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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 3,002 354 11.9 10.4-13.5 226 7.7 6.5- 9.0 76 2.2 1.7- 2.9 244 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,102 71.1 68.9-73.2
-Buncombe County 86 11 11.0 5.4-21.1 8 9.9 4.2-21.4 1 1.7 0.2-11.5 11 11.7 5.8-21.9 55 65.7 51.3-77.7
GENDER
Male 31 5 10.9 3.6-28.4 3 8.0 2.2-24.8 1 3.2 0.4-20.2 6 15.0 5.9-33.4 16 62.8 39.9-81.1
Female 55 6 11.1 4.5-24.7 5 12.1 3.9-31.6 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.7 2.8-19.3 39 69.2 51.8-82.4
RACE
White 70 9 13.6 6.4-26.4 6 12.5 5.1-27.5 1 2.5 0.4-15.6 9 11.5 5.6-22.4 45 59.9 45.5-72.8
Other 16 2 4.9 1.0-21.0 2 3.8 0.7-17.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.9 2.4-42.7 10 79.4 49.2-93.9
AGE
18-44 44 3 7.7 2.2-23.2 5 12.1 4.4-28.7 1 2.5 0.3-16.1 6 9.5 3.6-22.7 29 68.3 49.0-82.8
45+ 42 8 18.7 9.2-34.1 3 4.9 1.4-15.5 0 0.0 . - . 5 16.5 6.5-36.2 26 59.9 42.6-75.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 7 13.2 5.1-29.8 4 3.9 1.3-11.5 1 3.0 0.4-18.8 6 10.4 3.8-25.3 31 69.6 49.7-84.1
Some College + 37 4 8.0 2.8-20.4 4 18.2 6.7-40.8 0 0.0 . - . 5 13.5 5.2-30.6 24 60.4 40.7-77.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 8 11.3 4.9-24.0 7 12.6 5.1-27.9 1 2.5 0.4-15.8 9 13.7 6.4-26.9 40 59.8 43.6-74.2
$50,000+ 13 3 25.7 8.0-57.9 1 8.9 1.2-43.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 65.4 35.3-86.8

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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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