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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,991 638 23.5 21.4-25.7 490 15.9 14.2-17.7 259 7.6 6.5- 8.9 775 22.5 20.6-24.5 829 30.5 28.1-33.1
-Buncombe County 85 29 36.7 23.2-52.6 10 11.5 5.4-22.9 6 4.2 1.8- 9.8 20 25.0 14.5-39.7 20 22.5 10.3-42.4
GENDER
Male 32 12 37.2 17.7-61.9 3 7.5 2.1-23.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 9 25.5 11.4-47.5 7 28.7 9.9-59.4
Female 53 17 36.1 21.7-53.5 7 16.7 6.8-35.7 5 8.1 3.2-19.2 11 24.4 11.4-44.8 13 14.7 7.8-25.9
RACE
White 69 23 38.2 25.5-52.8 9 15.9 7.5-30.5 5 5.3 2.1-12.7 15 24.8 13.9-40.2 17 15.8 9.2-25.9
Other 16 6 33.5 9.0-71.9 1 2.3 0.3-16.5 1 2.1 0.3-15.2 5 25.4 7.2-59.9 3 36.6 8.8-77.5
AGE
18-44 44 15 36.5 19.3-57.9 5 12.3 4.6-28.7 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 11 25.6 12.4-45.5 12 24.2 8.9-51.2
45+ 41 14 37.3 22.8-54.6 5 9.7 3.8-22.3 5 10.9 4.4-24.6 9 23.6 11.6-42.1 8 18.5 7.8-37.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 47 16 40.5 20.7-63.9 7 9.3 3.7-21.5 3 3.0 0.9-10.0 10 17.9 8.0-35.3 11 29.3 10.5-59.2
Some College + 38 13 31.9 17.3-51.2 3 14.3 4.5-36.8 3 5.8 1.8-17.2 10 34.0 17.1-56.1 9 14.0 6.5-27.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 64 19 39.3 23.7-57.5 10 16.3 7.8-31.1 3 2.5 0.7- 8.1 17 27.7 15.7-44.0 15 14.1 7.5-25.0
$50,000+ 13 7 59.0 31.1-82.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 20.9 6.5-50.0 1 4.8 0.6-28.4 2 15.2 3.2-49.3

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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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