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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

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
-Union County 89 22 26.0 17.2-37.4 16 14.0 8.2-23.1 5 4.4 1.7-11.1 29 30.2 21.0-41.3 17 25.3 15.7-38.1
GENDER
Male 26 9 30.7 15.9-51.0 5 14.8 5.5-34.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 17.4 6.4-39.0 8 37.1 19.2-59.4
Female 63 13 23.2 13.2-37.5 11 13.5 7.1-24.2 5 7.1 2.7-17.4 25 38.1 26.2-51.7 9 18.0 8.9-33.1
RACE
White 74 18 28.3 18.1-41.4 15 16.7 9.6-27.5 4 3.8 1.4-10.4 28 38.3 27.2-50.8 9 12.8 6.6-23.4
Other 15 4 19.4 6.7-44.6 1 6.1 0.8-33.5 1 6.1 0.8-33.6 1 6.1 0.8-33.5 8 62.2 35.9-82.9
AGE
18-44 44 12 26.4 14.9-42.4 8 16.9 8.0-32.2 3 4.6 1.4-14.0 10 20.6 11.0-35.2 11 31.5 17.4-50.1
45+ 45 10 25.6 13.5-43.1 8 10.8 5.1-21.5 2 4.3 0.9-18.2 19 40.9 26.3-57.3 6 18.5 8.2-36.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 9 25.5 13.2-43.5 7 13.9 6.1-28.7 2 3.2 0.7-13.1 11 24.3 13.1-40.6 10 33.0 17.9-52.7
Some College + 50 13 26.5 15.2-42.0 9 14.1 6.7-27.2 3 5.4 1.6-17.0 18 34.9 22.1-50.4 7 19.1 8.8-36.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 39 11 29.5 16.3-47.2 7 11.7 5.0-24.9 2 4.5 0.9-19.2 11 24.5 13.2-40.9 8 29.8 14.8-50.9
$50,000+ 38 10 27.7 14.5-46.4 7 16.6 7.4-33.2 3 5.8 1.8-17.4 11 26.5 14.3-43.8 7 23.4 11.1-42.8

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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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