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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 77 6 5.1 2.1-11.7 8 10.1 4.3-21.8 3 2.6 0.8- 8.5 11 13.2 6.8-23.9 49 69.0 55.5-79.9
GENDER
Male 32 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 5 15.0 5.3-35.6 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 2 6.7 1.6-23.9 23 74.9 54.0-88.4
Female 45 5 9.8 3.8-23.0 3 4.1 1.2-12.6 2 3.2 0.7-13.1 9 21.1 10.5-37.7 26 61.9 44.9-76.3
RACE
White 61 6 6.3 2.6-14.6 8 12.5 5.3-26.7 3 3.3 1.0-10.6 7 9.5 4.0-21.0 37 68.4 52.8-80.8
Other 15 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 30.3 11.5-59.3 11 69.7 40.7-88.5
AGE
18-44 21 2 6.1 1.3-23.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 11.3 3.5-31.3 15 82.6 60.7-93.6
45+ 56 4 4.4 1.6-11.6 8 16.5 7.3-33.1 3 4.3 1.3-13.5 7 14.3 6.6-28.5 34 60.4 45.0-73.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 2 3.9 0.9-14.8 4 10.3 3.3-27.8 1 2.7 0.4-17.1 3 10.9 3.2-31.2 20 72.1 52.2-86.0
Some College + 47 4 5.8 1.9-16.0 4 9.9 3.0-28.1 2 2.6 0.6-11.4 8 14.4 6.5-29.0 29 67.3 48.8-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 44 4 5.5 1.9-14.6 4 6.6 2.0-19.6 2 2.8 0.6-11.7 7 17.2 7.7-34.2 27 67.8 50.0-81.6
$50,000+ 24 1 5.0 0.7-28.6 2 17.0 4.2-48.7 1 4.0 0.6-24.1 4 14.4 4.8-36.0 16 59.5 35.8-79.5

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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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