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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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If yes, how did you hear of the Quit Now NC smoking cessation services?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Doctor/other health care provider Worksite School Media Other
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 780 90 12.1 9.5-15.2 70 9.5 7.2-12.4 11 1.0 0.5- 1.9 450 56.5 52.1-60.8 159 21.0 17.6-24.8
-Piedmont NC 413 42 10.4 7.3-14.6 32 7.0 4.7-10.5 5 0.8 0.3- 2.1 247 61.9 55.9-67.5 87 19.8 15.4-25.1
GENDER
Male 154 16 10.3 5.9-17.4 7 4.4 1.7-10.9 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 92 61.3 51.7-70.1 38 23.5 16.3-32.6
Female 259 26 10.6 6.8-16.1 25 9.5 6.2-14.4 4 1.1 0.4- 2.9 155 62.4 55.0-69.3 49 16.4 11.8-22.4
RACE
White 311 29 10.0 6.5-15.0 26 8.0 5.0-12.5 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 181 58.9 51.8-65.6 71 22.3 16.8-28.9
African American 79 8 7.8 3.6-16.1 6 6.1 2.5-14.0 0 0.0 . - . 51 70.1 57.6-80.1 14 16.0 8.9-27.2
Other Minorities 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 23 1 2.6 0.3-16.9 1 1.8 0.2-12.2 0 0.0 . - . 15 61.1 34.9-82.2 6 34.5 14.4-62.2
25-34 68 12 14.8 7.8-26.3 3 2.9 0.9- 9.4 3 3.2 1.0-10.0 33 58.7 44.8-71.4 17 20.4 11.8-33.0
35-44 92 6 5.4 2.2-12.6 12 13.7 7.6-23.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 55 60.8 48.5-71.9 18 19.4 11.1-31.7
45-54 107 11 10.6 5.4-19.9 10 6.7 3.3-12.9 0 0.0 . - . 66 66.3 55.0-76.0 20 16.4 9.8-26.1
55-64 72 7 10.8 4.6-23.5 6 11.0 3.7-28.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.6 41 53.1 38.2-67.5 17 24.7 13.5-40.8
65-74 34 5 22.8 8.2-49.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 25 69.9 45.4-86.7 4 7.3 2.2-21.4
75+ 17 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 12 78.5 50.8-92.8 5 21.5 7.2-49.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 75 9 12.1 5.8-23.4 1 1.5 0.2- 9.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 49 68.5 54.6-79.7 15 17.7 9.3-31.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 154 15 9.1 5.1-15.6 9 4.9 2.4- 9.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 94 63.0 53.0-72.0 35 22.5 15.0-32.3
Some Post-H.S. 118 13 10.1 5.3-18.4 12 9.1 4.8-16.8 2 1.6 0.4- 6.7 66 58.5 47.1-69.0 25 20.6 13.0-31.1
College Graduate 66 5 11.5 4.2-27.7 10 14.9 6.8-29.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 38 56.8 41.7-70.7 12 16.0 7.9-29.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 50 5 9.6 3.4-24.2 2 2.7 0.6-11.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.5 36 77.2 62.0-87.6 6 9.9 4.2-21.8
$15,000- 24,999 87 9 12.4 5.9-24.2 4 4.1 1.4-11.0 2 2.2 0.5- 8.8 50 54.0 40.7-66.8 22 27.3 16.5-41.8
$25,000- 34,999 55 2 1.8 0.4- 7.6 4 5.7 1.8-16.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 38 80.6 66.3-89.8 10 10.7 4.3-24.2
$35,000- 49,999 75 11 13.7 7.2-24.6 7 8.7 3.9-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 40 50.6 37.0-64.1 17 27.0 15.7-42.4
$50,000-74,999 50 4 13.8 4.8-33.8 4 6.5 1.9-20.0 0 0.0 . - . 29 56.0 39.6-71.2 13 23.7 13.1-39.1
$75,000+ 43 5 9.4 3.1-24.8 8 18.0 7.4-37.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 19 50.3 32.0-68.5 10 21.1 9.9-39.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 159 17 10.8 6.3-17.9 9 4.9 2.3-10.3 3 1.1 0.3- 3.6 101 60.7 50.9-69.6 29 22.5 15.0-32.4
No 247 25 10.5 6.6-16.3 22 8.3 5.0-13.4 2 0.7 0.2- 2.9 143 63.5 55.8-70.6 55 17.0 12.2-23.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 52 6 17.0 7.0-35.9 4 5.9 2.0-15.9 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 29 55.8 39.2-71.2 12 19.4 9.9-34.5
Non-Veteran 360 36 9.4 6.5-13.4 28 7.3 4.6-11.2 4 0.6 0.2- 1.8 217 62.7 56.3-68.7 75 20.0 15.2-25.9
Currently Serving 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available.

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*Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in entire lifetime and now smoke daily or occasionally.

^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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