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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: 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
-Western NC 89 12 13.1 6.6-24.4 9 10.9 5.3-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 47 55.4 43.1-67.1 21 20.6 12.9-31.1
GENDER
Male 32 3 6.1 1.8-18.4 4 12.1 4.2-30.1 0 0.0 . - . 20 71.2 52.4-84.7 5 10.6 4.0-25.5
Female 57 9 18.3 8.3-35.5 5 10.0 3.7-24.5 0 0.0 . - . 27 43.9 29.9-58.9 16 27.8 16.6-42.7
RACE
White 83 11 13.0 6.4-24.8 9 11.3 5.5-21.8 0 0.0 . - . 44 55.3 42.7-67.4 19 20.3 12.5-31.3
African American 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 39.9 4.0-91.4 1 60.1 8.6-96.0
Other Minorities 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 9 2 26.2 6.4-64.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 45.4 15.1-79.6 3 28.4 8.1-64.0
25-34 10 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.8 0.9-37.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 38.8 12.0-74.8 5 54.3 21.3-84.0
35-44 21 3 20.7 4.8-57.3 3 17.6 5.2-45.6 0 0.0 . - . 9 44.7 22.5-69.3 6 17.0 6.7-36.9
45-54 17 3 10.7 3.0-32.0 3 15.9 4.6-42.5 0 0.0 . - . 8 59.4 32.7-81.5 3 14.0 3.7-40.8
55-64 14 2 13.2 3.1-41.6 2 18.9 3.9-57.4 0 0.0 . - . 7 48.9 22.4-76.0 3 19.0 5.8-47.2
65-74 15 1 2.6 0.3-17.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 13 89.8 62.2-97.9 1 7.7 1.1-39.3
75+ 3 1 27.0 3.2-80.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 73.0 19.7-96.8 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 16 2 9.4 2.0-34.0 1 11.0 1.6-49.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 65.0 36.3-85.8 3 14.6 4.2-40.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 31 5 15.3 5.6-35.5 4 14.6 4.8-37.0 0 0.0 . - . 15 48.2 28.7-68.2 7 21.9 9.3-43.5
Some Post-H.S. 24 4 17.8 5.0-47.2 2 9.3 2.3-31.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 45.8 25.0-68.2 8 27.0 12.6-48.7
College Graduate 18 1 5.9 0.8-32.5 2 7.1 1.6-25.9 0 0.0 . - . 12 73.3 47.4-89.3 3 13.8 3.8-39.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 10 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 75.7 40.6-93.4 3 24.3 6.6-59.4
$15,000- 24,999 21 4 19.7 6.8-45.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 47.1 24.9-70.4 8 33.2 15.6-57.3
$25,000- 34,999 20 4 28.9 10.0-59.7 2 4.7 1.1-18.0 0 0.0 . - . 11 48.3 24.4-73.0 3 18.1 5.3-46.6
$35,000- 49,999 11 1 6.7 0.9-36.7 4 51.0 21.0-80.3 0 0.0 . - . 3 23.5 6.1-59.2 3 18.8 4.6-52.6
$50,000-74,999 8 1 4.3 0.5-28.0 1 10.8 1.4-51.8 0 0.0 . - . 6 84.9 47.9-97.2 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 6 1 10.7 1.4-51.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 89.3 48.8-98.6 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 16 3 32.1 10.6-65.4 1 3.0 0.4-19.2 0 0.0 . - . 10 50.3 24.2-76.2 2 14.6 3.5-44.6
No 71 8 7.2 3.2-15.1 8 13.2 6.3-25.8 0 0.0 . - . 36 56.9 43.2-69.6 19 22.7 13.8-35.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 12 2 15.8 3.8-47.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 7 63.9 34.4-85.6 3 20.4 6.2-49.5
Non-Veteran 76 10 12.8 5.9-25.6 9 12.5 6.1-24.0 0 0.0 . - . 39 54.0 40.6-66.8 18 20.7 12.4-32.4
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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