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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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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 3,004 507 17.1 15.3-19.0 262 7.9 6.8- 9.1 112 3.0 2.4- 3.8 268 8.0 6.8- 9.3 1,855 64.1 61.7-66.4
-Mountain AHEC 226 33 15.1 10.1-21.9 18 6.2 3.6-10.4 10 3.5 1.8- 6.6 21 10.0 5.9-16.6 144 65.3 56.8-72.8
GENDER
Male 84 13 15.8 8.5-27.5 11 9.4 4.8-17.4 4 3.2 1.1- 8.7 7 10.9 4.7-23.2 49 60.7 47.1-72.8
Female 142 20 14.3 8.5-23.1 7 3.1 1.2- 7.7 6 3.7 1.5- 8.6 14 9.2 4.8-16.8 95 69.7 59.5-78.3
RACE
White 192 30 16.8 11.1-24.6 14 6.2 3.4-11.1 9 4.0 2.0- 7.8 16 8.5 4.6-15.2 123 64.5 55.7-72.4
African American 15 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.8 1.3-29.0 1 2.6 0.3-19.1 2 12.2 1.8-51.2 10 78.4 42.2-94.7
Other Minorities 19 3 12.4 3.0-39.3 2 5.3 0.8-29.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 20.4 5.1-55.2 11 61.9 30.1-85.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 4 1 7.2 0.6-49.4 1 6.5 0.6-46.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 86.3 41.1-98.3
Non-Hispanic 222 32 15.3 10.2-22.4 17 6.2 3.6-10.6 10 3.6 1.8- 6.9 21 10.4 6.1-17.1 142 64.5 56.0-72.2
AGE
18-24 15 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 15 100 . - .
25-34 53 6 18.4 8.5-35.4 5 5.4 1.9-14.0 0 0.0 . - . 6 17.4 7.3-36.2 36 58.8 41.9-73.8
35-44 45 5 16.1 6.2-35.9 4 10.8 3.9-26.9 2 5.1 1.3-18.5 4 7.9 2.4-22.7 30 60.0 41.9-75.7
45-54 51 9 14.7 6.8-28.9 3 3.5 0.9-12.6 3 6.7 2.0-20.0 5 13.0 5.0-29.6 31 62.2 45.5-76.4
55-64 29 6 30.4 13.8-54.3 3 8.1 2.4-23.9 2 8.1 2.0-28.0 2 8.7 1.7-34.8 16 44.7 25.8-65.2
65-74 20 4 22.5 7.1-52.4 2 17.0 4.1-49.2 3 10.3 3.0-30.1 4 11.0 3.4-30.5 7 39.1 18.0-65.2
75+ 13 3 11.4 2.5-39.2 1 8.1 1.1-41.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 9 80.5 50.7-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 44 3 5.5 1.4-19.6 3 3.5 1.0-11.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.7 5 10.8 3.8-27.0 31 78.8 61.5-89.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 81 15 22.1 12.5-36.0 5 5.3 1.9-13.6 4 4.9 1.8-13.0 7 9.3 3.4-23.3 50 58.4 43.7-71.8
Some Post-H.S. 61 8 11.7 5.0-25.0 4 4.8 1.4-14.8 3 4.5 1.4-13.7 5 8.0 2.8-20.6 41 71.1 56.0-82.6
College Graduate 40 7 18.6 7.5-39.2 6 13.0 5.1-29.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.9 4 13.0 3.9-35.4 22 53.3 34.0-71.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 41 5 10.5 3.9-25.5 3 6.0 1.7-18.7 2 2.7 0.6-11.0 5 6.4 2.1-18.1 26 74.3 56.5-86.6
$15,000- 24,999 60 9 14.1 6.4-28.2 2 1.1 0.2- 6.4 3 4.0 1.2-12.4 6 10.7 4.5-23.1 40 70.1 54.7-82.0
$25,000- 34,999 38 4 9.8 3.1-27.1 4 13.0 4.7-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 16.5 5.7-39.5 25 60.6 39.5-78.3
$35,000- 49,999 30 7 27.6 11.8-52.1 2 4.9 1.1-19.7 2 6.3 1.5-22.7 2 10.5 1.8-42.4 17 50.7 29.4-71.7
$50,000-74,999 20 4 22.8 7.6-51.4 2 6.1 1.4-22.7 2 7.8 1.7-28.7 0 0.0 . - . 12 63.3 37.8-83.1
$75,000+ 15 2 17.6 3.8-53.3 3 23.7 7.4-54.5 1 8.1 1.1-40.7 1 8.9 1.2-43.2 8 41.7 18.9-68.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 103 15 13.1 7.2-22.7 10 9.0 4.3-17.8 5 4.0 1.5-10.2 13 18.5 9.8-32.3 60 55.3 42.6-67.4
No 123 18 16.4 9.6-26.6 8 4.3 2.0- 9.1 5 3.1 1.2- 7.6 8 4.2 2.0- 8.7 84 72.1 61.3-80.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 24 6 23.1 8.1-50.6 4 17.5 6.0-41.3 3 11.9 3.6-32.9 2 8.9 2.0-31.5 9 38.6 18.4-63.6
Non-Veteran 202 27 14.1 9.1-21.2 14 4.8 2.6- 8.8 7 2.4 1.1- 5.4 19 10.2 5.7-17.4 135 68.4 59.6-76.1

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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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