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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 1,527 202 14.3 12.2-16.8 103 6.7 5.3- 8.5 37 2.3 1.6- 3.4 99 5.7 4.5- 7.3 1,086 70.9 68.0-73.7
GENDER
Male 572 83 15.2 11.9-19.3 40 7.1 4.9-10.0 7 1.1 0.4- 2.5 27 4.7 2.9- 7.4 415 72.0 67.2-76.3
Female 955 119 13.5 11.0-16.4 63 6.4 4.8- 8.5 30 3.5 2.3- 5.3 72 6.8 5.2- 8.8 671 69.9 66.2-73.3
RACE
White 1,190 153 13.8 11.5-16.4 82 7.0 5.4- 9.1 28 2.5 1.6- 3.8 76 5.6 4.2- 7.4 851 71.2 67.8-74.3
African American 274 41 15.6 10.9-21.8 19 7.1 4.2-11.8 8 2.1 0.9- 4.8 19 6.9 4.1-11.5 187 68.3 61.2-74.7
Other Minorities 8 2 39.0 10.8-77.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.2 0.7-31.5 5 55.8 20.5-86.1
AGE
18-24 90 9 16.7 8.1-31.4 8 6.4 3.0-13.1 1 1.8 0.3-11.6 3 2.4 0.8- 7.4 69 72.7 59.2-83.0
25-34 280 45 15.3 10.9-21.0 12 5.8 3.0-10.9 9 2.5 1.2- 5.3 14 3.7 2.0- 6.6 200 72.7 66.0-78.6
35-44 336 54 16.6 12.2-22.2 25 7.4 4.6-11.7 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 13 3.4 1.9- 6.0 237 71.3 65.0-76.9
45-54 336 49 16.4 12.1-21.9 32 8.2 5.4-12.2 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0 21 6.7 4.1-10.8 224 66.6 60.3-72.4
55-64 267 28 10.7 6.9-16.3 13 6.5 3.5-11.8 7 3.7 1.6- 8.5 31 11.9 7.4-18.6 188 67.1 59.2-74.1
65-74 147 13 9.1 5.0-16.2 10 5.6 2.7-11.3 2 2.2 0.5- 8.4 12 5.3 2.8-10.0 110 77.7 69.1-84.5
75+ 66 3 2.9 0.9- 9.1 3 3.3 1.0-10.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 8.2 3.1-19.8 55 85.7 74.1-92.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 299 26 9.6 6.0-14.8 15 5.1 2.8- 9.0 8 2.8 1.2- 6.2 26 7.2 4.6-11.0 224 75.5 69.0-81.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 536 76 15.8 12.1-20.3 35 6.4 4.2- 9.5 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1 33 6.6 4.3-10.0 386 69.6 64.3-74.4
Some Post-H.S. 417 58 15.7 11.7-20.8 27 6.7 4.3-10.4 15 2.9 1.6- 5.1 23 4.3 2.4- 7.4 294 70.5 64.6-75.7
College Graduate 273 42 15.3 11.0-21.1 25 9.0 5.6-14.1 8 2.1 1.0- 4.6 17 4.7 2.6- 8.1 181 68.9 62.0-75.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 234 15 6.0 3.3-10.7 8 3.1 1.4- 6.5 6 3.7 1.5- 9.0 25 9.6 6.2-14.5 180 77.6 70.7-83.3
$15,000- 24,999 290 40 16.6 11.4-23.5 14 4.6 2.4- 8.8 4 1.4 0.4- 4.4 21 7.4 4.1-13.1 211 70.0 62.4-76.7
$25,000- 34,999 206 21 12.1 7.3-19.4 12 6.9 3.4-13.6 4 1.7 0.6- 5.0 14 5.4 2.9- 9.8 155 73.9 65.5-80.9
$35,000- 49,999 227 47 17.8 13.0-24.0 20 9.3 5.4-15.5 8 3.5 1.4- 8.1 6 2.2 0.9- 4.9 146 67.2 59.6-74.0
$50,000-74,999 166 32 22.1 15.3-30.7 17 9.2 5.2-15.6 7 3.8 1.7- 8.3 9 3.3 1.6- 6.8 101 61.6 52.4-70.1
$75,000+ 163 20 11.5 6.9-18.6 12 7.4 4.0-13.3 3 0.8 0.3- 2.6 13 7.4 3.6-14.5 115 72.9 64.0-80.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 606 55 9.8 7.3-13.1 50 9.2 6.7-12.5 13 2.2 1.1- 4.1 67 10.1 7.4-13.5 421 68.8 64.0-73.2
No 888 142 16.4 13.6-19.8 52 5.5 3.9- 7.7 24 2.5 1.5- 4.0 32 3.3 2.2- 5.0 638 72.3 68.5-75.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 187 27 13.3 8.7-19.8 11 5.5 2.9-10.3 5 2.8 0.9- 7.8 13 7.4 3.8-13.9 131 71.1 62.8-78.2
Non-Veteran 1,333 173 14.3 12.0-17.0 91 6.9 5.4- 8.9 31 2.1 1.4- 3.2 85 5.4 4.2- 7.1 953 71.1 67.9-74.1
Currently Serving 6 2 50.7 14.6-86.0 1 7.4 0.9-41.5 1 17.4 2.3-65.5 1 6.3 0.8-37.2 1 18.3 2.4-67.0

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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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