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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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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 2,841 483 17.4 15.7-19.3 230 7.9 6.7- 9.2 97 3.7 2.9- 4.7 242 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,789 63.0 60.7-65.2
-Northeastern Partnership 182 24 15.2 9.8-22.8 17 8.9 5.3-14.5 6 3.2 1.3- 7.8 13 5.9 3.2-10.8 122 66.8 58.5-74.2
GENDER
Male 75 13 18.0 10.2-29.8 10 11.9 6.1-21.8 3 4.4 1.4-13.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.0 47 64.4 51.9-75.2
Female 107 11 12.1 6.0-22.9 7 5.6 2.6-11.6 3 1.9 0.5- 6.3 11 11.0 5.6-20.4 75 69.4 58.2-78.7
RACE
White 117 16 16.2 9.5-26.4 13 11.2 6.2-19.3 4 3.1 0.9- 9.8 8 4.3 2.0- 9.0 76 65.2 54.5-74.5
African American 59 8 14.8 6.9-28.9 4 5.3 1.9-14.3 2 3.7 0.9-14.0 4 8.6 3.0-22.2 41 67.6 52.8-79.5
AGE
18-24 7 1 17.9 2.5-65.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 6 82.1 34.8-97.5
25-34 19 4 20.4 6.8-47.2 1 4.3 0.6-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.0 0.4-18.8 13 72.3 47.0-88.5
35-44 36 4 6.6 2.3-17.4 3 6.1 1.7-19.7 1 5.1 0.7-28.2 0 0.0 . - . 28 82.2 65.1-92.0
45-54 48 8 23.2 11.3-41.7 4 8.9 3.0-23.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 5 9.3 3.5-22.5 30 57.9 41.2-72.9
55-64 41 5 12.1 4.9-26.8 5 13.6 5.4-30.5 3 8.0 2.5-22.7 4 8.1 2.3-24.5 24 58.2 40.8-73.8
65-74 22 1 11.9 1.8-50.2 3 14.8 4.6-38.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 3 13.9 4.1-37.9 14 57.0 33.3-77.9
75+ 9 1 7.4 1.0-39.6 1 11.1 1.5-50.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 81.5 46.2-95.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 39 1 5.2 0.7-28.6 5 9.7 3.8-22.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.6 0.6-10.2 31 82.6 65.8-92.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 72 10 16.8 8.4-30.6 5 7.3 2.8-17.6 4 6.0 2.0-16.4 5 7.3 2.7-18.3 48 62.6 48.9-74.5
Some Post-H.S. 43 8 18.7 8.9-35.2 5 11.4 4.3-26.8 2 2.9 0.7-12.3 4 7.5 2.6-19.6 24 59.4 42.5-74.4
College Graduate 28 5 19.9 7.6-43.1 2 8.0 1.8-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.1 1.0-15.8 19 67.9 45.7-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 38 5 12.2 4.8-27.8 6 15.4 6.7-31.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 25 69.9 52.8-82.9
$15,000- 24,999 30 1 10.2 1.5-45.7 2 6.9 1.6-25.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.0 2.9-33.4 24 71.9 47.2-88.0
$25,000- 34,999 28 5 18.3 7.0-39.9 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 1 3.1 0.4-19.2 2 8.0 1.5-32.8 19 68.4 46.7-84.3
$35,000- 49,999 28 4 11.9 4.0-30.3 2 5.0 1.2-18.5 1 3.1 0.4-19.4 0 0.0 . - . 21 80.0 61.3-91.0
$50,000-74,999 17 3 21.9 7.0-50.8 3 20.2 6.3-49.0 1 9.7 1.4-45.2 2 9.6 2.1-34.1 8 38.6 17.8-64.5
$75,000+ 13 2 24.6 5.7-63.7 1 11.7 1.6-51.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.2 1.6-26.8 8 56.5 25.3-83.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 85 9 13.6 6.6-25.8 8 9.3 4.4-18.7 3 3.1 0.9-10.2 9 7.1 3.4-14.3 56 66.9 54.5-77.2
No 92 15 17.3 9.9-28.4 9 8.8 4.3-17.2 3 3.4 0.9-11.9 3 4.5 1.3-14.0 62 65.9 54.0-76.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 30 5 20.2 8.1-42.3 5 16.2 6.4-35.6 1 4.9 0.7-27.4 1 1.4 0.2- 9.7 18 57.3 37.6-74.9
Non-Veteran 152 19 13.8 8.4-21.8 12 6.8 3.8-12.0 5 2.7 1.0- 7.0 12 7.2 3.8-13.3 104 69.4 60.5-77.1

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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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