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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 71 13 16.1 8.4-28.5 16 18.6 10.5-30.8 5 7.8 3.0-18.6 20 30.7 18.7-46.0 17 26.8 15.3-42.6
GENDER
Male 27 3 7.8 2.2-24.1 7 20.4 8.7-40.8 3 9.5 2.7-28.3 7 29.4 12.8-54.1 7 33.0 15.1-57.7
Female 44 10 25.7 12.7-45.2 9 16.6 8.0-31.3 2 5.9 1.4-21.1 13 32.2 18.2-50.3 10 19.6 9.8-35.3
RACE
White 49 8 14.9 6.1-31.8 13 20.6 10.9-35.4 2 3.0 0.7-11.7 14 34.6 18.8-54.7 12 27.0 13.0-47.7
Other 22 5 18.2 6.9-40.0 3 15.2 4.2-42.1 3 16.3 5.2-41.0 6 23.8 10.2-46.3 5 26.4 10.4-52.7
AGE
18-44 23 4 15.6 5.0-39.4 4 9.6 3.0-26.7 1 5.4 0.7-30.1 7 32.9 14.2-59.3 7 36.5 16.6-62.3
45+ 48 9 16.5 8.0-31.0 12 27.0 14.6-44.4 4 10.1 3.7-24.9 13 28.6 16.3-45.2 10 17.8 8.6-33.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 37 6 14.4 5.4-33.2 6 12.3 4.5-29.4 4 9.9 3.3-26.1 13 36.9 19.8-58.0 8 26.5 11.7-49.5
Some College + 34 7 18.7 8.2-37.2 10 28.4 14.6-48.0 1 4.5 0.6-26.1 7 21.1 9.3-41.3 9 27.2 12.8-48.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 39 8 15.4 7.0-30.7 8 15.2 6.7-30.8 3 8.7 2.6-25.2 9 32.7 15.6-55.9 11 28.1 14.4-47.5
$50,000+ 19 4 17.6 5.8-42.4 6 23.7 9.3-48.5 1 3.9 0.5-23.8 4 22.2 7.6-49.5 4 32.7 10.8-66.1

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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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