BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg County: (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
-Mecklenburg County	120	65	57.5	45.7-68.5	55	42.5	31.5-54.3
GENDER
Male	53	27	57.1	40.5-72.2	26	42.9	27.8-59.5
Female	67	38	58.3	44.2-71.2	29	41.7	28.8-55.8
RACE
White	69	33	54.9	40.0-69.1	36	45.1	30.9-60.0
Other	51	32	61.3	41.8-77.8	19	38.7	22.2-58.2
AGE
18-44	48	29	64.9	47.8-79.0	19	35.1	21.0-52.2
45+	72	36	46.1	33.2-59.5	36	53.9	40.5-66.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	46	30	75.1	53.8-88.6	16	24.9	11.4-46.2
Some College +	73	34	44.6	32.1-57.7	39	55.4	42.3-67.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	65	36	53.7	37.2-69.4	29	46.3	30.6-62.8
$50,000+	35	18	56.5	36.9-74.2	17	43.5	25.8-63.1

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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
-Mecklenburg County	120	65	57.5	45.7-68.5	55	42.5	31.5-54.3
GENDER
Male	53	27	57.1	40.5-72.2	26	42.9	27.8-59.5
Female	67	38	58.3	44.2-71.2	29	41.7	28.8-55.8
RACE
White	69	33	54.9	40.0-69.1	36	45.1	30.9-60.0
Other	51	32	61.3	41.8-77.8	19	38.7	22.2-58.2
AGE
18-44	48	29	64.9	47.8-79.0	19	35.1	21.0-52.2
45+	72	36	46.1	33.2-59.5	36	53.9	40.5-66.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	46	30	75.1	53.8-88.6	16	24.9	11.4-46.2
Some College +	73	34	44.6	32.1-57.7	39	55.4	42.3-67.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	65	36	53.7	37.2-69.4	29	46.3	30.6-62.8
$50,000+	35	18	56.5	36.9-74.2	17	43.5	25.8-63.1

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Tobacco Use

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