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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 2,832 353 13.1 11.6-14.8 189 6.7 5.7- 7.9 72 2.5 1.9- 3.3 197 6.8 5.7- 8.1 2,021 70.9 68.7-73.0
-Western NC 334 42 12.8 9.0-18.0 31 8.5 5.6-12.9 14 4.0 2.2- 7.1 28 9.9 6.3-15.1 219 64.8 58.1-70.9
GENDER
Male 118 15 14.1 8.1-23.4 11 7.9 4.1-14.8 5 3.9 1.6- 9.6 10 9.0 4.0-18.8 77 65.0 54.2-74.5
Female 216 27 11.6 7.5-17.6 20 9.1 5.2-15.4 9 4.0 1.9- 8.4 18 10.7 6.4-17.3 142 64.5 56.3-71.9
RACE
White 296 36 12.2 8.4-17.6 27 9.0 5.8-13.8 11 3.6 1.8- 6.9 27 9.3 6.1-13.9 195 65.9 59.1-72.0
African American 16 2 15.7 3.7-47.5 2 7.2 1.7-26.0 1 4.9 0.7-28.6 0 0.0 . - . 11 72.1 44.5-89.3
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 26 5 15.7 5.7-36.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.7 2.7-24.7 18 75.6 55.0-88.7
25-34 49 6 12.7 5.2-27.8 4 2.4 0.6- 8.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 3 14.2 3.5-43.2 35 70.2 48.5-85.5
35-44 77 10 16.0 7.9-29.8 14 19.0 10.3-32.2 3 3.7 1.2-10.9 4 7.2 2.3-20.1 46 54.2 40.6-67.3
45-54 68 9 12.7 6.0-24.7 5 7.6 2.9-18.3 4 5.5 1.8-16.1 7 9.9 4.6-20.1 43 64.3 50.1-76.3
55-64 57 6 12.1 4.4-29.3 8 12.3 5.4-25.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 6 9.6 4.1-21.0 36 64.1 48.3-77.4
65-74 44 4 5.3 1.9-14.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 13.6 5.1-31.3 4 11.7 4.2-29.0 31 69.4 51.6-82.8
75+ 13 2 12.2 2.3-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.6 1.0-39.0 10 80.2 48.9-94.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 74 6 10.4 3.9-25.0 3 2.5 0.7- 9.2 4 4.9 1.6-14.0 9 18.5 8.1-37.0 52 63.6 47.5-77.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 107 20 19.1 11.4-30.1 10 8.6 4.3-16.4 2 1.6 0.4- 6.4 6 6.3 2.6-14.5 69 64.4 52.9-74.5
Some Post-H.S. 94 8 7.6 3.5-15.5 10 9.1 3.9-19.8 3 3.1 0.8-11.8 7 8.6 3.9-18.0 66 71.5 59.4-81.2
College Graduate 58 7 12.7 5.6-26.2 8 15.0 6.8-29.8 5 9.2 3.6-21.8 6 8.4 3.4-19.5 32 54.7 39.5-69.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 60 7 11.7 4.9-25.2 4 4.3 1.3-13.7 1 1.1 0.2- 7.8 5 10.4 3.7-25.7 43 72.5 56.9-84.0
$15,000- 24,999 76 9 11.6 4.9-24.9 6 6.6 2.4-16.6 4 3.4 1.1- 9.7 4 9.9 2.7-30.4 53 68.5 52.6-81.0
$25,000- 34,999 52 9 15.5 7.3-29.7 5 11.4 3.8-29.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.9 1.2-11.8 35 69.2 52.4-82.2
$35,000- 49,999 51 5 10.0 3.7-24.4 6 8.7 3.8-19.0 2 4.1 0.9-16.1 5 14.7 6.1-31.2 33 62.6 46.4-76.3
$50,000-74,999 27 2 6.4 1.3-25.6 5 16.8 6.1-38.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 13.6 4.9-32.5 16 63.2 41.4-80.6
$75,000+ 16 4 26.2 8.8-56.9 1 4.2 0.6-25.6 1 6.5 0.9-35.3 2 12.8 2.9-41.9 8 50.2 23.7-76.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 153 14 11.8 6.5-20.5 17 11.2 6.3-19.4 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1 16 12.4 6.6-22.2 104 62.7 52.3-72.1
No 179 28 13.8 8.9-20.8 14 6.5 3.5-11.7 11 5.2 2.6-10.1 12 7.9 4.2-14.3 114 66.6 58.0-74.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 38 5 15.3 5.3-36.6 4 7.5 2.5-20.4 4 11.2 3.9-28.3 5 19.7 6.4-46.6 20 46.3 28.4-65.3
Non-Veteran 294 36 11.8 8.1-17.0 27 8.8 5.5-13.6 10 2.9 1.4- 5.8 23 8.5 5.4-13.1 198 68.0 61.2-74.1
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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