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

Smoking Cessation

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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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 (Excludes Buncombe) 225 14 5.9 3.0-11.4 8 5.8 2.5-12.6 37 20.8 14.1-29.6 28 13.8 9.1-20.5 138 53.7 45.3-61.9
GENDER
Male 92 6 5.7 2.2-14.1 4 8.1 2.8-21.1 8 14.6 6.1-31.1 13 15.7 8.7-26.7 61 55.9 42.6-68.3
Female 133 8 6.2 2.4-15.2 4 3.2 1.1- 9.4 29 27.3 18.7-38.0 15 11.8 6.5-20.6 77 51.5 41.2-61.6
RACE
White 208 13 5.3 2.6-10.6 8 6.3 2.8-13.7 33 17.4 11.9-24.6 26 14.8 9.7-21.9 128 56.2 47.9-64.2
Other 17 1 12.0 1.6-54.0 0 0.0 . - . 4 56.3 21.9-85.5 2 4.2 0.8-20.0 10 27.5 8.6-60.3
AGE
18-44 38 6 12.8 4.4-31.6 2 9.7 2.1-34.4 17 53.6 33.4-72.6 8 19.6 8.6-38.9 5 4.4 1.4-12.8
45+ 186 8 3.6 1.6- 8.2 6 4.4 1.8-10.7 20 9.8 5.9-15.8 20 11.9 7.3-18.8 132 70.2 61.9-77.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 102 8 6.5 2.7-15.1 5 8.8 3.1-22.2 15 20.9 10.9-36.3 10 9.8 4.8-19.0 64 54.0 41.0-66.5
Some College + 123 6 5.4 1.9-14.4 3 2.9 0.9- 8.9 22 20.6 13.0-31.1 18 17.7 10.5-28.1 74 53.5 42.8-63.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 132 9 4.0 1.7- 9.1 7 8.9 3.7-19.7 26 25.8 16.2-38.6 13 8.9 4.6-16.3 77 52.5 41.2-63.5
$50,000+ 53 2 5.7 1.0-27.1 0 0.0 . - . 6 11.2 4.6-24.8 10 21.8 11.1-38.4 35 61.3 44.7-75.6

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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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