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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 2,832 353 13.1 11.6-14.8 189 6.7 5.7- 7.9 72 2.5 1.9- 3.3 197 6.8 5.7- 8.1 2,021 70.9 68.7-73.0
-Northeastern Partnership 181 17 8.9 5.2-14.9 14 7.2 4.1-12.3 2 0.9 0.2- 4.5 11 5.6 2.8-11.0 137 77.3 69.7-83.5
GENDER
Male 74 5 4.9 1.9-11.9 7 7.8 3.5-16.6 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 2 2.7 0.6-11.9 59 83.1 72.6-90.1
Female 107 12 13.2 6.9-23.9 7 6.5 2.9-13.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.1 9 8.8 4.1-18.0 78 71.1 59.8-80.3
RACE
White 117 8 7.3 3.5-14.7 9 7.6 3.7-14.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4 8 5.4 2.3-11.8 91 79.4 70.1-86.4
African American 58 7 11.1 4.5-25.0 5 7.1 2.8-17.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.1 3 6.8 1.9-20.9 42 72.8 57.9-83.8
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 3 12.6 3.8-34.4 1 4.3 0.6-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.6 2.3-42.3 13 71.4 46.1-88.0
35-44 36 2 3.3 0.8-12.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 33 95.2 85.6-98.5
45-54 48 5 11.8 4.3-28.5 7 15.8 7.3-30.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 4 8.0 2.7-21.5 31 63.7 47.1-77.5
55-64 41 4 8.6 3.0-22.2 3 6.0 1.9-17.6 1 3.4 0.5-20.5 3 6.9 1.6-24.5 30 75.1 58.1-86.8
65-74 21 1 3.1 0.4-19.6 2 6.8 1.6-24.9 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.2 1.7-25.9 16 82.9 62.8-93.3
75+ 9 1 7.1 0.9-38.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 92.9 61.4-99.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 38 3 9.5 2.7-28.8 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.3 0.6- 9.0 31 84.6 67.4-93.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 72 7 9.2 3.8-20.7 7 8.0 3.6-16.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 4 5.8 1.8-16.9 53 75.3 62.5-84.8
Some Post-H.S. 43 5 9.8 3.9-22.7 4 9.9 3.4-25.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 4 10.6 3.6-27.0 29 68.9 51.8-82.0
College Graduate 28 2 5.6 1.3-20.6 1 5.4 0.8-30.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.8 0.2-11.9 24 87.2 67.8-95.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 37 4 8.0 2.8-20.7 4 9.9 3.4-25.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.7 0.7-10.4 27 79.4 63.5-89.5
$15,000- 24,999 30 2 11.8 2.2-43.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 11.0 2.9-33.4 25 77.2 51.1-91.7
$25,000- 34,999 28 4 14.7 5.4-34.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 16.3 5.3-40.6 20 69.0 46.9-84.9
$35,000- 49,999 28 2 6.2 1.4-23.5 3 8.1 2.5-23.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 23 85.7 68.3-94.3
$50,000-74,999 17 1 3.0 0.4-19.1 4 21.4 7.8-46.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.6 0.9-35.1 11 69.0 43.4-86.6
$75,000+ 13 0 0.0 . - . 1 11.7 1.6-51.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.9 0.5-24.2 11 84.4 49.4-96.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 85 5 4.7 1.8-11.5 7 9.2 4.2-19.0 2 2.1 0.4- 9.5 7 6.6 2.7-15.3 64 77.4 66.2-85.7
No 91 10 11.9 5.9-22.5 7 5.7 2.6-12.1 0 0.0 . - . 4 5.0 1.7-14.2 70 77.4 66.0-85.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 30 2 4.7 1.1-18.6 3 9.8 2.9-28.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.7-27.2 24 80.7 61.2-91.7
Non-Veteran 151 15 10.1 5.6-17.4 11 6.4 3.4-11.7 2 1.2 0.2- 5.7 10 5.9 2.8-11.9 113 76.4 67.9-83.2

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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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