BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	80	41	54.6	41.6-67.1	39	45.4	32.9-58.4
GENDER
Male	34	18	57.9	38.5-75.2	16	42.1	24.8-61.5
Female	46	23	51.6	34.8-68.0	23	48.4	32.0-65.2
RACE
White	74	36	52.2	38.7-65.4	38	47.8	34.6-61.3
Other	6	5	91.6	55.3-99.0	1	8.4	1.0-44.7
AGE
18-44	32	18	60.7	40.6-77.7	14	39.3	22.3-59.4
45+	47	22	44.7	29.9-60.5	25	55.3	39.5-70.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	51	24	49.3	33.2-65.5	27	50.7	34.5-66.8
Some College +	29	17	66.2	46.1-81.7	12	33.8	18.3-53.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	63	32	55.3	41.1-68.7	31	44.7	31.3-58.9
$50,000+	12	6	52.8	21.0-82.5	6	47.2	17.5-79.0

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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
-Catawba County	80	41	54.6	41.6-67.1	39	45.4	32.9-58.4
GENDER
Male	34	18	57.9	38.5-75.2	16	42.1	24.8-61.5
Female	46	23	51.6	34.8-68.0	23	48.4	32.0-65.2
RACE
White	74	36	52.2	38.7-65.4	38	47.8	34.6-61.3
Other	6	5	91.6	55.3-99.0	1	8.4	1.0-44.7
AGE
18-44	32	18	60.7	40.6-77.7	14	39.3	22.3-59.4
45+	47	22	44.7	29.9-60.5	25	55.3	39.5-70.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	51	24	49.3	33.2-65.5	27	50.7	34.5-66.8
Some College +	29	17	66.2	46.1-81.7	12	33.8	18.3-53.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	63	32	55.3	41.1-68.7	31	44.7	31.3-58.9
$50,000+	12	6	52.8	21.0-82.5	6	47.2	17.5-79.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba County

Tobacco Use

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