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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 96 9 8.4 4.0-17.0 5 6.4 2.4-16.2 3 3.7 1.1-11.3 8 6.1 2.8-13.1 71 75.4 64.3-83.9
GENDER
Male 29 2 7.9 1.8-28.0 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 26 90.2 71.3-97.1
Female 67 7 8.7 3.7-19.2 4 9.2 3.1-24.2 3 6.0 1.9-17.7 8 10.1 4.6-20.7 45 66.0 51.7-77.9
RACE
White 83 7 6.5 2.8-14.5 4 6.9 2.4-18.2 2 3.1 0.7-12.1 7 6.4 2.7-14.3 63 77.2 65.3-85.9
Other 13 2 21.0 4.7-58.8 1 3.2 0.4-20.8 1 7.4 1.0-39.3 1 4.8 0.6-28.8 8 63.5 31.8-86.7
AGE
18-44 44 3 8.1 2.5-23.5 4 10.0 3.3-26.3 2 4.8 1.1-18.0 3 6.4 1.9-19.2 32 70.8 53.7-83.5
45+ 51 6 9.0 3.7-20.1 1 1.8 0.2-11.8 1 2.3 0.3-14.8 5 6.0 2.3-14.4 38 81.0 67.9-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 5 6.7 2.4-17.5 5 10.0 3.7-24.2 3 5.7 1.8-17.1 6 6.7 2.7-15.9 42 70.8 56.1-82.2
Some College + 35 4 11.4 3.8-29.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.1 1.0-21.6 29 83.5 64.9-93.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 7 10.6 4.5-23.1 4 6.9 2.2-19.8 1 1.5 0.2-10.1 5 7.3 2.8-17.9 48 73.7 59.4-84.3
$50,000+ 19 1 2.9 0.4-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.9 0.5-23.9 0 0.0 . - . 17 93.2 75.3-98.4

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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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