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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three times 4 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,771 687 19.2 17.4-21.0 582 15.0 13.5-16.6 380 8.5 7.5- 9.7 1,323 31.5 29.4-33.6 799 25.8 23.8-28.0
-Durham County 73 17 19.1 10.9-31.1 11 20.1 10.0-36.4 10 10.5 5.2-20.2 23 22.7 13.6-35.3 12 27.6 14.7-45.7
GENDER
Male 29 5 14.0 5.2-32.6 5 21.5 7.8-46.8 2 6.5 1.6-23.2 8 12.6 5.6-26.1 9 45.4 24.3-68.2
Female 44 12 25.5 13.5-42.8 6 18.4 7.0-40.3 8 15.6 7.2-30.7 15 35.5 20.0-54.7 3 5.0 1.5-15.5
RACE
White 38 8 20.7 9.8-38.7 6 19.6 7.4-42.7 5 13.2 5.2-29.9 16 41.1 23.9-60.8 3 5.4 1.6-16.7
Other 35 9 17.9 7.9-35.6 5 20.5 7.6-44.8 5 8.6 2.9-22.8 7 10.1 4.4-21.5 9 42.9 22.9-65.4
AGE
18-44 33 12 28.1 14.6-47.1 2 7.5 1.4-31.5 5 9.7 3.5-23.9 5 15.3 5.6-35.5 9 39.5 20.3-62.5
45+ 40 5 6.5 2.5-16.2 9 37.7 19.1-60.9 5 11.7 4.2-28.4 18 33.0 18.6-51.4 3 11.1 2.5-38.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 10 22.2 10.3-41.3 4 7.5 2.4-20.9 4 6.1 2.0-17.4 10 20.8 9.1-40.8 9 43.4 22.9-66.4
Some College + 36 7 15.6 6.7-32.0 7 34.5 16.5-58.5 6 15.5 6.3-33.2 13 24.8 13.0-42.1 3 9.7 2.8-28.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 49 12 18.9 9.5-34.0 9 23.8 10.9-44.5 6 6.7 2.5-16.5 12 16.5 7.7-31.8 10 34.2 17.6-55.8
$50,000+ 15 2 13.2 3.1-42.3 2 14.4 3.4-44.6 3 24.5 7.9-55.0 7 36.5 15.8-63.7 1 11.4 1.6-49.8

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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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