BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	104	55	54.1	42.4-65.5	49	45.9	34.5-57.6
GENDER
Male	35	17	56.9	37.2-74.7	18	43.1	25.3-62.8
Female	69	38	51.9	38.4-65.1	31	48.1	34.9-61.6
RACE
White	95	50	52.5	40.1-64.6	45	47.5	35.4-59.9
Other	9	5	67.1	31.9-89.9	4	32.9	10.1-68.1
AGE
18-44	46	26	62.2	45.5-76.5	20	37.8	23.5-54.5
45+	58	29	43.9	30.0-58.8	29	56.1	41.2-70.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	29	54.4	38.8-69.2	27	45.6	30.8-61.2
Some College +	48	26	53.8	36.3-70.4	22	46.2	29.6-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	77	43	56.8	43.8-69.0	34	43.2	31.0-56.2
$50,000+	18	8	50.8	22.8-78.3	10	49.2	21.7-77.2

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	104	55	54.1	42.4-65.5	49	45.9	34.5-57.6
GENDER
Male	35	17	56.9	37.2-74.7	18	43.1	25.3-62.8
Female	69	38	51.9	38.4-65.1	31	48.1	34.9-61.6
RACE
White	95	50	52.5	40.1-64.6	45	47.5	35.4-59.9
Other	9	5	67.1	31.9-89.9	4	32.9	10.1-68.1
AGE
18-44	46	26	62.2	45.5-76.5	20	37.8	23.5-54.5
45+	58	29	43.9	30.0-58.8	29	56.1	41.2-70.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	56	29	54.4	38.8-69.2	27	45.6	30.8-61.2
Some College +	48	26	53.8	36.3-70.4	22	46.2	29.6-63.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	77	43	56.8	43.8-69.0	34	43.2	31.0-56.2
$50,000+	18	8	50.8	22.8-78.3	10	49.2	21.7-77.2

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

Tobacco Use

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