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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 249 17 6.2 3.6-10.4 7 4.4 1.5-11.9 37 17.0 11.8-23.9 19 8.9 5.5-14.1 169 63.6 55.7-70.7
GENDER
Male 107 7 5.9 2.6-12.9 3 5.4 1.3-20.5 19 16.8 10.4-25.9 7 8.4 3.9-17.0 71 63.5 52.0-73.6
Female 142 10 6.6 3.3-12.5 4 3.0 1.1- 8.2 18 17.3 9.6-29.1 12 9.5 5.2-16.6 98 63.7 53.2-73.0
RACE
White 198 15 7.1 4.0-12.3 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 21 11.1 7.0-17.1 15 9.7 5.6-16.3 143 70.2 62.3-77.0
Other 49 2 3.7 0.9-14.7 3 11.8 2.7-39.6 16 35.9 20.3-55.2 4 6.5 2.3-16.7 24 42.0 25.4-60.7
AGE
18-44 56 6 8.7 3.5-20.1 3 9.4 2.3-31.4 14 25.3 13.8-41.9 13 20.3 11.4-33.7 20 36.3 22.8-52.3
45+ 190 11 5.0 2.7- 9.3 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1 22 12.5 8.0-19.0 6 3.2 1.2- 8.2 147 77.3 70.0-83.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 7 9.7 3.9-22.3 3 11.2 2.8-35.9 11 19.8 8.8-38.5 4 5.8 2.1-15.1 36 53.5 36.1-70.0
Some College + 188 10 4.9 2.5- 9.2 4 1.7 0.6- 4.7 26 15.9 10.7-23.1 15 10.1 5.8-16.8 133 67.4 59.3-74.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 99 12 10.1 5.4-18.0 4 8.3 2.1-27.2 20 21.8 12.4-35.6 4 5.7 1.9-16.0 59 54.1 40.7-67.0
$50,000+ 120 2 1.8 0.4- 7.1 2 1.5 0.4- 5.7 14 13.7 8.0-22.4 12 10.6 5.9-18.3 90 72.5 62.8-80.5

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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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