BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	174	93	53.9	44.3-63.2	81	46.1	36.8-55.7
GENDER
Male	75	35	48.1	34.8-61.7	40	51.9	38.3-65.2
Female	99	58	60.3	46.8-72.3	41	39.7	27.7-53.2
RACE
White	149	76	53.3	43.3-63.0	73	46.7	37.0-56.7
Other	25	17	58.8	28.0-84.0	8	41.2	16.0-72.0
AGE
18-44	87	54	57.9	44.4-70.3	33	42.1	29.7-55.6
45+	87	39	47.4	35.0-60.0	48	52.6	40.0-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	103	53	49.5	37.5-61.6	50	50.5	38.4-62.5
Some College +	71	40	61.4	46.2-74.7	31	38.6	25.3-53.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	130	68	49.9	38.8-60.9	62	50.1	39.1-61.2
$50,000+	28	17	65.6	43.3-82.7	11	34.4	17.3-56.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

^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.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	174	93	53.9	44.3-63.2	81	46.1	36.8-55.7
GENDER
Male	75	35	48.1	34.8-61.7	40	51.9	38.3-65.2
Female	99	58	60.3	46.8-72.3	41	39.7	27.7-53.2
RACE
White	149	76	53.3	43.3-63.0	73	46.7	37.0-56.7
Other	25	17	58.8	28.0-84.0	8	41.2	16.0-72.0
AGE
18-44	87	54	57.9	44.4-70.3	33	42.1	29.7-55.6
45+	87	39	47.4	35.0-60.0	48	52.6	40.0-65.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	103	53	49.5	37.5-61.6	50	50.5	38.4-62.5
Some College +	71	40	61.4	46.2-74.7	31	38.6	25.3-53.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	130	68	49.9	38.8-60.9	62	50.1	39.1-61.2
$50,000+	28	17	65.6	43.3-82.7	11	34.4	17.3-56.7

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

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*