BRFSS 2005 - Alamance County: (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
-Alamance County	98	50	52.9	40.6-65.0	48	47.1	35.0-59.4
GENDER
Male	39	17	45.8	27.2-65.5	22	54.2	34.5-72.8
Female	59	33	60.0	45.4-73.0	26	40.0	27.0-54.6
RACE
White	75	34	43.0	29.5-57.6	41	57.0	42.4-70.5
Other	23	16	78.2	57.6-90.4	7	21.8	9.6-42.4
AGE
18-44	47	26	59.6	41.9-75.1	21	40.4	24.9-58.1
45+	51	24	42.5	27.8-58.6	27	57.5	41.4-72.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	24	45.6	31.1-60.8	33	54.4	39.2-68.9
Some College +	39	26	64.2	41.8-81.7	13	35.8	18.3-58.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	33	57.4	43.1-70.5	33	42.6	29.5-56.9
$50,000+	19	11	45.0	20.3-72.3	8	55.0	27.7-79.7

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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
-Alamance County	98	50	52.9	40.6-65.0	48	47.1	35.0-59.4
GENDER
Male	39	17	45.8	27.2-65.5	22	54.2	34.5-72.8
Female	59	33	60.0	45.4-73.0	26	40.0	27.0-54.6
RACE
White	75	34	43.0	29.5-57.6	41	57.0	42.4-70.5
Other	23	16	78.2	57.6-90.4	7	21.8	9.6-42.4
AGE
18-44	47	26	59.6	41.9-75.1	21	40.4	24.9-58.1
45+	51	24	42.5	27.8-58.6	27	57.5	41.4-72.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	57	24	45.6	31.1-60.8	33	54.4	39.2-68.9
Some College +	39	26	64.2	41.8-81.7	13	35.8	18.3-58.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	33	57.4	43.1-70.5	33	42.6	29.5-56.9
$50,000+	19	11	45.0	20.3-72.3	8	55.0	27.7-79.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alamance County

Tobacco Use

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