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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 1,878 440 23.7 21.3-26.3 296 15.9 13.9-18.1 188 9.4 7.9-11.2 573 27.8 25.4-30.4 381 23.2 20.7-25.9
GENDER
Male 789 188 23.6 20.1-27.4 128 15.3 12.6-18.5 68 8.1 6.1-10.8 181 22.5 19.1-26.4 224 30.5 26.5-34.8
Female 1,089 252 23.9 20.9-27.2 168 16.6 13.9-19.7 120 11.0 8.8-13.6 392 34.2 30.9-37.7 157 14.3 11.9-17.1
RACE
White 1,446 333 23.6 20.9-26.5 234 16.5 14.2-19.1 150 10.4 8.5-12.6 452 28.5 25.6-31.5 277 21.1 18.5-24.0
African American 324 87 25.9 20.4-32.3 44 15.0 10.6-20.8 33 8.9 5.9-13.3 105 31.8 26.0-38.3 55 18.3 13.5-24.3
Other Minorities 10 4 50.4 20.3-80.3 2 25.0 5.6-65.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.8 2.0-31.9 2 15.8 3.4-49.6
AGE
18-24 113 24 24.2 15.5-35.5 18 17.1 10.1-27.5 9 9.1 4.1-19.0 35 23.3 15.7-33.1 27 26.3 17.1-38.1
25-34 374 97 26.3 21.1-32.3 60 16.1 12.1-21.0 30 6.9 4.5-10.5 88 17.7 13.7-22.6 99 33.0 26.8-39.8
35-44 440 116 25.5 20.7-31.0 71 18.2 13.9-23.4 50 11.2 7.8-15.9 99 21.5 17.0-26.7 104 23.6 18.8-29.2
45-54 410 97 23.5 18.8-28.9 60 13.4 9.9-17.9 35 7.6 5.1-11.1 141 33.6 28.3-39.4 77 22.0 17.2-27.7
55-64 307 64 19.1 14.1-25.3 38 13.1 9.2-18.5 45 14.8 10.4-20.5 110 37.9 31.0-45.4 50 15.1 11.0-20.4
65-74 161 26 17.1 11.3-25.1 35 18.8 12.6-27.1 11 6.4 3.2-12.7 70 46.5 36.7-56.5 19 11.2 6.1-19.7
75+ 67 13 22.6 12.8-36.8 13 13.9 7.5-24.1 8 8.6 3.8-18.2 30 50.4 36.7-64.0 3 4.6 1.4-14.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 386 73 18.7 14.2-24.4 44 11.2 7.9-15.7 41 8.9 6.1-12.9 128 31.1 25.5-37.3 100 30.0 23.9-36.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 671 157 23.1 19.3-27.3 112 16.3 13.2-20.0 60 9.5 6.8-12.9 196 26.9 22.9-31.3 146 24.2 20.1-28.9
Some Post-H.S. 489 121 25.2 20.6-30.5 86 18.9 14.6-24.1 48 8.2 5.8-11.4 155 29.3 24.4-34.8 79 18.4 14.1-23.6
College Graduate 330 89 29.2 23.4-35.8 53 16.4 12.0-21.9 39 11.7 7.9-17.0 94 23.7 18.8-29.4 55 19.0 14.3-24.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 270 45 13.5 9.5-18.8 26 12.3 7.7-19.2 26 7.6 4.7-12.1 124 44.8 37.2-52.7 49 21.7 15.3-29.8
$15,000- 24,999 383 98 27.1 21.6-33.4 47 9.9 7.0-13.8 25 6.6 3.8-11.3 116 27.4 22.0-33.6 97 29.0 23.1-35.6
$25,000- 34,999 248 60 23.9 17.7-31.4 40 14.1 9.8-19.9 24 9.6 5.9-15.4 79 30.6 23.8-38.5 45 21.7 15.5-29.5
$35,000- 49,999 275 68 25.5 19.7-32.4 49 16.9 12.4-22.7 35 11.6 8.0-16.7 71 24.9 19.1-31.7 52 21.0 15.4-28.1
$50,000-74,999 204 55 26.4 20.0-34.1 41 22.1 15.6-30.3 21 8.4 5.0-13.9 51 21.7 15.7-29.1 36 21.4 15.1-29.6
$75,000+ 199 45 24.3 17.5-32.7 44 23.6 17.0-31.8 27 12.3 7.6-19.3 46 18.8 13.4-25.8 37 21.0 14.6-29.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 667 100 12.7 10.1-16.0 74 11.4 8.7-14.8 69 10.5 7.7-14.1 338 49.1 44.1-54.1 86 16.2 12.4-21.0
No 1,174 328 28.4 25.3-31.8 213 18.1 15.5-21.0 115 8.9 7.1-11.1 228 17.3 14.9-20.2 290 27.2 24.0-30.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 229 53 21.0 15.5-27.6 38 18.0 12.4-25.5 28 11.0 7.3-16.4 63 27.5 20.9-35.2 47 22.5 16.5-29.8
Non-Veteran 1,640 385 24.2 21.6-27.0 256 15.5 13.5-17.8 159 9.1 7.5-11.1 508 28.0 25.3-30.8 332 23.2 20.5-26.2
Currently Serving 8 1 20.2 2.9-68.0 2 16.5 3.3-52.9 1 11.0 1.4-50.8 2 15.5 3.1-51.8 2 36.8 10.0-75.3

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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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