BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	92	51	58.2	44.7-70.6	41	41.8	29.4-55.3
GENDER
Male	40	19	55.9	36.4-73.7	21	44.1	26.3-63.6
Female	52	32	61.3	43.4-76.6	20	38.7	23.4-56.6
RACE
White	73	39	53.3	39.7-66.3	34	46.7	33.7-60.3
Other	19	12	70.4	40.6-89.2	7	29.6	10.8-59.4
AGE
18-44	51	30	62.6	45.1-77.3	21	37.4	22.7-54.9
45+	41	21	47.5	31.4-64.2	20	52.5	35.8-68.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	53	32	60.0	41.1-76.4	21	40.0	23.6-58.9
Some College +	39	19	56.0	37.3-73.1	20	44.0	26.9-62.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	35	51.6	37.3-65.7	31	48.4	34.3-62.7
$50,000+	13	9	65.7	36.1-86.6	4	34.3	13.4-63.9

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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
-Buncombe County	92	51	58.2	44.7-70.6	41	41.8	29.4-55.3
GENDER
Male	40	19	55.9	36.4-73.7	21	44.1	26.3-63.6
Female	52	32	61.3	43.4-76.6	20	38.7	23.4-56.6
RACE
White	73	39	53.3	39.7-66.3	34	46.7	33.7-60.3
Other	19	12	70.4	40.6-89.2	7	29.6	10.8-59.4
AGE
18-44	51	30	62.6	45.1-77.3	21	37.4	22.7-54.9
45+	41	21	47.5	31.4-64.2	20	52.5	35.8-68.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	53	32	60.0	41.1-76.4	21	40.0	23.6-58.9
Some College +	39	19	56.0	37.3-73.1	20	44.0	26.9-62.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	66	35	51.6	37.3-65.7	31	48.4	34.3-62.7
$50,000+	13	9	65.7	36.1-86.6	4	34.3	13.4-63.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Tobacco Use

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