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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 96 13 16.9 7.6-33.4 14 15.3 7.6-28.5 15 14.0 7.8-23.9 35 30.2 20.4-42.1 19 23.6 13.9-37.1
GENDER
Male 44 4 13.8 3.2-43.3 7 17.4 6.6-38.4 5 11.8 4.6-26.8 15 26.0 14.0-43.2 13 31.1 16.4-50.9
Female 52 9 21.4 9.7-40.9 7 12.3 5.2-26.6 10 17.4 8.6-32.1 20 36.3 22.9-52.3 6 12.5 5.1-27.5
RACE
White 75 11 18.7 7.8-38.6 13 18.2 8.8-34.0 10 12.1 5.9-23.2 27 27.9 17.4-41.5 14 23.0 12.2-39.1
Other 20 2 9.8 2.3-34.0 1 4.0 0.5-24.1 5 22.7 8.3-48.8 7 36.4 17.3-61.1 5 27.0 10.9-52.7
AGE
18-44 33 4 22.9 7.3-53.0 5 18.5 6.1-44.0 5 8.6 2.9-22.7 7 11.7 4.7-26.3 12 38.4 19.8-61.1
45+ 63 9 11.1 5.4-21.3 9 12.3 6.0-23.6 10 19.3 10.0-34.0 28 48.0 34.1-62.1 7 9.4 4.3-19.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 36 4 15.3 4.8-39.2 2 3.1 0.7-12.6 7 17.6 7.3-36.5 16 34.0 19.0-53.0 7 30.1 13.2-55.0
Some College + 60 9 17.9 6.1-42.1 12 22.9 11.0-41.7 8 11.8 5.4-24.2 19 27.8 16.1-43.6 12 19.5 10.1-34.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 7 13.3 5.0-31.1 5 14.0 4.0-38.8 8 13.7 6.0-28.4 23 32.5 19.8-48.4 10 26.5 12.6-47.4
$50,000+ 29 4 10.5 3.6-27.0 6 21.2 9.0-42.3 7 23.8 10.7-44.8 7 23.7 9.7-47.2 5 20.8 8.3-43.4

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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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