BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse <br>or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*)

	Total Respond.^	Once	Twice	Three times	4 or more times	Never
North Carolina	3,771	687	19.2	17.4-21.0	582	15.0	13.5-16.6	380	8.5	7.5- 9.7	1,323	31.5	29.4-33.6	799	25.8	23.8-28.0
-Buncombe County	101	25	25.1	14.8-39.4	13	18.4	8.2-36.4	6	3.9	1.6- 9.0	40	33.3	22.5-46.1	17	19.3	11.6-30.5
GENDER
Male	41	11	28.2	13.2-50.4	6	23.4	8.1-51.5	1	1.9	0.3-12.8	12	23.9	12.0-42.0	11	22.5	11.6-39.2
Female	60	14	21.0	11.0-36.4	7	11.6	5.0-24.8	5	6.4	2.6-15.3	28	45.9	30.6-62.0	6	15.0	6.2-32.1
RACE
White	81	17	20.6	11.9-33.1	11	14.8	7.8-26.3	6	5.6	2.3-12.6	33	36.9	25.4-50.1	14	22.2	13.1-35.0
Other	20	8	35.4	11.9-69.0	2	26.4	4.9-71.5	0	0.0	. - .	7	25.1	8.4-55.1	3	13.0	3.5-38.0
AGE
18-44	58	13	22.2	10.3-41.4	9	22.7	9.5-45.2	2	2.4	0.6- 9.8	21	31.1	18.3-47.6	13	21.6	11.8-36.1
45+	43	12	33.7	19.5-51.5	4	6.1	2.1-16.2	4	7.9	2.8-20.1	19	39.5	24.9-56.2	4	12.8	4.8-29.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	15	29.9	14.8-51.2	8	21.4	6.9-50.0	3	2.6	0.8- 8.6	21	24.3	13.7-39.5	11	21.7	11.0-38.3
Some College +	43	10	18.6	8.7-35.3	5	14.3	5.9-31.0	3	5.5	1.7-16.9	19	45.4	28.4-63.6	6	16.1	7.1-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	21	33.1	19.7-49.9	9	10.9	5.1-21.8	3	2.2	0.7- 7.3	31	35.3	23.0-49.8	10	18.5	9.7-32.3
$50,000+	16	2	9.9	2.3-33.3	3	26.5	9.0-56.7	3	19.0	5.9-46.8	5	24.8	9.8-49.8	3	19.9	6.5-47.2

*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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	Total Respond.^	Once			Twice			Three times			4 or more times			Never
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,771	687	19.2	17.4-21.0	582	15.0	13.5-16.6	380	8.5	7.5- 9.7	1,323	31.5	29.4-33.6	799	25.8	23.8-28.0
-Buncombe County	101	25	25.1	14.8-39.4	13	18.4	8.2-36.4	6	3.9	1.6- 9.0	40	33.3	22.5-46.1	17	19.3	11.6-30.5
GENDER
Male	41	11	28.2	13.2-50.4	6	23.4	8.1-51.5	1	1.9	0.3-12.8	12	23.9	12.0-42.0	11	22.5	11.6-39.2
Female	60	14	21.0	11.0-36.4	7	11.6	5.0-24.8	5	6.4	2.6-15.3	28	45.9	30.6-62.0	6	15.0	6.2-32.1
RACE
White	81	17	20.6	11.9-33.1	11	14.8	7.8-26.3	6	5.6	2.3-12.6	33	36.9	25.4-50.1	14	22.2	13.1-35.0
Other	20	8	35.4	11.9-69.0	2	26.4	4.9-71.5	0	0.0	. - .	7	25.1	8.4-55.1	3	13.0	3.5-38.0
AGE
18-44	58	13	22.2	10.3-41.4	9	22.7	9.5-45.2	2	2.4	0.6- 9.8	21	31.1	18.3-47.6	13	21.6	11.8-36.1
45+	43	12	33.7	19.5-51.5	4	6.1	2.1-16.2	4	7.9	2.8-20.1	19	39.5	24.9-56.2	4	12.8	4.8-29.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	58	15	29.9	14.8-51.2	8	21.4	6.9-50.0	3	2.6	0.8- 8.6	21	24.3	13.7-39.5	11	21.7	11.0-38.3
Some College +	43	10	18.6	8.7-35.3	5	14.3	5.9-31.0	3	5.5	1.7-16.9	19	45.4	28.4-63.6	6	16.1	7.1-32.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	74	21	33.1	19.7-49.9	9	10.9	5.1-21.8	3	2.2	0.7- 7.3	31	35.3	23.0-49.8	10	18.5	9.7-32.3
$50,000+	16	2	9.9	2.3-33.3	3	26.5	9.0-56.7	3	19.0	5.9-46.8	5	24.8	9.8-49.8	3	19.9	6.5-47.2

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*