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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 3,002 354 11.9 10.4-13.5 226 7.7 6.5- 9.0 76 2.2 1.7- 2.9 244 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,102 71.1 68.9-73.2
-Mountain AHEC 230 28 11.1 7.0-17.2 20 8.4 4.8-14.2 3 1.4 0.4- 4.4 20 7.1 4.3-11.6 159 72.1 64.2-78.8
GENDER
Male 86 11 12.9 6.5-24.0 7 8.5 3.6-19.0 2 1.8 0.4- 7.7 8 7.5 3.5-15.3 58 69.2 56.3-79.7
Female 144 17 9.3 5.1-16.6 13 8.2 4.1-15.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 12 6.7 3.4-12.8 101 74.8 65.2-82.4
RACE
White 196 24 12.4 7.6-19.5 15 8.7 4.7-15.4 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2 18 7.1 4.2-11.7 136 70.2 61.8-77.5
African American 16 1 2.0 0.2-15.2 3 7.6 1.7-27.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.3 1.2-51.0 11 80.1 45.1-95.2
Other Minorities 18 3 7.0 1.8-23.8 2 6.1 0.9-32.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.9 0.6-30.1 12 81.9 55.3-94.3
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 226 27 11.2 7.0-17.5 19 8.4 4.8-14.4 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5 20 7.4 4.5-11.9 157 71.6 63.7-78.4
AGE
18-24 15 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.8 0.8-32.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 14 94.2 67.1-99.2
25-34 52 5 14.1 5.8-30.5 7 11.6 4.1-28.5 1 2.3 0.3-14.7 3 4.3 1.3-12.9 36 67.7 50.8-81.0
35-44 46 4 12.2 3.8-32.8 3 10.0 3.2-27.0 1 2.5 0.4-15.9 3 6.1 1.5-21.5 35 69.2 50.3-83.3
45-54 51 10 16.7 8.1-31.6 5 8.7 3.4-20.7 0 0.0 . - . 4 9.1 3.0-24.4 32 65.4 49.0-78.9
55-64 31 3 11.9 2.9-37.6 2 2.6 0.6-10.3 1 2.9 0.4-18.2 5 24.3 10.2-47.4 20 58.3 37.2-76.7
65-74 21 4 10.9 3.5-29.7 1 5.4 0.7-30.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.5 3.3-29.2 12 73.1 50.6-87.9
75+ 14 2 9.5 1.8-36.9 1 7.4 1.0-38.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.3 1.1-41.4 10 74.8 45.3-91.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 46 5 9.6 3.2-25.7 6 6.7 2.7-15.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.4 1.4-18.8 32 78.2 61.3-89.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 83 11 14.3 7.1-26.7 5 7.3 2.2-21.5 2 3.1 0.8-11.9 7 7.9 3.4-17.0 58 67.3 53.0-79.1
Some Post-H.S. 61 5 6.7 2.4-17.5 4 8.4 2.5-24.6 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 6 7.4 2.8-18.0 45 76.3 61.2-86.8
College Graduate 40 7 12.5 4.1-32.3 5 12.4 4.6-29.6 0 0.0 . - . 4 7.7 2.6-20.4 24 67.4 48.0-82.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 43 5 6.4 2.3-16.7 6 9.9 4.0-22.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.7 2.6-20.5 27 76.0 59.5-87.2
$15,000- 24,999 60 5 6.7 2.3-17.8 3 3.1 0.8-11.6 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9 4 8.3 3.0-21.0 47 80.9 67.0-89.8
$25,000- 34,999 39 1 2.6 0.4-16.8 4 18.8 6.7-42.6 1 3.2 0.4-19.7 5 9.0 3.2-22.7 28 66.4 45.1-82.7
$35,000- 49,999 30 8 30.3 13.6-54.5 3 5.8 1.4-20.3 1 3.5 0.5-21.5 2 5.4 1.1-23.5 16 55.0 33.4-74.9
$50,000-74,999 21 3 9.8 2.5-31.5 1 3.5 0.5-21.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.1 0.4-19.6 16 83.7 62.3-94.1
$75,000+ 15 3 22.6 6.5-55.1 2 18.7 4.7-51.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.9 1.2-43.2 9 49.8 24.2-75.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 105 12 9.8 4.8-18.9 13 13.0 6.4-24.6 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1 11 10.1 5.1-19.2 68 65.9 53.5-76.4
No 125 16 11.9 6.5-21.0 7 5.3 2.2-12.0 2 1.5 0.3- 6.3 9 5.1 2.5-10.2 91 76.2 66.0-84.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 26 4 13.7 3.1-43.7 2 6.8 1.5-25.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.4 4 15.9 5.7-37.3 15 61.3 38.0-80.4
Non-Veteran 204 24 10.8 6.6-17.0 18 8.6 4.7-15.0 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 16 6.0 3.4-10.5 144 73.5 65.2-80.4

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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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