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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover 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
-New Hanover County 80 17 19.5 11.7-30.7 10 12.5 6.5-22.9 3 2.6 0.8- 8.2 29 34.6 24.0-47.1 21 30.8 20.0-44.2
GENDER
Male 35 4 10.4 3.5-26.9 5 12.5 4.8-28.9 0 0.0 . - . 12 32.0 17.9-50.4 14 45.1 27.7-63.8
Female 45 13 29.4 16.8-46.2 5 12.5 4.9-28.3 3 5.5 1.7-16.4 17 37.5 23.1-54.5 7 15.1 7.0-29.4
RACE
White 61 13 19.9 11.0-33.3 5 10.6 4.3-23.7 3 3.6 1.1-11.1 22 35.3 23.2-49.6 18 30.6 19.4-44.8
Other 17 3 16.3 4.9-42.5 4 15.8 5.1-39.8 0 0.0 . - . 7 34.9 15.2-61.7 3 33.0 11.3-65.5
AGE
18-44 39 9 20.9 10.2-38.1 8 20.5 9.8-38.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.2 10 23.1 11.4-41.1 11 33.5 18.3-52.9
45+ 41 8 17.9 8.5-34.1 2 4.0 1.0-15.4 2 3.2 0.7-13.0 19 46.9 30.6-63.8 10 27.9 14.6-46.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 32 6 17.1 7.2-35.4 3 7.1 2.1-21.6 2 3.3 0.8-13.6 9 29.7 15.1-50.1 12 42.7 25.1-62.4
Some College + 48 11 21.6 11.4-37.1 7 17.3 7.9-33.6 1 2.0 0.3-12.8 20 39.0 25.0-55.0 9 20.3 9.4-38.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 47 9 18.1 8.8-33.5 6 12.1 5.1-25.9 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 18 38.0 24.0-54.4 13 29.8 16.7-47.3
$50,000+ 12 3 17.6 4.9-46.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.9 0.8-33.0 6 55.0 25.7-81.1 2 21.6 5.4-57.4

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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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