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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 1,533 275 17.9 15.7-20.5 123 7.5 6.1- 9.3 52 3.9 2.8- 5.4 125 7.9 6.3- 9.9 958 62.7 59.6-65.7
GENDER
Male 574 106 17.8 14.3-21.9 45 8.3 5.9-11.4 17 3.5 2.0- 6.2 42 7.9 5.4-11.5 364 62.5 57.5-67.3
Female 959 169 18.1 15.3-21.3 78 6.8 5.2- 8.8 35 4.2 2.8- 6.1 83 8.0 6.2-10.2 594 62.9 59.1-66.5
RACE
White 1,196 215 17.5 15.1-20.3 98 7.9 6.2-10.0 37 3.6 2.4- 5.4 96 7.5 5.8- 9.6 750 63.5 60.0-66.9
African American 274 52 20.2 14.8-27.0 23 7.8 4.7-12.5 14 5.6 3.1- 9.9 22 8.4 5.0-13.9 163 58.0 50.6-65.1
Other Minorities 8 3 44.2 13.9-79.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.2 0.7-31.5 4 50.6 17.8-82.9
AGE
18-24 91 11 14.5 6.9-28.1 4 5.6 1.7-16.7 2 3.4 0.8-12.6 5 6.7 2.2-19.2 69 69.8 55.8-80.8
25-34 282 56 17.4 12.9-23.2 12 4.6 2.4- 8.7 7 1.9 0.8- 4.4 13 3.7 2.0- 7.0 194 72.3 65.7-78.0
35-44 337 70 18.9 14.4-24.5 31 9.3 6.1-13.8 9 3.8 1.5- 9.1 16 4.1 2.5- 6.9 211 63.9 57.2-70.1
45-54 337 76 25.2 19.8-31.5 36 9.8 6.6-14.4 14 3.4 1.9- 6.1 27 7.8 5.0-11.8 184 53.8 47.2-60.2
55-64 269 36 13.2 8.9-19.1 18 6.5 3.7-11.4 14 6.3 3.5-11.1 38 16.4 10.7-24.3 163 57.6 49.6-65.1
65-74 146 22 16.4 10.3-25.2 15 8.9 5.0-15.5 5 5.2 2.0-12.7 20 14.1 8.1-23.5 84 55.4 45.1-65.2
75+ 66 3 4.4 1.2-14.6 7 7.3 3.1-16.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 9.6 4.0-21.1 50 78.7 66.0-87.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 297 31 8.4 5.6-12.4 21 7.4 4.3-12.3 12 5.2 2.7- 9.6 34 10.5 6.8-15.7 199 68.6 61.7-74.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 540 103 19.6 15.6-24.3 58 10.3 7.6-13.8 13 3.9 1.9- 7.6 33 6.6 4.2-10.3 333 59.6 54.2-64.8
Some Post-H.S. 419 83 22.0 17.3-27.5 24 5.1 3.0- 8.6 18 3.2 2.0- 5.3 33 7.9 5.0-12.2 261 61.8 55.7-67.7
College Graduate 275 58 20.0 14.9-26.1 20 6.2 3.7-10.3 9 3.4 1.6- 6.8 25 7.8 4.8-12.5 163 62.7 55.5-69.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 235 27 11.5 7.2-17.8 9 6.2 2.8-13.4 11 5.5 2.8-10.5 29 12.4 7.9-19.1 159 64.4 56.0-72.0
$15,000- 24,999 289 49 17.0 12.1-23.2 24 6.0 3.6- 9.9 7 5.2 2.1-12.4 31 11.8 7.3-18.5 178 60.0 52.2-67.4
$25,000- 34,999 206 39 20.3 14.0-28.4 17 9.2 5.2-15.8 7 4.0 1.8- 8.6 15 5.6 3.3- 9.5 128 60.8 52.1-68.9
$35,000- 49,999 229 54 20.8 15.2-27.6 21 8.8 5.3-14.1 12 5.0 2.5- 9.5 9 4.9 2.1-10.9 133 60.5 52.7-67.9
$50,000-74,999 168 35 22.3 15.6-30.8 18 10.0 5.9-16.6 7 3.3 1.5- 6.9 9 4.4 1.7-10.8 99 60.0 50.8-68.5
$75,000+ 162 31 16.2 10.8-23.6 9 4.5 2.1- 9.4 5 1.8 0.7- 4.3 10 5.8 2.5-13.1 107 71.7 62.9-79.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 607 80 14.0 10.9-17.8 56 9.9 7.2-13.4 18 4.3 2.4- 7.7 90 14.1 10.8-18.1 363 57.8 52.6-62.8
No 893 189 20.0 16.9-23.4 65 6.2 4.6- 8.4 34 3.7 2.5- 5.5 35 4.6 3.0- 6.8 570 65.5 61.5-69.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 187 34 18.5 12.8-25.9 11 6.8 3.5-12.9 6 3.5 1.4- 8.2 20 10.5 6.1-17.5 116 60.7 51.9-68.9
Non-Veteran 1,339 240 17.8 15.3-20.5 111 7.7 6.1- 9.6 45 3.9 2.7- 5.5 104 7.5 5.9- 9.6 839 63.2 59.8-66.4
Currently Serving 6 1 32.0 5.1-80.6 1 7.4 0.9-41.5 1 17.4 2.3-65.5 1 6.3 0.8-37.2 2 36.9 8.7-78.2

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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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