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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 1,274 213 18.0 15.4-21.1 190 14.3 11.9-17.1 115 7.5 6.0- 9.5 476 31.8 28.4-35.3 280 28.3 24.5-32.4
GENDER
Male 494 99 20.9 16.6-25.9 67 13.9 10.2-18.5 36 6.5 4.3- 9.6 144 21.6 17.2-26.6 148 37.2 31.0-43.9
Female 780 114 14.9 12.0-18.3 123 14.8 12.1-18.1 79 8.8 6.7-11.3 332 43.2 38.8-47.8 132 18.3 15.1-22.0
RACE
White 897 149 17.8 14.7-21.4 143 15.1 12.1-18.6 85 8.4 6.4-11.0 328 33.2 29.2-37.4 192 25.6 21.8-29.7
African American 264 43 19.5 13.8-26.8 35 14.7 9.9-21.3 25 7.2 4.5-11.2 111 35.9 28.9-43.5 50 22.7 16.5-30.5
Other Minorities 110 20 17.1 9.7-28.4 11 8.7 4.1-17.6 5 3.2 1.1- 9.3 36 17.0 10.4-26.7 38 53.9 38.3-68.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 47 7 14.6 6.6-29.3 4 4.1 1.4-11.2 3 7.7 1.8-27.8 6 6.5 2.2-17.4 27 67.2 50.0-80.7
Non-Hispanic 1,227 206 18.3 15.5-21.4 186 15.1 12.6-18.1 112 7.5 6.0- 9.4 470 33.8 30.3-37.5 253 25.2 21.5-29.4
AGE
18-24 89 19 20.1 12.0-31.5 15 13.0 6.7-24.0 7 6.7 2.7-15.4 28 30.6 19.4-44.8 20 29.6 16.7-46.7
25-34 229 39 19.5 13.7-27.0 34 14.7 9.5-22.0 26 8.0 5.2-12.2 69 25.2 19.4-32.1 61 32.6 25.4-40.7
35-44 280 60 20.6 15.6-26.8 46 16.5 11.9-22.5 26 6.8 4.5-10.3 80 26.2 20.8-32.6 68 29.8 23.1-37.5
45-54 329 57 18.3 13.7-24.1 43 12.4 8.6-17.4 27 8.4 5.2-13.1 123 31.0 25.4-37.2 79 29.9 23.5-37.2
55-64 218 28 12.1 7.8-18.2 33 15.5 10.5-22.2 16 6.6 3.8-11.3 106 46.8 38.8-55.0 35 19.0 13.0-27.0
65-74 95 8 8.7 4.0-17.9 12 13.0 6.8-23.4 11 11.3 5.9-20.5 53 54.2 42.5-65.4 11 12.9 6.6-23.6
75+ 32 2 5.1 1.2-19.1 5 12.3 4.7-28.4 2 5.9 1.4-21.4 17 56.5 37.0-74.2 6 20.2 8.4-41.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 29 13.8 8.8-21.0 19 9.4 5.4-15.9 18 7.3 3.9-13.0 81 29.5 21.5-39.0 58 40.0 30.7-50.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 489 86 20.6 16.0-26.3 80 16.9 12.4-22.4 38 5.0 3.4- 7.1 168 27.8 22.6-33.8 117 29.7 22.9-37.5
Some Post-H.S. 371 55 15.2 11.1-20.5 51 12.2 8.8-16.7 43 11.3 7.7-16.3 154 39.2 33.3-45.4 68 22.2 17.1-28.2
College Graduate 208 43 22.1 15.8-30.0 39 17.8 12.7-24.5 16 8.0 4.6-13.6 73 31.9 25.1-39.5 37 20.2 14.1-27.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 210 30 15.4 10.2-22.6 16 6.0 3.3-10.9 17 8.0 4.3-14.5 106 41.9 33.7-50.6 41 28.6 20.1-39.1
$15,000- 24,999 290 46 18.8 13.2-26.0 40 10.2 7.0-14.5 25 5.2 3.3- 8.1 90 25.8 19.9-32.6 89 40.1 32.2-48.6
$25,000- 34,999 174 28 16.8 9.9-27.2 27 20.7 12.2-32.9 15 6.0 3.0-11.6 67 30.0 20.6-41.6 37 26.4 14.6-42.8
$35,000- 49,999 181 35 18.8 13.0-26.3 36 19.4 13.4-27.2 17 7.5 4.2-13.1 60 32.3 24.8-41.0 33 22.0 15.1-30.9
$50,000-74,999 158 30 18.7 12.7-26.6 36 21.0 14.5-29.5 13 9.3 5.2-16.0 51 27.1 20.3-35.2 28 24.0 16.6-33.3
$75,000+ 112 25 23.2 15.2-33.5 13 10.5 5.8-18.3 15 12.1 7.0-20.2 39 30.3 21.6-40.6 20 23.9 14.5-36.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 475 47 9.9 7.0-13.9 49 13.8 9.3-20.1 33 6.5 4.2- 9.9 268 47.4 40.4-54.5 78 22.4 15.5-31.4
No 786 163 22.4 18.7-26.5 140 14.5 12.0-17.5 81 8.2 6.2-10.8 203 23.8 20.1-28.0 199 31.1 26.8-35.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 198 32 18.8 12.6-27.1 26 16.9 10.4-26.1 18 6.9 4.1-11.5 80 35.7 27.9-44.2 42 21.7 15.7-29.2
Non-Veteran 1,074 181 17.9 15.0-21.2 164 13.8 11.4-16.8 97 7.7 5.9- 9.9 395 31.0 27.3-34.9 237 29.5 25.2-34.3

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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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