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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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
-Mountain AHEC 287 58 21.1 15.2-28.6 45 15.0 9.9-22.2 22 5.2 3.1- 8.6 103 34.4 27.7-41.9 59 24.2 18.3-31.3
GENDER
Male 121 26 21.3 13.3-32.2 15 13.8 6.8-26.1 9 4.4 2.0- 9.5 36 29.5 20.5-40.4 35 31.0 21.8-42.0
Female 166 32 21.0 13.1-31.7 30 16.5 10.4-25.2 13 6.2 3.2-11.8 67 40.4 31.1-50.5 24 15.9 10.0-24.5
RACE
White 242 43 19.1 13.4-26.3 39 14.2 9.7-20.1 20 5.8 3.4- 9.8 90 36.4 29.2-44.3 50 24.6 18.2-32.2
African American 19 4 14.2 3.7-41.6 4 40.2 10.2-79.9 2 6.4 1.3-26.0 6 17.6 5.2-45.6 3 21.7 5.7-55.7
Other Minorities 26 11 42.1 17.3-71.7 2 4.1 0.6-22.7 0 0.0 . - . 7 30.7 12.0-59.0 6 23.1 8.0-50.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 3 45.6 11.6-84.3 1 3.1 0.4-22.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 51.2 14.8-86.4
Non-Hispanic 278 55 19.8 14.2-26.8 44 15.7 10.3-23.1 22 5.5 3.3- 9.1 103 36.3 29.4-43.9 54 22.7 16.9-29.8
AGE
18-24 21 6 32.0 12.6-60.6 4 24.9 7.4-58.0 0 0.0 . - . 5 21.7 7.9-47.1 6 21.4 8.0-45.8
25-34 65 15 22.1 12.5-36.2 11 12.5 6.3-23.2 3 3.1 0.6-14.5 24 41.4 27.9-56.3 12 20.9 11.2-35.5
35-44 65 11 14.0 6.2-28.5 10 12.3 5.8-24.0 5 7.1 2.8-16.7 21 31.8 19.9-46.5 18 34.9 21.9-50.8
45-54 64 15 20.3 11.3-33.7 7 6.9 3.0-15.5 4 5.1 1.9-13.4 24 41.8 28.1-56.9 14 25.9 15.2-40.4
55-64 35 5 19.7 7.8-41.6 5 17.0 6.7-36.7 5 10.6 3.6-27.2 13 28.7 15.0-47.8 7 24.1 9.4-49.4
65-74 23 4 17.2 5.0-45.0 2 14.2 3.4-43.4 3 14.1 3.6-42.1 12 42.0 22.3-64.6 2 12.6 3.2-38.7
75+ 14 2 20.6 5.0-55.9 6 46.2 20.4-74.3 2 9.1 1.8-35.5 4 24.1 6.7-58.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 58 9 15.3 6.2-33.3 10 19.5 6.9-44.2 6 3.0 1.0- 8.6 21 39.1 24.0-56.6 12 23.0 11.5-40.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 111 23 19.9 11.1-33.0 10 7.6 3.8-14.8 4 3.0 0.8-10.1 44 36.8 26.1-49.0 30 32.7 22.4-45.0
Some Post-H.S. 70 16 31.1 18.2-47.7 12 13.8 6.9-25.7 9 11.6 5.5-22.7 23 29.1 17.8-43.8 10 14.5 6.7-28.5
College Graduate 48 10 19.7 9.0-37.8 13 26.6 13.8-45.0 3 5.5 1.7-16.2 15 29.3 16.0-47.5 7 18.9 8.7-36.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 45 7 25.9 9.6-53.6 7 14.2 6.3-28.9 7 7.1 2.8-16.9 22 40.1 22.9-60.1 2 12.8 2.6-44.2
$15,000- 24,999 81 18 18.2 9.8-31.4 10 11.6 5.0-24.4 2 0.8 0.2- 4.2 29 36.2 24.2-50.3 22 33.2 21.3-47.7
$25,000- 34,999 47 6 21.0 7.7-46.0 9 15.1 6.9-30.0 4 9.2 3.2-24.0 20 35.4 20.5-53.8 8 19.3 8.5-38.2
$35,000- 49,999 38 10 26.7 13.0-47.1 6 9.1 3.6-21.2 4 8.1 2.6-22.7 9 32.5 16.5-53.9 9 23.6 11.8-41.5
$50,000-74,999 24 6 37.8 17.4-63.5 5 25.1 10.3-49.6 3 11.7 3.5-32.4 7 18.2 7.9-36.9 3 7.1 1.9-23.3
$75,000+ 22 5 14.8 4.5-39.1 4 19.1 6.7-43.7 2 8.4 2.0-29.4 5 20.4 7.7-44.3 6 37.2 15.8-65.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 113 14 9.9 5.0-18.8 17 14.6 7.7-25.8 10 6.6 2.9-14.3 63 60.7 48.9-71.4 9 8.2 4.0-15.8
No 173 44 27.0 18.8-37.1 28 15.3 8.9-25.2 12 4.5 2.4- 8.5 40 21.0 14.4-29.6 49 32.1 23.7-41.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 31 4 13.8 4.0-37.9 6 18.7 7.6-39.0 6 16.4 6.6-35.2 9 25.6 11.6-47.4 6 25.6 11.1-48.6
Non-Veteran 256 54 22.1 15.7-30.1 39 14.6 9.1-22.5 16 3.8 2.1- 7.0 94 35.6 28.3-43.6 53 24.0 17.8-31.6

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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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