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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 96 17 16.8 9.9-27.0 13 16.0 8.8-27.5 13 12.2 6.8-21.0 34 34.5 24.0-46.8 19 20.5 12.5-31.6
GENDER
Male 29 4 14.5 4.9-35.9 5 20.3 7.8-43.6 4 8.0 2.8-21.0 8 31.0 14.7-53.8 8 26.2 12.2-47.7
Female 67 13 18.3 10.2-30.5 8 13.2 6.2-26.2 9 15.0 7.5-27.7 26 36.8 24.5-51.1 11 16.7 8.8-29.5
RACE
White 84 15 15.6 8.8-26.2 11 17.1 9.1-30.0 12 12.9 7.0-22.5 30 36.2 24.7-49.4 16 18.2 10.7-29.2
Other 12 2 24.7 6.0-62.8 2 8.4 1.8-31.3 1 7.8 1.0-40.9 4 22.6 7.4-51.6 3 36.4 10.9-72.8
AGE
18-44 44 10 21.5 11.1-37.5 8 17.1 8.0-32.6 4 9.6 3.5-24.0 12 33.5 19.0-51.8 10 18.4 9.3-32.9
45+ 51 7 10.7 4.7-22.4 4 12.6 3.8-34.7 9 16.1 8.1-29.3 22 36.7 23.2-52.8 9 23.8 11.6-42.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 10 15.0 7.3-28.2 8 13.7 6.2-27.4 9 15.3 7.8-28.1 22 33.9 21.0-49.8 12 22.0 11.8-37.4
Some College + 35 7 20.0 9.0-38.6 5 20.3 7.8-43.4 4 6.6 2.4-17.1 12 35.5 19.7-55.2 7 17.6 8.2-33.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 65 12 18.3 9.6-32.1 10 20.1 10.2-36.0 8 9.5 4.6-18.7 23 32.0 20.3-46.6 12 20.0 10.6-34.5
$50,000+ 19 3 10.0 3.0-28.4 3 12.2 3.8-32.9 2 6.5 1.5-24.2 7 48.8 25.1-73.0 4 22.5 8.0-49.2

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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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