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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Smoking Cessation

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

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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 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
-Mecklenburg County 110 21 20.3 12.5-31.3 14 10.6 5.8-18.5 7 5.1 2.2-11.1 28 20.1 12.8-30.1 40 44.0 31.9-56.8
GENDER
Male 42 6 18.1 8.1-35.7 7 13.1 5.9-26.6 1 1.9 0.3-12.6 8 16.6 7.4-33.0 20 50.2 32.2-68.3
Female 68 15 23.2 13.5-37.0 7 7.2 3.3-15.1 6 9.4 3.9-20.7 20 24.8 15.7-36.9 20 35.4 23.0-50.1
RACE
White 71 14 20.9 11.4-35.0 9 9.9 4.6-19.9 4 3.9 1.3-11.1 15 17.0 9.0-29.9 29 48.3 33.0-64.0
Other 39 7 18.9 8.0-38.4 5 12.3 4.6-28.7 3 7.8 2.3-23.4 13 27.0 14.6-44.4 11 34.0 18.6-53.7
AGE
18-44 37 11 27.2 13.9-46.2 4 7.3 2.5-19.7 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 6 10.4 4.2-23.1 15 53.6 33.9-72.2
45+ 73 10 13.5 6.4-26.2 10 13.9 6.9-25.9 6 8.5 3.5-19.1 22 29.7 18.5-44.0 25 34.5 23.3-47.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 39 7 11.2 4.3-26.1 5 7.3 2.5-19.6 2 3.8 0.8-16.6 13 23.7 11.4-42.7 12 54.1 31.2-75.4
Some College + 70 14 25.7 15.1-40.2 9 12.7 6.3-23.9 5 5.9 2.3-14.5 14 16.1 8.4-28.6 28 39.6 27.5-53.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 7 10.3 4.5-21.9 9 18.0 9.0-32.6 5 7.0 2.7-17.0 19 27.0 16.8-40.3 19 37.7 24.7-52.8
$50,000+ 32 9 29.8 14.4-51.6 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 2 5.6 1.4-20.5 5 14.5 4.8-36.1 15 48.8 28.1-69.9

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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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