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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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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 3,004 507 17.1 15.3-19.0 262 7.9 6.8- 9.1 112 3.0 2.4- 3.8 268 8.0 6.8- 9.3 1,855 64.1 61.7-66.4
-Eastern NC 1,015 170 16.8 14.0-20.0 65 6.4 4.7- 8.8 39 3.6 2.5- 5.3 99 8.4 6.5-10.6 642 64.8 60.9-68.6
GENDER
Male 351 53 15.8 11.5-21.2 24 7.3 4.3-12.0 12 3.3 1.7- 6.3 37 8.5 5.8-12.3 225 65.2 58.5-71.3
Female 664 117 17.7 14.3-21.6 41 5.7 4.1- 7.9 27 3.9 2.5- 6.0 62 8.2 6.0-11.2 417 64.5 59.8-68.9
RACE
White 714 118 16.7 13.4-20.6 48 6.2 4.2- 8.9 30 4.0 2.6- 6.2 66 8.0 6.0-10.8 452 65.1 60.3-69.6
African American 225 35 13.2 8.9-19.0 12 5.4 2.7-10.8 7 2.3 1.0- 5.1 22 9.1 5.2-15.3 149 70.1 62.2-76.9
Other Minorities 72 17 28.8 17.1-44.3 5 12.2 4.6-28.5 2 3.8 0.7-17.8 11 9.5 4.8-17.9 37 45.7 32.0-60.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 4 25.8 8.9-55.3 1 16.9 2.6-60.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 16 57.3 29.4-81.2
Non-Hispanic 993 166 16.5 13.7-19.6 64 6.1 4.5- 8.1 39 3.8 2.6- 5.5 99 8.6 6.8-11.0 625 65.0 61.1-68.8
AGE
18-24 70 11 17.4 9.3-30.3 1 3.2 0.5-19.4 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 4 3.7 1.2-10.9 53 75.1 61.2-85.2
25-34 171 19 9.9 6.0-15.8 11 6.2 3.1-12.0 5 3.1 1.2- 8.1 11 7.5 3.8-14.5 125 73.3 64.7-80.4
35-44 215 51 23.9 17.9-31.2 16 8.7 4.8-15.2 10 4.1 2.0- 8.0 20 8.8 5.3-14.3 118 54.5 46.6-62.2
45-54 258 44 17.2 12.3-23.4 19 7.2 4.2-12.0 12 6.0 3.0-11.5 22 7.9 4.6-13.2 161 61.8 54.2-68.8
55-64 186 30 16.7 11.2-24.2 13 7.0 3.8-12.4 5 3.1 1.2- 7.8 25 13.4 8.5-20.4 113 59.8 51.1-67.9
65-74 86 10 8.6 4.3-16.3 3 3.7 1.0-12.9 6 6.8 2.8-15.6 15 18.3 10.3-30.4 52 62.6 50.3-73.5
75+ 27 5 26.5 10.1-53.5 2 8.7 2.1-29.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.4 1.0-17.4 18 60.5 37.4-79.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 150 28 15.6 9.7-24.0 6 2.4 0.9- 6.2 10 6.7 3.0-14.2 17 6.2 3.4-11.2 89 69.1 58.9-77.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 377 63 16.2 12.0-21.4 24 6.4 4.0-10.1 10 2.0 1.0- 4.0 48 11.9 8.4-16.5 232 63.6 56.9-69.7
Some Post-H.S. 312 44 16.3 11.4-22.8 24 8.8 5.0-15.0 15 4.6 2.6- 8.2 22 6.0 3.4-10.2 207 64.3 56.9-71.1
College Graduate 175 35 20.8 14.3-29.2 11 6.1 3.2-11.2 4 2.6 0.9- 7.4 12 6.2 3.3-11.6 113 64.3 55.5-72.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 173 21 11.3 6.9-17.9 9 4.3 2.1- 8.7 9 4.5 2.1- 9.1 25 12.2 7.9-18.4 109 67.7 59.2-75.1
$15,000- 24,999 203 32 18.3 11.9-27.2 14 5.4 2.9- 9.6 6 3.3 1.4- 7.4 19 9.0 5.0-15.6 132 64.1 55.0-72.2
$25,000- 34,999 140 27 15.9 9.4-25.6 8 5.5 2.3-12.4 5 3.8 1.2-11.5 13 7.0 3.3-14.4 87 67.7 56.2-77.5
$35,000- 49,999 151 24 15.7 10.0-23.7 8 4.9 2.3-10.0 6 4.0 1.6- 9.6 12 8.4 4.4-15.6 101 67.0 57.7-75.2
$50,000-74,999 132 25 22.1 14.6-31.9 17 15.5 8.9-25.5 5 2.9 1.0- 8.0 11 6.8 3.4-13.1 74 52.8 42.9-62.6
$75,000+ 93 21 18.9 11.9-28.8 4 3.2 1.2- 8.6 5 5.8 2.1-14.9 11 13.4 7.0-24.2 52 58.6 46.3-70.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 410 61 14.8 10.9-19.8 31 7.5 4.9-11.3 20 5.4 3.2- 9.0 56 10.4 7.5-14.3 242 61.8 55.3-67.9
No 595 106 17.9 14.3-22.3 32 5.2 3.2- 8.2 19 2.6 1.5- 4.4 42 7.1 4.9-10.2 396 67.1 62.1-71.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 157 27 17.1 10.7-26.3 12 7.7 3.8-15.0 10 6.2 3.1-12.0 19 12.0 7.0-19.9 89 57.0 46.8-66.6
Non-Veteran 857 143 16.7 13.8-20.2 53 6.1 4.3- 8.7 29 3.1 2.0- 4.8 79 7.5 5.7- 9.8 553 66.6 62.3-70.6

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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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