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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 3,002 354 11.9 10.4-13.5 226 7.7 6.5- 9.0 76 2.2 1.7- 2.9 244 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,102 71.1 68.9-73.2
-Durham County 62 8 17.5 7.6-35.6 4 15.6 4.5-41.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.3 0.3- 5.3 48 65.6 45.5-81.3
GENDER
Male 22 5 26.3 8.9-56.5 3 30.6 9.2-65.7 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.7 0.6-11.1 12 40.4 19.1-66.1
Female 40 3 8.9 2.7-25.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 36 90.3 74.0-96.8
RACE
White 35 4 11.7 4.2-28.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.8 0.7-11.0 28 84.6 68.2-93.4
Other 27 4 22.8 7.2-52.9 3 28.8 8.6-63.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 20 48.4 24.6-73.0
AGE
18-44 25 3 10.3 3.0-29.8 1 18.3 2.9-62.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 21 71.4 37.7-91.2
45+ 37 5 25.7 9.2-54.3 3 12.4 3.4-36.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.8 0.7-11.1 27 59.0 36.0-78.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 2 6.9 1.6-26.0 1 19.9 3.2-64.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 27 73.2 36.2-92.9
Some College + 32 6 27.7 10.9-54.4 3 11.4 3.1-34.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.6 0.6-10.3 21 58.3 35.4-78.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 40 4 15.6 4.5-41.7 2 18.5 4.4-53.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7 33 65.0 38.5-84.6
$50,000+ 14 3 21.5 6.6-51.6 2 12.5 2.3-46.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.2 0.4-20.6 8 62.8 34.4-84.4

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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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