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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

Smoking Cessation

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 6 mos. 6 mos. to 1 year Past year Past 5 years Past 10 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,481 266 7.2 6.1- 8.5 149 4.7 3.8- 5.9 641 16.7 15.2-18.3 493 11.3 10.1-12.6 2,932 60.1 58.1-62.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes 104 4 3.5 1.0-11.7 4 11.5 3.0-35.7 20 19.7 12.2-30.3 6 6.3 2.6-14.3 70 58.9 45.1-71.5
GENDER
Male 47 0 0.0 . - . 2 18.5 4.0-55.2 7 15.0 6.5-30.8 2 4.8 1.1-18.8 36 61.7 38.4-80.6
Female 57 4 7.5 2.2-22.9 2 3.6 0.9-13.5 13 25.1 14.3-40.1 4 7.9 2.8-20.7 34 55.8 40.8-69.9
RACE
White 100 4 3.7 1.0-12.2 4 12.0 3.1-36.7 19 19.4 11.8-30.2 6 6.5 2.7-14.8 67 58.4 44.2-71.4
Other 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 28.0 3.7-79.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 72.0 20.2-96.3
AGE
18-44 18 2 10.8 2.4-36.9 3 33.4 8.1-74.0 5 20.4 6.9-46.9 1 2.7 0.4-18.3 7 32.8 12.5-62.5
45+ 86 2 0.5 0.1- 2.0 1 2.4 0.3-14.9 15 19.4 11.5-30.9 5 7.8 3.1-18.4 63 69.9 57.6-79.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 2 5.4 0.9-26.3 1 4.5 0.6-25.9 7 15.9 7.2-31.6 2 6.1 1.4-23.5 27 68.0 49.6-82.1
Some College + 64 2 2.5 0.4-13.2 3 15.8 3.4-49.9 13 22.3 12.1-37.4 4 6.5 2.2-17.5 42 52.9 35.2-70.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 3 5.2 1.4-18.0 4 18.0 4.8-48.6 15 24.4 13.8-39.6 4 5.8 2.0-16.0 36 46.5 30.4-63.4
$50,000+ 28 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - . 5 16.4 6.3-36.6 1 6.7 1.0-34.9 21 76.1 54.3-89.5

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* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).

^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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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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