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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4 visits None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,002 354 11.9 10.4-13.5 226 7.7 6.5- 9.0 76 2.2 1.7- 2.9 244 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,102 71.1 68.9-73.2
-Mecklenburg County 111 14 16.7 8.1-31.3 11 9.1 4.5-17.4 2 1.3 0.3- 5.9 6 6.0 2.5-13.8 78 66.9 53.8-77.8
GENDER
Male 42 5 20.0 7.3-44.4 6 12.2 5.1-26.5 1 1.7 0.2-11.2 2 5.1 1.3-18.7 28 61.0 41.2-77.7
Female 69 9 12.2 5.9-23.5 5 4.9 1.9-11.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 4 7.3 2.5-19.1 50 74.9 62.0-84.5
RACE
White 70 12 22.0 10.2-41.3 5 6.2 2.3-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.8 1.1-12.3 50 67.9 50.6-81.4
Other 41 2 4.8 1.0-20.1 6 15.4 5.9-34.6 2 4.2 0.9-17.6 3 11.0 3.3-30.8 28 64.6 45.7-79.9
AGE
18-44 37 5 19.8 6.6-46.3 2 2.4 0.6- 9.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.4 1.0-16.8 28 73.4 49.8-88.5
45+ 74 9 13.6 5.7-29.0 9 15.6 7.5-29.7 2 2.6 0.6-11.2 4 7.6 2.6-20.6 50 60.6 46.1-73.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 6 23.7 7.0-56.4 4 6.3 2.0-18.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 3 7.8 2.2-24.0 26 61.1 35.3-81.9
Some College + 70 8 13.3 5.8-27.4 7 10.8 4.7-22.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.0 2 2.7 0.6-11.7 52 71.8 57.5-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 60 4 5.5 1.8-15.8 8 14.8 7.0-28.8 2 3.1 0.7-13.4 5 10.5 4.2-24.2 41 66.0 51.2-78.2
$50,000+ 33 5 14.2 4.7-36.0 2 5.8 1.0-26.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 26 80.0 58.0-92.0

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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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