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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Smoking Cessation

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 6 mos. 6 mos. to 1 year Past year Past 5 years Past 10 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,481 266 7.2 6.1- 8.5 149 4.7 3.8- 5.9 641 16.7 15.2-18.3 493 11.3 10.1-12.6 2,932 60.1 58.1-62.0
-Mountain AHEC 360 23 8.1 4.4-14.2 13 5.4 2.8-10.2 56 19.6 14.4-26.3 37 11.3 7.8-16.2 231 55.6 48.7-62.3
GENDER
Male 140 8 9.2 3.7-21.2 6 7.2 3.0-16.5 11 12.7 6.0-24.9 17 13.6 8.1-21.9 98 57.3 46.0-67.8
Female 220 15 6.9 3.5-13.0 7 3.6 1.6- 7.9 45 26.8 19.9-35.0 20 9.0 5.3-14.8 133 53.8 45.8-61.6
RACE
White 330 21 6.0 3.5-10.3 13 6.0 3.2-11.3 51 17.6 13.0-23.3 33 12.1 8.3-17.4 212 58.2 51.6-64.6
African American 13 1 25.0 4.1-72.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.3 2.6-38.0 2 7.9 1.7-29.0 8 55.9 23.7-83.8
Other Minorities 17 1 25.2 3.8-74.0 0 0.0 . - . 3 47.4 15.0-82.2 2 3.4 0.6-16.6 11 24.0 7.7-54.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 1 31.1 4.6-81.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 50.7 12.9-87.8 1 8.9 1.1-47.6 4 9.2 2.1-32.4
Non-Hispanic 351 22 6.6 3.9-11.0 13 5.8 3.0-10.9 54 17.7 13.2-23.3 36 11.5 7.9-16.5 226 58.4 51.8-64.6
AGE
18-24 8 2 29.9 5.9-74.2 2 19.6 3.5-62.2 4 50.5 16.2-84.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 36 7 16.0 6.4-34.7 3 8.1 2.5-22.9 16 45.5 28.4-63.7 5 18.4 7.4-38.7 5 12.1 4.9-26.8
35-44 23 1 13.6 2.0-54.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.9 8 38.3 17.2-65.1 4 12.1 3.2-36.4 9 34.1 15.5-59.4
45-54 57 2 1.3 0.3- 6.8 2 5.7 0.9-28.6 7 11.7 4.7-26.4 12 22.3 12.2-37.4 34 58.9 42.7-73.3
55-64 76 6 6.7 2.6-16.0 2 2.7 0.7-10.1 13 16.8 9.3-28.5 5 8.7 3.1-22.1 50 65.2 51.8-76.5
65-74 76 3 5.6 1.7-16.4 2 5.6 1.3-20.5 5 4.4 1.5-12.2 7 9.2 4.0-19.9 59 75.2 61.8-85.1
75+ 82 2 0.4 0.1- 1.8 1 1.8 0.3-11.7 3 3.4 1.0-11.4 4 7.1 2.5-18.3 72 87.3 75.9-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 53 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 2 11.8 2.9-36.9 10 30.2 13.7-54.2 2 3.8 0.9-14.6 37 53.3 33.6-72.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 98 12 17.8 8.1-34.8 6 6.3 2.5-15.1 10 10.4 5.1-20.1 10 10.3 4.9-20.5 60 55.2 42.0-67.6
Some Post-H.S. 98 5 6.3 2.2-16.9 3 3.3 1.0-10.2 22 26.1 16.9-38.1 13 13.7 7.3-24.4 55 50.5 39.0-62.0
College Graduate 110 4 3.7 1.2-10.9 2 2.4 0.6- 9.0 14 15.1 8.5-25.2 12 15.0 7.9-26.5 78 63.9 52.4-74.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 47 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9 0 0.0 . - . 9 20.8 9.5-39.6 8 15.2 6.9-30.2 28 62.3 44.7-77.1
$15,000- 24,999 78 5 4.6 1.6-12.6 8 13.4 5.6-28.6 13 25.3 12.9-43.5 6 8.8 3.5-20.4 46 47.9 33.9-62.1
$25,000- 34,999 44 4 18.9 4.9-51.4 2 6.1 1.4-22.8 10 27.5 13.9-47.2 5 10.3 3.9-24.4 23 37.2 21.4-56.3
$35,000- 49,999 45 5 10.0 3.0-28.9 1 3.8 0.5-22.3 7 16.6 7.2-33.6 0 0.0 . - . 32 69.6 51.1-83.4
$50,000-74,999 48 3 9.6 2.3-32.1 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 4 8.3 2.6-23.5 9 20.5 9.5-38.8 31 59.5 41.5-75.2
$75,000+ 38 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 16.7 6.8-35.6 4 12.1 4.2-30.1 28 70.3 51.4-84.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 142 10 6.8 2.8-15.5 3 4.8 1.5-14.5 19 14.0 8.3-22.7 13 9.1 4.8-16.6 97 65.3 54.8-74.5
No 215 13 8.9 4.1-18.0 10 5.9 2.7-12.4 37 23.0 15.8-32.2 23 11.4 7.2-17.7 132 50.9 42.2-59.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 81 4 3.9 1.2-12.5 2 2.5 0.4-13.8 6 4.6 1.5-13.2 8 10.9 5.3-21.0 61 78.1 66.1-86.7
Non-Veteran 279 19 9.4 4.9-17.3 11 6.3 3.2-12.4 50 24.4 17.8-32.5 29 11.5 7.4-17.4 170 48.4 40.8-56.0

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* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).

^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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