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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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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 2,841 483 17.4 15.7-19.3 230 7.9 6.7- 9.2 97 3.7 2.9- 4.7 242 8.1 6.9- 9.4 1,789 63.0 60.7-65.2
-Western NC 336 63 18.3 13.8-23.8 31 8.3 5.3-12.7 17 5.1 3.0- 8.4 29 8.0 5.2-12.1 196 60.3 53.8-66.5
GENDER
Male 121 20 15.7 9.7-24.6 10 6.8 3.3-13.3 7 5.0 2.3-10.5 12 6.9 3.6-12.9 72 65.6 55.6-74.4
Female 215 43 20.7 14.8-28.2 21 9.7 5.5-16.6 10 5.2 2.6-10.1 17 9.1 5.2-15.4 124 55.3 47.0-63.4
RACE
White 299 55 17.5 12.9-23.2 27 8.9 5.7-13.7 14 4.7 2.7- 8.3 26 8.5 5.5-13.0 177 60.4 53.5-66.8
African American 15 3 26.5 8.6-57.9 1 3.9 0.5-23.7 1 5.1 0.7-29.5 1 3.9 0.5-23.7 9 60.7 32.9-83.0
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 26 3 10.5 3.0-30.5 1 3.3 0.5-20.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.3 0.5-20.2 21 82.9 63.1-93.3
25-34 49 7 12.4 5.3-26.4 4 4.2 1.0-16.2 3 3.5 1.0-12.1 4 5.9 1.3-22.5 31 74.0 57.1-85.9
35-44 77 16 17.0 9.7-28.2 9 13.2 5.9-27.0 3 3.7 1.2-10.9 6 8.5 3.2-20.7 43 57.6 43.9-70.2
45-54 70 16 23.2 13.2-37.6 5 6.7 2.3-18.2 2 4.3 1.1-15.7 8 9.3 4.3-18.9 39 56.4 42.0-69.8
55-64 56 11 23.4 12.0-40.5 9 11.9 5.4-24.3 4 6.3 2.3-16.3 5 8.1 3.1-19.4 27 50.3 35.1-65.4
65-74 44 8 15.4 6.4-32.4 3 7.6 2.2-23.1 5 15.5 6.1-34.1 4 11.7 4.2-29.0 24 49.8 33.0-66.6
75+ 14 2 30.9 7.8-70.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.8 0.8-32.9 11 63.3 28.0-88.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 75 9 11.2 5.2-22.8 3 2.2 0.6- 8.7 5 7.8 3.1-18.4 7 10.5 4.5-22.8 51 68.1 54.0-79.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 108 27 24.8 16.3-35.9 11 8.3 4.0-16.4 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 7 5.0 2.0-12.2 61 60.3 48.8-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 94 14 12.7 6.5-23.4 11 10.9 5.0-21.8 5 4.5 1.5-12.3 9 9.3 4.4-18.6 55 62.6 50.0-73.7
College Graduate 58 13 24.5 13.7-39.8 6 11.5 4.5-26.4 5 9.7 3.9-22.2 6 8.4 3.4-19.5 28 46.0 31.4-61.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 62 6 8.8 3.6-19.9 8 8.1 3.4-18.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 11.8 4.6-27.1 42 71.4 56.3-82.9
$15,000- 24,999 77 13 17.4 9.4-29.8 6 5.9 2.0-15.8 5 4.0 1.5-10.1 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8 50 69.7 56.3-80.5
$25,000- 34,999 52 17 29.6 16.9-46.7 5 11.0 3.6-29.1 1 2.6 0.4-16.2 3 2.8 0.8- 9.7 26 54.0 37.2-69.9
$35,000- 49,999 50 10 17.5 8.7-32.0 4 8.6 3.2-21.1 4 6.4 2.2-17.5 7 14.3 6.0-30.4 25 53.2 37.3-68.4
$50,000-74,999 27 3 12.4 3.6-34.9 2 8.0 1.5-33.3 1 3.1 0.4-19.4 4 13.6 4.9-32.5 17 62.9 40.7-80.7
$75,000+ 16 6 32.9 12.9-61.9 2 8.5 2.0-29.9 1 6.5 0.9-35.3 2 12.8 2.9-41.9 5 39.2 15.2-69.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 155 23 15.5 9.6-24.0 19 11.6 6.5-19.9 5 3.7 1.5- 9.0 16 9.2 5.3-15.7 92 59.9 50.1-69.0
No 179 39 20.5 14.3-28.4 12 5.6 2.9-10.7 11 5.7 2.9-10.7 13 7.1 3.7-13.1 104 61.2 52.3-69.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 40 9 25.8 12.3-46.1 3 5.9 1.7-18.6 6 14.6 6.2-30.9 4 7.2 2.3-20.6 18 46.5 28.4-65.5
Non-Veteran 294 53 16.5 12.2-22.1 28 8.7 5.5-13.7 11 3.6 1.9- 6.8 25 8.2 5.2-12.7 177 62.9 56.0-69.4
Currently Serving 2 1 84.0 24.8-98.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 16.0 1.2-75.2

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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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