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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth County

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
-Forsyth County 78 14 18.8 9.8-32.9 14 11.9 6.5-20.9 10 11.1 5.5-21.1 22 24.1 14.9-36.5 18 34.1 20.0-51.8
GENDER
Male 32 5 14.8 5.1-36.0 5 8.9 3.1-23.0 6 14.7 5.9-32.4 7 16.6 7.0-34.4 9 45.0 23.3-68.7
Female 46 9 23.6 10.7-44.3 9 15.5 7.6-29.1 4 6.6 2.4-17.1 15 33.2 19.5-50.5 9 21.1 9.9-39.4
RACE
White 62 11 17.8 8.3-34.4 12 12.9 6.6-23.7 7 10.9 4.8-23.1 17 20.4 11.5-33.6 15 37.9 21.4-57.8
Other 15 3 24.2 7.2-56.8 2 8.5 1.9-30.8 3 12.3 3.7-34.3 5 42.3 18.8-69.9 2 12.6 2.8-42.4
AGE
18-44 21 5 20.5 6.4-49.3 3 7.0 1.8-24.1 3 10.7 2.7-33.5 5 13.2 4.5-33.3 5 48.6 21.5-76.6
45+ 57 9 17.7 8.1-34.3 11 15.0 7.9-26.9 7 11.3 5.1-23.1 17 31.0 19.1-46.2 13 25.0 14.0-40.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 3 19.9 5.9-49.6 6 15.9 6.4-34.3 4 9.2 3.3-23.1 11 33.8 17.8-54.7 6 21.3 8.9-42.8
Some College + 48 11 18.2 8.5-34.5 8 9.7 4.3-20.4 6 12.1 4.9-27.1 11 18.6 9.3-33.9 12 41.4 22.3-63.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 44 6 18.3 6.9-40.5 8 13.6 6.1-27.6 6 12.4 4.9-28.0 16 32.9 18.8-50.9 8 22.9 8.6-48.4
$50,000+ 24 6 26.2 10.3-52.3 3 6.9 1.9-22.2 4 16.1 5.7-38.0 4 14.4 4.8-36.0 7 36.4 17.6-60.5

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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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