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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 219 51 22.7 16.9-29.8 32 15.3 10.6-21.6 24 11.4 7.3-17.3 74 31.0 24.6-38.3 38 19.6 13.7-27.2
GENDER
Male 91 22 24.0 15.5-35.3 19 19.8 12.5-30.0 12 11.8 6.5-20.6 23 23.0 15.2-33.3 15 21.4 12.5-34.1
Female 128 29 21.2 14.4-30.1 13 10.0 5.5-17.5 12 10.8 5.5-20.4 51 40.4 31.1-50.4 23 17.6 11.6-25.8
RACE
White 144 28 19.1 12.5-28.0 24 19.0 12.5-27.7 15 8.9 5.0-15.3 49 30.2 22.4-39.2 28 22.8 15.1-33.0
African American 67 21 29.8 19.1-43.3 7 8.6 3.9-17.8 8 15.0 7.1-29.0 22 32.4 21.4-45.9 9 14.2 6.8-27.2
AGE
18-24 9 0 0.0 . - . 3 31.6 9.2-68.0 2 21.4 4.4-61.8 2 37.8 10.6-75.7 2 9.1 1.9-33.7
25-34 26 9 34.4 17.4-56.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 1.0-15.9 8 21.1 9.2-41.4 7 40.4 19.6-65.3
35-44 46 13 23.2 12.4-39.2 7 15.4 7.0-30.7 4 9.5 3.1-25.5 14 29.2 16.9-45.5 8 22.7 11.1-40.8
45-54 61 14 24.4 13.9-39.2 7 12.1 5.1-25.9 6 9.4 3.4-23.1 21 35.4 23.2-49.8 13 18.8 10.5-31.3
55-64 49 8 19.7 8.8-38.6 9 18.7 9.4-33.7 7 18.5 8.6-35.4 17 29.5 18.0-44.3 8 13.6 6.5-26.0
65-74 20 4 13.7 4.8-33.4 6 44.5 22.3-69.0 1 6.2 0.9-33.4 9 35.6 17.4-59.2 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 8 3 26.5 7.5-61.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 30.4 6.8-72.3 3 43.1 13.9-78.0 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 5 11.2 3.8-28.7 6 11.9 5.1-25.1 5 10.0 3.6-24.9 21 48.2 32.3-64.4 9 18.8 9.3-34.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 87 26 27.5 18.1-39.4 10 12.5 6.5-22.7 11 15.6 8.4-27.1 26 25.0 16.6-35.8 14 19.4 10.3-33.5
Some Post-H.S. 54 12 23.1 12.8-38.1 11 22.0 11.6-37.7 5 4.6 1.8-11.0 15 29.7 17.7-45.2 11 20.7 10.9-35.7
College Graduate 32 8 24.1 10.3-46.7 5 17.1 6.5-37.8 3 12.3 3.7-34.1 12 26.8 14.1-45.1 4 19.7 7.0-44.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 46 6 12.6 5.2-27.2 5 13.9 5.6-30.4 4 5.8 2.1-15.2 23 48.3 33.0-63.9 8 19.4 9.0-36.8
$15,000- 24,999 33 8 20.0 8.8-39.1 4 12.9 4.3-33.1 4 15.8 4.9-40.7 12 37.9 21.1-58.3 5 13.4 5.3-29.9
$25,000- 34,999 34 8 21.7 9.9-41.3 8 19.7 9.4-36.6 4 15.0 5.6-34.6 7 17.9 7.7-36.4 7 25.6 12.3-45.8
$35,000- 49,999 30 10 30.3 15.7-50.4 5 21.1 8.9-42.1 5 20.0 8.1-41.6 8 22.6 10.1-43.1 2 6.0 1.4-22.6
$50,000-74,999 24 5 22.7 8.9-46.9 2 8.9 1.7-34.9 2 14.4 3.7-42.1 9 31.5 15.8-53.0 6 22.6 8.9-46.5
$75,000+ 15 4 43.0 17.5-72.9 3 23.0 6.6-55.8 2 5.3 1.2-20.9 4 17.7 5.8-42.9 2 11.0 2.4-38.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 95 13 16.4 8.9-28.3 16 20.7 12.7-31.9 10 7.6 3.8-14.6 44 42.9 32.2-54.3 12 12.4 6.6-21.9
No 117 35 26.7 18.7-36.7 15 11.1 6.2-19.1 14 14.5 8.3-24.2 28 22.3 14.9-31.9 25 25.3 16.5-36.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 34 11 32.6 17.9-51.8 5 13.9 5.4-31.2 5 17.9 7.5-36.9 9 24.8 12.7-42.8 4 10.8 3.8-27.2
Non-Veteran 184 40 20.6 14.6-28.3 27 15.9 10.6-23.1 19 9.9 5.9-16.3 65 33.1 25.8-41.3 33 20.5 13.9-29.1
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .

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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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