BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	79	36	49.6	36.4-62.9	43	50.4	37.1-63.6
GENDER
Male	34	18	57.4	37.4-75.3	16	42.6	24.7-62.6
Female	45	18	40.7	25.8-57.6	27	59.3	42.4-74.2
RACE
White	72	31	44.7	31.7-58.5	41	55.3	41.5-68.3
Other	7	5	91.4	62.9-98.5	2	8.6	1.5-37.1
AGE
18-44	33	18	59.2	39.5-76.4	15	40.8	23.6-60.5
45+	46	18	38.1	24.0-54.4	28	61.9	45.6-76.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	15	42.7	25.4-62.0	29	57.3	38.0-74.6
Some College +	35	21	61.8	43.3-77.4	14	38.2	22.6-56.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	63	30	52.6	37.4-67.2	33	47.4	32.8-62.6
$50,000+	10	2	19.0	4.6-53.4	8	81.0	46.6-95.4

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking 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: 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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	79	36	49.6	36.4-62.9	43	50.4	37.1-63.6
GENDER
Male	34	18	57.4	37.4-75.3	16	42.6	24.7-62.6
Female	45	18	40.7	25.8-57.6	27	59.3	42.4-74.2
RACE
White	72	31	44.7	31.7-58.5	41	55.3	41.5-68.3
Other	7	5	91.4	62.9-98.5	2	8.6	1.5-37.1
AGE
18-44	33	18	59.2	39.5-76.4	15	40.8	23.6-60.5
45+	46	18	38.1	24.0-54.4	28	61.9	45.6-76.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	44	15	42.7	25.4-62.0	29	57.3	38.0-74.6
Some College +	35	21	61.8	43.3-77.4	14	38.2	22.6-56.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	63	30	52.6	37.4-67.2	33	47.4	32.8-62.6
$50,000+	10	2	19.0	4.6-53.4	8	81.0	46.6-95.4

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

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*