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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,991 638 23.5 21.4-25.7 490 15.9 14.2-17.7 259 7.6 6.5- 8.9 775 22.5 20.6-24.5 829 30.5 28.1-33.1
-Durham County 61 16 28.9 16.3-46.0 12 24.8 13.5-41.1 2 2.9 0.5-13.9 14 15.8 8.8-26.7 17 27.6 15.9-43.3
GENDER
Male 20 6 38.1 16.2-66.2 4 22.1 7.8-48.9 1 5.6 0.8-31.1 6 16.0 6.3-35.3 3 18.2 5.5-45.7
Female 41 10 22.0 10.9-39.4 8 26.9 12.5-48.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 8 15.6 7.3-30.4 14 34.7 19.0-54.6
RACE
White 34 8 20.8 9.7-39.0 8 30.4 14.4-53.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 16.2 7.2-32.3 10 32.6 16.3-54.7
Other 27 8 37.6 17.2-63.6 4 18.9 6.5-43.8 2 6.0 1.1-26.5 6 15.4 6.4-32.5 7 22.2 8.9-45.2
AGE
18-44 24 9 32.4 16.1-54.5 4 22.7 7.9-50.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.4 0.5-20.8 10 41.5 21.5-64.8
45+ 37 7 25.8 9.3-53.9 8 26.7 12.6-48.0 2 5.6 1.0-24.7 13 27.2 14.4-45.3 7 14.8 6.1-31.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 28 7 25.5 11.5-47.4 3 10.2 2.8-30.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 8 22.7 10.4-42.6 9 40.5 20.6-64.1
Some College + 33 9 31.5 14.1-56.3 9 35.6 18.1-58.2 1 4.2 0.6-24.6 6 10.7 4.5-23.5 8 18.0 8.0-35.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 39 9 28.4 12.8-51.7 7 23.6 10.2-45.4 1 0.7 0.1- 5.3 10 15.7 7.6-29.4 12 31.6 16.3-52.4
$50,000+ 14 4 24.6 8.4-53.8 5 39.5 16.4-68.4 1 10.5 1.5-47.7 2 8.5 1.9-30.4 2 16.9 4.2-48.7

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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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