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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln Counties

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,991 638 23.5 21.4-25.7 490 15.9 14.2-17.7 259 7.6 6.5- 8.9 775 22.5 20.6-24.5 829 30.5 28.1-33.1
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 91 16 17.3 9.3-29.8 12 18.5 8.1-36.8 11 10.8 5.7-19.5 26 22.9 14.5-34.2 26 30.6 20.1-43.7
GENDER
Male 31 6 22.5 8.9-46.3 7 30.2 11.4-59.4 4 9.0 3.0-23.9 6 11.6 4.4-27.5 8 26.7 12.3-48.6
Female 60 10 12.5 6.4-23.0 5 7.5 2.9-18.1 7 12.4 5.7-24.9 20 33.4 21.0-48.5 18 34.3 21.4-49.9
RACE
White 85 14 16.5 8.5-29.6 12 19.2 8.4-38.0 10 9.9 5.0-18.7 24 23.0 14.4-34.7 25 31.3 20.4-44.8
Other 6 2 35.5 8.5-76.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.1 5.0-79.6 2 20.9 4.5-59.9 1 12.5 1.6-55.8
AGE
18-44 34 5 14.8 5.4-34.4 4 22.3 6.5-54.4 4 6.6 2.2-18.0 7 18.4 8.0-36.8 14 37.9 20.6-58.9
45+ 57 11 19.9 9.2-37.9 8 14.3 6.4-29.1 7 15.2 7.0-29.7 19 27.7 16.6-42.4 12 22.8 12.7-37.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 10 13.5 6.0-27.6 12 26.3 11.9-48.4 8 9.8 4.5-20.1 13 18.2 9.4-32.4 18 32.2 19.1-48.9
Some College + 30 6 26.1 10.3-51.9 0 0.0 . - . 3 13.0 4.2-33.7 13 34.0 18.5-54.0 8 26.9 12.9-47.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 72 14 20.3 10.6-35.4 9 12.8 6.2-24.6 7 7.2 3.2-15.3 22 26.6 16.6-39.8 20 33.1 21.1-47.8
$50,000+ 13 1 6.2 0.8-33.8 1 7.0 1.0-37.0 3 31.5 11.0-63.1 4 24.4 8.1-54.2 4 30.9 11.5-60.6

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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: 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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