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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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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 3,004 507 17.1 15.3-19.0 262 7.9 6.8- 9.1 112 3.0 2.4- 3.8 268 8.0 6.8- 9.3 1,855 64.1 61.7-66.4
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 86 17 23.8 14.5-36.6 8 8.7 3.9-18.1 2 2.3 0.5- 9.1 7 5.3 2.2-12.4 52 59.9 47.0-71.6
GENDER
Male 29 3 13.9 4.0-38.3 2 6.9 1.3-29.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.7 1.6-23.7 22 72.5 49.5-87.7
Female 57 14 32.2 19.7-47.9 6 10.2 4.5-21.5 2 4.2 1.0-15.9 5 4.2 1.7-10.0 30 49.2 35.2-63.3
RACE
White 75 14 20.8 12.0-33.6 8 10.4 4.7-21.4 2 2.7 0.6-10.7 6 4.5 1.7-11.4 45 61.5 47.8-73.6
Other 11 3 39.1 13.0-73.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.3 1.3-45.2 7 51.6 21.7-80.4
AGE
18-44 38 9 25.9 12.8-45.3 3 6.0 1.9-17.5 1 2.6 0.4-16.4 2 3.8 0.8-16.2 23 61.7 42.7-77.7
45+ 48 8 21.3 10.3-38.9 5 12.0 4.2-29.9 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 5 7.1 2.4-19.1 29 57.6 41.0-72.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 11 28.2 14.9-46.8 3 7.7 1.9-26.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 5 9.2 3.4-23.0 24 53.1 36.0-69.5
Some College + 42 6 19.6 8.7-38.4 5 9.6 3.8-22.1 1 2.8 0.4-17.5 2 1.6 0.4- 6.3 28 66.4 48.0-80.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 61 13 27.4 15.7-43.3 4 5.8 2.1-15.1 2 3.5 0.8-13.6 5 5.0 1.7-13.7 37 58.3 43.5-71.8
$50,000+ 17 2 7.9 1.7-30.2 4 18.8 5.6-47.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.8 0.8-32.7 10 67.4 38.9-87.1

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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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