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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
-Eastern NC 1,006 214 24.3 20.8-28.2 151 16.4 13.5-20.0 77 6.9 5.1- 9.2 281 22.1 19.3-25.3 283 30.2 26.4-34.4
GENDER
Male 346 85 28.8 22.7-35.8 45 14.4 10.1-20.2 20 6.9 4.0-11.6 87 17.4 13.6-22.1 109 32.5 26.0-39.7
Female 660 129 20.4 16.8-24.5 106 18.2 14.4-22.7 57 6.9 5.1- 9.3 194 26.2 22.3-30.5 174 28.3 24.0-33.1
RACE
White 709 160 26.0 21.6-30.9 104 15.3 11.9-19.4 58 7.5 5.3-10.6 193 21.8 18.5-25.6 194 29.4 24.7-34.6
African American 222 38 18.1 12.6-25.3 35 18.7 12.3-27.2 15 5.3 2.9- 9.5 64 23.7 17.6-31.0 70 34.3 26.6-42.9
Other Minorities 72 15 26.1 14.9-41.6 11 21.1 10.9-36.8 4 5.7 1.7-17.7 24 21.2 13.0-32.6 18 26.0 15.3-40.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 20 5 30.0 11.5-58.6 3 16.0 4.6-43.1 3 23.5 5.9-60.0 3 8.1 1.9-28.2 6 22.4 8.5-47.4
Non-Hispanic 986 209 24.1 20.5-28.0 148 16.5 13.4-20.0 74 6.3 4.8- 8.4 278 22.6 19.7-25.8 277 30.5 26.6-34.8
AGE
18-24 70 21 27.5 16.7-41.8 10 16.5 7.7-31.9 2 4.7 1.1-18.3 10 8.1 4.0-15.8 27 43.2 29.4-58.1
25-34 170 36 26.2 18.1-36.4 31 16.6 11.2-23.7 13 6.2 3.2-11.5 42 22.0 15.6-30.0 48 29.1 21.2-38.4
35-44 212 51 25.4 19.0-32.9 35 17.8 12.3-24.9 19 6.9 4.2-11.2 44 19.9 14.4-26.7 63 30.1 23.3-37.9
45-54 254 67 27.0 20.9-34.1 41 20.3 14.5-27.6 18 7.5 4.3-12.9 72 23.9 18.4-30.5 56 21.3 15.8-28.0
55-64 185 24 14.8 9.5-22.4 23 11.7 7.4-17.9 12 8.0 4.0-15.4 70 34.8 27.0-43.5 56 30.7 23.2-39.3
65-74 88 12 12.4 6.4-22.6 8 6.7 3.2-13.5 12 13.3 7.2-23.4 36 42.4 31.1-54.6 20 25.1 15.8-37.6
75+ 25 3 25.6 8.5-56.1 2 10.0 2.5-32.8 1 3.5 0.5-21.3 7 21.9 9.9-41.8 12 39.0 21.1-60.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 149 30 19.1 12.2-28.7 14 14.3 7.7-25.2 16 9.6 5.0-17.5 50 20.8 14.3-29.2 39 36.2 25.0-49.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 377 67 23.5 17.5-30.7 60 18.2 13.3-24.4 25 4.6 3.0- 7.1 115 23.5 18.8-29.0 110 30.2 23.8-37.4
Some Post-H.S. 306 75 26.0 20.2-32.8 49 15.6 10.7-22.2 25 8.5 4.8-14.7 78 22.1 17.1-28.1 79 27.7 21.8-34.5
College Graduate 173 42 28.6 20.8-37.8 27 15.3 10.0-22.7 11 6.8 3.4-13.0 38 20.0 14.1-27.4 55 29.4 22.1-37.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 176 20 14.5 8.7-23.0 19 15.1 9.1-23.8 18 8.6 5.2-14.1 77 36.1 28.3-44.6 42 25.8 18.3-35.1
$15,000- 24,999 201 46 26.0 18.7-34.9 29 11.5 7.4-17.3 17 6.3 3.7-10.5 54 24.0 17.5-32.0 55 32.2 23.9-41.9
$25,000- 34,999 136 35 31.6 20.3-45.7 22 16.5 9.9-26.1 5 4.8 1.6-13.5 44 20.1 13.5-28.9 30 27.0 16.1-41.6
$35,000- 49,999 149 35 22.5 15.6-31.2 23 16.2 10.2-24.8 13 8.1 4.2-15.1 32 23.5 16.3-32.6 46 29.7 21.7-39.2
$50,000-74,999 132 35 28.1 20.0-37.9 32 26.0 17.9-36.2 6 4.4 1.6-11.1 20 12.4 7.7-19.4 39 29.1 21.1-38.6
$75,000+ 92 19 23.4 14.7-35.0 8 12.3 4.2-31.0 13 12.7 6.9-22.2 24 25.4 16.5-37.1 28 26.2 17.2-37.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 404 58 19.3 13.7-26.6 49 15.4 10.6-21.7 37 8.2 5.4-12.1 158 30.4 25.2-36.3 102 26.7 20.8-33.5
No 592 156 27.8 23.4-32.6 100 16.6 13.0-21.0 40 6.2 4.1- 9.4 119 17.1 13.8-20.9 177 32.3 27.3-37.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 155 35 29.9 20.6-41.3 22 14.6 9.0-22.8 12 7.6 3.9-14.2 44 19.7 13.8-27.3 42 28.2 19.9-38.3
Non-Veteran 850 179 23.1 19.4-27.1 129 16.9 13.5-20.9 65 6.7 4.8- 9.3 236 22.6 19.4-26.1 241 30.7 26.4-35.3

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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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