BRFSS 2005 - Cabarrus 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
-Cabarrus County	83	43	56.7	42.7-69.6	40	43.3	30.4-57.3
GENDER
Male	33	20	68.8	48.4-83.8	13	31.2	16.2-51.6
Female	50	23	43.6	28.9-59.5	27	56.4	40.5-71.1
RACE
White	70	36	55.2	39.8-69.6	34	44.8	30.4-60.2
Other	13	7	63.3	31.4-86.7	6	36.7	13.3-68.6
AGE
18-44	39	19	58.1	38.5-75.5	20	41.9	24.5-61.5
45+	43	24	54.9	38.2-70.6	19	45.1	29.4-61.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	46	26	61.7	43.5-77.1	20	38.3	22.9-56.5
Some College +	37	17	49.6	29.2-70.2	20	50.4	29.8-70.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	27	53.8	37.3-69.5	27	46.2	30.5-62.7
$50,000+	16	6	25.3	10.0-50.9	10	74.7	49.1-90.0

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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
-Cabarrus County	83	43	56.7	42.7-69.6	40	43.3	30.4-57.3
GENDER
Male	33	20	68.8	48.4-83.8	13	31.2	16.2-51.6
Female	50	23	43.6	28.9-59.5	27	56.4	40.5-71.1
RACE
White	70	36	55.2	39.8-69.6	34	44.8	30.4-60.2
Other	13	7	63.3	31.4-86.7	6	36.7	13.3-68.6
AGE
18-44	39	19	58.1	38.5-75.5	20	41.9	24.5-61.5
45+	43	24	54.9	38.2-70.6	19	45.1	29.4-61.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	46	26	61.7	43.5-77.1	20	38.3	22.9-56.5
Some College +	37	17	49.6	29.2-70.2	20	50.4	29.8-70.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	54	27	53.8	37.3-69.5	27	46.2	30.5-62.7
$50,000+	16	6	25.3	10.0-50.9	10	74.7	49.1-90.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Cabarrus County

Tobacco Use

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