BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse <br>or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*)

	Total Respond.^	Once	Twice	Three times	4 or more times	Never
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 (Excludes Buncombe)	193	35	19.2	12.7-28.0	33	13.2	8.6-19.8	16	5.7	3.1-10.3	66	35.3	27.2-44.3	43	26.6	19.1-35.6
GENDER
Male	85	16	17.9	10.2-29.6	10	9.0	4.5-17.0	8	5.4	2.3-12.3	26	31.9	21.1-45.2	25	35.7	24.1-49.2
Female	108	19	20.7	11.2-35.1	23	18.2	10.6-29.6	8	6.0	2.5-13.7	40	39.2	28.0-51.7	18	15.9	9.1-26.4
RACE
White	168	28	18.6	12.1-27.5	29	13.8	8.8-21.0	14	5.6	2.9-10.7	60	36.5	27.9-46.1	37	25.5	17.9-35.0
Other	25	7	24.1	5.9-61.6	4	9.0	2.4-28.9	2	6.2	1.4-23.9	6	25.5	8.8-54.8	6	35.2	13.5-65.4
AGE
18-44	94	19	21.4	12.3-34.5	16	11.2	5.6-21.1	6	4.3	1.6-11.1	29	33.6	22.8-46.4	24	29.5	19.2-42.5
45+	99	16	15.9	8.9-26.7	17	16.4	9.8-26.1	10	7.8	3.7-15.8	37	37.9	27.1-50.1	19	22.0	13.4-33.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	18	13.5	7.1-24.2	13	8.4	4.6-14.8	7	3.1	1.0- 9.1	45	43.9	32.8-55.7	31	31.2	21.3-43.1
Some College +	79	17	29.0	17.1-44.7	20	21.6	12.1-35.5	9	10.1	4.9-19.9	21	20.6	12.2-32.7	12	18.8	9.7-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	22	16.6	9.6-27.3	24	13.0	7.7-20.9	14	6.3	3.2-12.1	51	36.1	26.6-46.8	32	28.0	19.2-38.9
$50,000+	30	9	35.2	16.9-59.1	6	20.9	8.8-42.1	2	6.8	1.6-24.1	7	16.9	7.3-34.7	6	20.2	7.1-45.4

*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.

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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
	Total Respond.^	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 (Excludes Buncombe)	193	35	19.2	12.7-28.0	33	13.2	8.6-19.8	16	5.7	3.1-10.3	66	35.3	27.2-44.3	43	26.6	19.1-35.6
GENDER
Male	85	16	17.9	10.2-29.6	10	9.0	4.5-17.0	8	5.4	2.3-12.3	26	31.9	21.1-45.2	25	35.7	24.1-49.2
Female	108	19	20.7	11.2-35.1	23	18.2	10.6-29.6	8	6.0	2.5-13.7	40	39.2	28.0-51.7	18	15.9	9.1-26.4
RACE
White	168	28	18.6	12.1-27.5	29	13.8	8.8-21.0	14	5.6	2.9-10.7	60	36.5	27.9-46.1	37	25.5	17.9-35.0
Other	25	7	24.1	5.9-61.6	4	9.0	2.4-28.9	2	6.2	1.4-23.9	6	25.5	8.8-54.8	6	35.2	13.5-65.4
AGE
18-44	94	19	21.4	12.3-34.5	16	11.2	5.6-21.1	6	4.3	1.6-11.1	29	33.6	22.8-46.4	24	29.5	19.2-42.5
45+	99	16	15.9	8.9-26.7	17	16.4	9.8-26.1	10	7.8	3.7-15.8	37	37.9	27.1-50.1	19	22.0	13.4-33.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	114	18	13.5	7.1-24.2	13	8.4	4.6-14.8	7	3.1	1.0- 9.1	45	43.9	32.8-55.7	31	31.2	21.3-43.1
Some College +	79	17	29.0	17.1-44.7	20	21.6	12.1-35.5	9	10.1	4.9-19.9	21	20.6	12.2-32.7	12	18.8	9.7-33.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	143	22	16.6	9.6-27.3	24	13.0	7.7-20.9	14	6.3	3.2-12.1	51	36.1	26.6-46.8	32	28.0	19.2-38.9
$50,000+	30	9	35.2	16.9-59.1	6	20.9	8.8-42.1	2	6.8	1.6-24.1	7	16.9	7.3-34.7	6	20.2	7.1-45.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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?*

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?*