BRFSS 2005 - Gaston County: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Gaston County	113	55	51.0	37.2-64.6	58	49.0	35.4-62.8
GENDER
Male	36	14	47.9	24.1-72.7	22	52.1	27.3-75.9
Female	77	41	53.6	40.8-65.9	36	46.4	34.1-59.2
RACE
White	94	44	50.7	35.3-65.9	50	49.3	34.1-64.7
Other	19	11	52.5	27.8-76.0	8	47.5	24.0-72.2
AGE
18-44	56	28	54.5	35.3-72.4	28	45.5	27.6-64.7
45+	56	27	44.7	31.1-59.1	29	55.3	40.9-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	72	34	56.8	40.5-71.7	38	43.2	28.3-59.5
Some College +	41	21	40.9	22.2-62.6	20	59.1	37.4-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	77	39	55.3	39.3-70.4	38	44.7	29.6-60.7
$50,000+	19	8	45.1	22.3-70.3	11	54.9	29.7-77.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Gaston County	113	55	51.0	37.2-64.6	58	49.0	35.4-62.8
GENDER
Male	36	14	47.9	24.1-72.7	22	52.1	27.3-75.9
Female	77	41	53.6	40.8-65.9	36	46.4	34.1-59.2
RACE
White	94	44	50.7	35.3-65.9	50	49.3	34.1-64.7
Other	19	11	52.5	27.8-76.0	8	47.5	24.0-72.2
AGE
18-44	56	28	54.5	35.3-72.4	28	45.5	27.6-64.7
45+	56	27	44.7	31.1-59.1	29	55.3	40.9-68.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	72	34	56.8	40.5-71.7	38	43.2	28.3-59.5
Some College +	41	21	40.9	22.2-62.6	20	59.1	37.4-77.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	77	39	55.3	39.3-70.4	38	44.7	29.6-60.7
$50,000+	19	8	45.1	22.3-70.3	11	54.9	29.7-77.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*