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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 1,011 123 11.6 9.4-14.2 64 5.1 3.8- 6.6 25 2.6 1.6- 4.2 94 8.6 6.6-11.1 705 72.2 68.6-75.6
GENDER
Male 348 44 12.6 9.0-17.3 16 3.1 1.7- 5.5 10 3.4 1.7- 6.7 29 6.5 4.2-10.1 249 74.4 68.5-79.5
Female 663 79 10.7 8.3-13.7 48 6.7 4.9- 9.1 15 1.9 1.0- 3.4 65 10.3 7.5-14.1 456 70.3 65.8-74.5
RACE
White 713 85 10.8 8.4-13.7 47 5.4 3.9- 7.4 16 2.4 1.3- 4.5 67 8.6 6.4-11.5 498 72.7 68.5-76.6
African American 224 23 9.5 5.7-15.5 13 4.2 2.2- 7.6 6 2.0 0.9- 4.6 21 9.7 5.2-17.4 161 74.6 66.6-81.3
Other Minorities 70 15 26.2 15.1-41.5 4 4.5 1.4-13.2 3 5.9 1.6-19.4 6 5.2 1.9-13.5 42 58.2 43.4-71.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 4 22.2 7.4-50.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.0 0.4-19.2 0 0.0 . - . 16 74.8 47.3-90.7
Non-Hispanic 989 119 11.2 9.1-13.8 64 5.2 4.0- 6.9 24 2.6 1.5- 4.2 94 8.9 6.8-11.5 688 72.1 68.5-75.5
AGE
18-24 69 5 5.5 2.1-13.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 4 5.6 1.7-16.9 59 87.3 75.9-93.8
25-34 171 19 10.9 6.5-17.7 12 5.7 3.1-10.2 4 2.1 0.6- 6.9 13 10.2 5.6-18.0 123 71.1 62.2-78.6
35-44 213 36 18.1 12.7-25.1 14 5.1 2.9- 8.9 11 5.1 2.6- 9.7 18 8.3 4.9-13.6 134 63.4 55.7-70.6
45-54 256 34 12.4 8.4-17.9 17 6.1 3.5-10.6 5 2.9 0.9- 8.4 24 8.8 5.4-13.9 176 69.8 62.6-76.2
55-64 185 18 9.5 5.5-15.8 13 7.9 4.4-13.7 2 0.9 0.2- 4.0 23 11.0 6.7-17.5 129 70.7 62.4-77.8
65-74 88 8 6.8 3.1-14.1 6 6.6 2.8-15.1 2 2.0 0.5- 8.0 10 8.7 4.5-16.2 62 75.9 65.4-84.1
75+ 27 3 25.6 8.9-54.6 2 8.8 2.2-29.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.4 1.0-17.4 20 61.3 37.4-80.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 153 15 9.8 5.4-17.4 7 3.9 1.7- 8.6 6 5.1 1.8-13.6 21 12.8 6.7-23.0 104 68.4 57.3-77.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 375 53 13.5 9.9-18.3 22 4.7 2.9- 7.7 10 2.4 1.2- 4.8 41 9.3 6.4-13.4 249 70.0 63.8-75.5
Some Post-H.S. 309 29 8.4 5.5-12.7 21 5.5 3.4- 8.7 8 2.2 0.9- 5.3 22 7.2 4.3-11.7 229 76.8 70.7-81.9
College Graduate 173 26 14.7 9.4-22.4 14 6.3 3.6-10.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 10 4.9 2.4- 9.9 122 73.1 64.8-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 174 12 6.9 3.8-12.4 13 7.2 4.0-12.6 3 1.5 0.4- 5.1 23 8.5 5.3-13.4 123 75.9 68.3-82.2
$15,000- 24,999 205 24 12.0 7.3-18.9 13 4.3 2.3- 7.9 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 17 7.2 4.1-12.5 146 74.9 67.1-81.4
$25,000- 34,999 139 16 10.8 5.9-18.8 9 4.1 1.9- 8.4 4 3.8 1.2-11.6 14 7.4 3.6-14.4 96 74.0 63.5-82.3
$35,000- 49,999 150 20 10.4 6.2-16.9 8 5.0 2.4-10.2 4 3.7 1.2-10.8 12 10.8 5.7-19.4 106 70.1 60.7-78.2
$50,000-74,999 129 19 16.9 10.3-26.4 12 8.7 4.4-16.2 2 1.6 0.3- 7.9 11 8.2 4.3-15.3 85 64.7 54.6-73.6
$75,000+ 93 17 14.7 8.7-23.7 4 3.7 1.3-10.0 5 5.6 2.0-14.5 9 11.7 5.7-22.3 58 64.4 52.3-74.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 412 41 9.2 6.3-13.2 25 4.3 2.8- 6.6 9 3.1 1.4- 6.7 56 11.5 8.0-16.3 281 72.0 66.0-77.4
No 591 79 12.8 9.9-16.4 38 5.5 3.9- 7.8 16 2.3 1.3- 4.1 37 6.8 4.6- 9.8 421 72.6 68.0-76.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 156 21 13.1 8.1-20.6 8 3.2 1.5- 6.5 6 3.2 1.2- 8.2 14 9.2 4.9-16.7 107 71.3 62.0-79.1
Non-Veteran 854 102 11.2 8.9-14.1 56 5.5 4.1- 7.3 19 2.4 1.4- 4.2 79 8.4 6.3-11.1 598 72.5 68.5-76.1

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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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