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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Once Twice Three times 4 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,771 687 19.2 17.4-21.0 582 15.0 13.5-16.6 380 8.5 7.5- 9.7 1,323 31.5 29.4-33.6 799 25.8 23.8-28.0
-Guilford County 88 12 10.8 5.6-19.8 19 17.0 10.0-27.3 5 7.0 2.5-18.0 32 36.8 24.9-50.5 20 28.5 17.2-43.3
GENDER
Male 36 4 10.3 3.6-26.3 10 21.0 10.2-38.3 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3 11 40.7 22.9-61.4 10 26.9 13.2-47.1
Female 52 8 11.3 5.1-23.2 9 12.6 5.8-25.3 4 13.3 4.5-33.4 21 32.5 19.6-48.7 10 30.2 14.3-52.8
RACE
White 62 6 5.6 2.3-13.0 16 17.1 9.5-28.9 5 10.2 3.6-25.5 21 36.7 22.0-54.3 14 30.4 16.1-49.9
Other 26 6 21.9 9.3-43.5 3 16.7 5.4-41.2 0 0.0 . - . 11 37.0 20.1-57.9 6 24.4 10.8-46.1
AGE
18-44 32 4 6.8 2.3-18.6 6 12.8 5.1-28.6 2 9.4 2.3-31.2 10 35.6 17.9-58.3 10 35.3 17.4-58.6
45+ 56 8 15.1 6.9-30.1 13 21.5 11.5-36.5 3 4.3 1.3-13.0 22 38.0 24.9-53.2 10 21.1 10.7-37.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 44 4 7.7 2.4-21.6 9 16.2 7.5-31.7 5 12.0 4.3-29.5 18 41.8 25.0-60.6 8 22.3 10.2-41.9
Some College + 44 8 15.1 6.9-30.0 10 18.0 8.7-33.6 0 0.0 . - . 14 30.0 16.5-48.1 12 37.0 19.2-59.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 9 13.2 6.0-26.3 11 14.1 6.9-26.9 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1 16 29.9 16.4-48.0 15 40.8 24.0-60.0
$50,000+ 23 3 11.9 3.4-34.5 6 20.5 8.3-42.5 1 3.3 0.5-20.8 9 49.9 26.7-73.1 4 14.4 4.7-36.5

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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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