BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*)

	Total Respond.^	1 visit	2 visits	3 visits	4 visits	None
North Carolina	2,991	638	23.5	21.4-25.7	490	15.9	14.2-17.7	259	7.6	6.5- 8.9	775	22.5	20.6-24.5	829	30.5	28.1-33.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	147	30	22.6	14.6-33.2	25	13.6	8.1-21.9	11	6.6	3.3-12.9	43	32.4	23.5-42.7	38	24.9	16.9-35.0
GENDER
Male	57	12	27.2	15.2-43.9	8	8.3	3.5-18.7	4	6.7	2.4-17.5	18	33.8	20.8-49.9	15	23.9	13.0-39.9
Female	90	18	18.5	9.4-33.1	17	18.2	9.7-31.5	7	6.5	2.5-16.0	25	31.1	19.9-45.0	23	25.7	15.4-39.6
RACE
White	129	26	19.9	12.5-30.2	23	13.9	8.1-22.9	9	6.9	3.3-13.9	39	32.9	23.6-43.8	32	26.4	17.8-37.3
Other	18	4	47.8	16.9-80.6	2	10.6	2.0-41.2	2	3.6	0.6-18.9	4	27.1	7.3-63.8	6	10.8	3.4-29.3
AGE
18-44	69	14	23.3	12.4-39.5	13	15.5	7.6-28.9	6	6.5	2.4-16.4	17	30.4	18.6-45.6	19	24.2	13.5-39.6
45+	78	16	21.5	12.3-34.9	12	10.9	5.6-20.2	5	6.7	2.5-16.7	26	35.1	23.4-48.9	19	25.8	16.0-38.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	19	27.0	15.9-42.0	11	7.7	3.8-15.1	6	4.9	1.6-13.8	27	40.2	27.5-54.3	17	20.2	11.2-33.8
Some College +	67	11	16.3	7.7-31.4	14	22.0	11.3-38.4	5	9.0	3.6-20.8	16	21.3	11.4-36.3	21	31.5	18.8-47.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	109	24	24.0	14.5-36.9	17	12.5	6.5-22.8	9	7.2	3.2-15.3	32	32.9	22.5-45.3	27	23.4	14.4-35.7
$50,000+	23	6	32.1	13.5-58.7	5	20.7	7.8-44.5	2	8.6	2.1-29.4	5	14.8	5.4-34.7	5	23.9	8.7-50.9

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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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	Total Respond.^	1 visit			2 visits			3 visits			4 visits			None
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	2,991	638	23.5	21.4-25.7	490	15.9	14.2-17.7	259	7.6	6.5- 8.9	775	22.5	20.6-24.5	829	30.5	28.1-33.1
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	147	30	22.6	14.6-33.2	25	13.6	8.1-21.9	11	6.6	3.3-12.9	43	32.4	23.5-42.7	38	24.9	16.9-35.0
GENDER
Male	57	12	27.2	15.2-43.9	8	8.3	3.5-18.7	4	6.7	2.4-17.5	18	33.8	20.8-49.9	15	23.9	13.0-39.9
Female	90	18	18.5	9.4-33.1	17	18.2	9.7-31.5	7	6.5	2.5-16.0	25	31.1	19.9-45.0	23	25.7	15.4-39.6
RACE
White	129	26	19.9	12.5-30.2	23	13.9	8.1-22.9	9	6.9	3.3-13.9	39	32.9	23.6-43.8	32	26.4	17.8-37.3
Other	18	4	47.8	16.9-80.6	2	10.6	2.0-41.2	2	3.6	0.6-18.9	4	27.1	7.3-63.8	6	10.8	3.4-29.3
AGE
18-44	69	14	23.3	12.4-39.5	13	15.5	7.6-28.9	6	6.5	2.4-16.4	17	30.4	18.6-45.6	19	24.2	13.5-39.6
45+	78	16	21.5	12.3-34.9	12	10.9	5.6-20.2	5	6.7	2.5-16.7	26	35.1	23.4-48.9	19	25.8	16.0-38.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	19	27.0	15.9-42.0	11	7.7	3.8-15.1	6	4.9	1.6-13.8	27	40.2	27.5-54.3	17	20.2	11.2-33.8
Some College +	67	11	16.3	7.7-31.4	14	22.0	11.3-38.4	5	9.0	3.6-20.8	16	21.3	11.4-36.3	21	31.5	18.8-47.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	109	24	24.0	14.5-36.9	17	12.5	6.5-22.8	9	7.2	3.2-15.3	32	32.9	22.5-45.3	27	23.4	14.4-35.7
$50,000+	23	6	32.1	13.5-58.7	5	20.7	7.8-44.5	2	8.6	2.1-29.4	5	14.8	5.4-34.7	5	23.9	8.7-50.9

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

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*