7	21.6-50.5	8	12.2	6.0-23.4	5	9.0	3.6-20.7	7	13.8	6.1-28.5	20	30.3	19.1-44.6
Female	61	20	33.3	21.6-47.6	8	14.0	6.8-26.6	8	16.8	8.5-30.7	14	17.5	9.9-29.0	11	18.4	9.9-31.6
RACE
White	82	26	35.5	24.8-47.9	13	15.3	8.8-25.2	10	13.8	7.4-24.4	13	12.4	6.5-22.4	20	22.9	14.7-34.0
Other	35	10	31.1	14.9-53.8	3	8.2	2.4-24.5	3	9.0	2.7-25.7	8	21.4	9.4-41.6	11	30.4	15.7-50.6
AGE
18-44	69	19	31.1	20.2-44.6	9	12.7	6.6-23.2	10	15.5	8.3-27.2	10	10.7	5.5-19.9	21	30.0	19.5-43.1
45+	47	16	37.2	21.7-56.0	7	13.8	6.2-27.9	3	7.2	2.2-20.9	11	23.6	11.5-42.3	10	18.2	9.3-32.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	47	14	32.6	18.3-51.1	5	7.8	3.0-18.5	7	15.7	7.2-30.8	9	21.0	10.0-38.6	12	23.0	12.0-39.4
Some College +	70	22	35.3	23.9-48.6	11	17.1	9.5-28.8	6	9.5	4.2-20.1	12	10.9	5.9-19.2	19	27.2	17.5-39.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	16	32.8	19.9-48.8	7	9.9	4.5-20.4	8	12.8	6.2-24.8	15	21.3	11.7-35.5	16	23.2	13.5-36.9
$50,000+	36	15	43.1	27.1-60.6	7	17.2	8.0-33.1	2	7.2	1.8-24.5	5	8.7	3.4-20.6	7	23.8	11.6-42.6

*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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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
	Total Respond.^	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
-Mecklenburg County	117	36	34.1	24.7-45.0	16	13.0	7.8-20.7	13	12.3	7.0-20.5	21	15.3	9.3-24.3	31	25.3	17.6-35.0
GENDER
Male	56	16	34.7	21.6-50.5	8	12.2	6.0-23.4	5	9.0	3.6-20.7	7	13.8	6.1-28.5	20	30.3	19.1-44.6
Female	61	20	33.3	21.6-47.6	8	14.0	6.8-26.6	8	16.8	8.5-30.7	14	17.5	9.9-29.0	11	18.4	9.9-31.6
RACE
White	82	26	35.5	24.8-47.9	13	15.3	8.8-25.2	10	13.8	7.4-24.4	13	12.4	6.5-22.4	20	22.9	14.7-34.0
Other	35	10	31.1	14.9-53.8	3	8.2	2.4-24.5	3	9.0	2.7-25.7	8	21.4	9.4-41.6	11	30.4	15.7-50.6
AGE
18-44	69	19	31.1	20.2-44.6	9	12.7	6.6-23.2	10	15.5	8.3-27.2	10	10.7	5.5-19.9	21	30.0	19.5-43.1
45+	47	16	37.2	21.7-56.0	7	13.8	6.2-27.9	3	7.2	2.2-20.9	11	23.6	11.5-42.3	10	18.2	9.3-32.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	47	14	32.6	18.3-51.1	5	7.8	3.0-18.5	7	15.7	7.2-30.8	9	21.0	10.0-38.6	12	23.0	12.0-39.4
Some College +	70	22	35.3	23.9-48.6	11	17.1	9.5-28.8	6	9.5	4.2-20.1	12	10.9	5.9-19.2	19	27.2	17.5-39.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	62	16	32.8	19.9-48.8	7	9.9	4.5-20.4	8	12.8	6.2-24.8	15	21.3	11.7-35.5	16	23.2	13.5-36.9
$50,000+	36	15	43.1	27.1-60.6	7	17.2	8.0-33.1	2	7.2	1.8-24.5	5	8.7	3.4-20.6	7	23.8	11.6-42.6

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?*

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?*