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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,832 664 24.2 22.2-26.2 429 14.8 13.3-16.6 230 8.5 7.3- 9.9 652 22.0 20.1-23.9 857 30.5 28.4-32.7
-Piedmont NC 1,528 372 24.5 21.9-27.3 241 15.7 13.5-18.1 117 8.3 6.7-10.3 325 20.5 18.1-23.1 473 31.1 28.2-34.1
GENDER
Male 577 150 26.0 21.8-30.6 95 16.2 12.9-20.2 45 8.5 6.0-11.8 104 17.7 14.2-21.9 183 31.6 27.1-36.4
Female 951 222 23.1 19.9-26.5 146 15.1 12.4-18.3 72 8.1 6.2-10.5 221 23.1 20.0-26.5 290 30.6 27.1-34.4
RACE
White 1,193 285 23.9 21.0-27.1 190 16.2 13.7-19.1 93 9.1 7.1-11.5 254 20.3 17.6-23.3 371 30.5 27.3-33.9
African American 272 70 25.2 19.3-32.1 41 13.4 9.2-19.2 22 7.4 4.4-12.1 61 23.8 18.0-30.6 78 30.2 23.9-37.4
Other Minorities 8 2 39.0 10.8-77.2 1 7.6 1.0-40.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.5 2.2-37.3 3 43.0 13.6-78.4
AGE
18-24 89 21 27.0 16.6-40.8 13 12.8 6.7-23.1 6 8.1 3.6-17.5 16 13.0 7.6-21.2 33 39.1 27.4-52.1
25-34 282 69 25.2 19.5-32.0 37 13.1 9.0-18.8 25 7.5 4.8-11.7 52 16.5 12.1-22.0 99 37.6 30.8-45.0
35-44 339 93 26.4 20.9-32.7 56 19.2 14.1-25.7 25 9.6 5.9-15.3 48 13.6 9.8-18.5 117 31.2 25.5-37.6
45-54 339 95 28.1 22.7-34.3 58 14.3 10.6-19.0 22 6.8 4.2-10.8 79 25.4 20.0-31.6 85 25.4 20.0-31.7
55-64 266 60 21.1 15.4-28.2 39 16.9 11.7-23.9 31 11.5 7.6-17.2 74 29.5 22.6-37.6 62 20.9 15.7-27.3
65-74 143 23 14.9 9.5-22.7 27 16.0 10.1-24.2 5 5.2 2.0-12.7 40 26.7 18.6-36.7 48 37.2 27.4-48.3
75+ 65 9 12.6 6.3-23.8 11 15.6 8.1-28.0 3 3.6 1.1-10.9 16 26.2 15.9-40.1 26 41.9 28.5-56.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 296 53 15.8 11.4-21.6 41 16.5 11.3-23.6 28 8.8 5.6-13.6 85 26.8 21.1-33.3 89 32.0 25.6-39.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 540 134 25.5 21.0-30.5 92 15.7 12.4-19.6 39 9.5 6.5-13.7 108 20.0 16.1-24.7 167 29.3 24.8-34.2
Some Post-H.S. 412 111 27.7 22.5-33.7 71 16.3 12.2-21.4 31 8.5 5.7-12.5 86 20.5 16.0-26.0 113 27.0 21.9-32.8
College Graduate 278 74 28.1 22.0-35.2 36 13.7 9.4-19.7 19 5.3 3.2- 8.7 46 14.6 10.3-20.2 103 38.3 31.3-45.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 226 42 15.9 11.0-22.4 25 12.0 7.1-19.6 18 8.8 4.9-15.2 68 29.7 23.1-37.3 73 33.7 26.4-41.8
$15,000- 24,999 293 75 26.0 19.9-33.2 43 13.9 9.4-20.1 16 8.2 4.4-14.8 79 25.2 19.2-32.3 80 26.7 20.7-33.6
$25,000- 34,999 207 55 27.6 20.3-36.3 34 17.6 11.5-26.0 15 8.9 5.0-15.6 52 24.1 17.7-31.9 51 21.8 15.7-29.4
$35,000- 49,999 228 58 25.0 18.8-32.5 42 16.8 12.0-22.9 25 10.8 6.9-16.4 30 14.7 9.5-22.1 73 32.7 25.8-40.5
$50,000-74,999 170 47 27.4 20.3-35.8 34 23.2 15.9-32.6 16 7.8 4.4-13.6 27 16.6 10.6-25.0 46 25.1 18.0-33.7
$75,000+ 163 39 24.1 16.9-33.1 23 13.7 8.6-21.0 13 6.4 3.4-11.9 22 12.0 7.1-19.5 66 43.8 34.5-53.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 599 92 14.2 11.1-18.0 88 15.8 12.3-20.0 47 9.7 6.8-13.7 199 32.5 28.0-37.4 173 27.8 23.6-32.4
No 895 273 30.6 26.9-34.6 146 15.8 13.0-19.2 68 7.6 5.8- 9.9 123 13.6 11.1-16.6 285 32.3 28.6-36.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 190 45 20.2 14.3-27.6 35 21.6 15.0-30.2 19 11.7 7.1-18.8 42 20.5 14.4-28.4 49 25.9 19.1-34.2
Non-Veteran 1,331 325 25.2 22.3-28.3 204 14.6 12.4-17.2 97 7.7 6.0- 9.7 281 20.4 17.9-23.3 424 32.1 29.0-35.4
Currently Serving 6 1 32.0 5.1-80.6 2 26.1 5.2-69.4 1 17.4 2.3-65.5 2 24.6 4.7-68.2 0 0.0 . - .

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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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