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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Smoking Cessation

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 6 mos. 6 mos. to 1 year Past year Past 5 years Past 10 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,481 266 7.2 6.1- 8.5 149 4.7 3.8- 5.9 641 16.7 15.2-18.3 493 11.3 10.1-12.6 2,932 60.1 58.1-62.0
-Gaston County 130 9 12.0 5.8-22.9 5 4.5 1.3-14.3 12 8.3 4.4-14.9 19 15.9 9.9-24.6 85 59.3 49.0-68.9
GENDER
Male 59 5 14.6 5.7-32.6 1 4.7 0.7-26.4 3 5.3 1.6-15.9 9 15.3 7.6-28.3 41 60.1 44.6-73.8
Female 71 4 8.4 3.1-20.8 4 4.3 1.5-11.4 9 12.2 6.0-23.1 10 16.8 8.8-29.6 44 58.3 45.3-70.2
RACE
White 119 9 13.3 6.5-25.1 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 9 6.8 3.3-13.5 17 16.3 9.9-25.6 81 62.2 51.5-71.9
Other 11 0 0.0 . - . 2 33.5 7.7-75.3 3 21.2 5.4-55.8 2 12.7 2.7-43.3 4 32.6 10.1-67.7
AGE
18-44 22 6 30.1 13.5-54.3 1 2.5 0.3-16.2 3 13.4 4.3-34.9 6 28.9 13.0-52.5 6 25.1 11.3-46.8
45+ 107 3 6.2 1.6-21.3 4 5.2 1.3-18.4 9 6.6 3.2-13.2 13 11.9 6.7-20.3 78 70.1 58.0-79.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 4 9.8 3.4-24.8 4 7.4 1.9-24.9 5 6.4 2.4-15.9 10 14.6 7.7-26.1 46 61.8 47.4-74.4
Some College + 61 5 14.4 5.3-33.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.6 7 10.4 4.6-21.8 9 17.4 8.6-32.1 39 56.5 41.5-70.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 4 13.3 4.6-32.6 4 7.4 1.9-25.0 8 12.0 5.7-23.5 13 17.2 9.6-28.7 44 50.1 36.7-63.6
$50,000+ 37 3 10.7 3.4-29.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 3 4.0 1.2-12.8 6 21.4 9.6-41.1 24 62.1 43.6-77.6

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* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).

^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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