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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 526 55 9.9 7.2-13.6 42 7.8 5.1-11.9 15 2.0 1.1- 3.5 43 8.0 5.3-12.0 371 72.2 66.5-77.2
GENDER
Male 204 18 7.4 4.1-12.9 18 9.1 5.0-15.8 8 2.4 1.1- 4.9 12 6.1 3.0-12.0 148 75.1 66.5-82.1
Female 322 37 13.3 9.3-18.7 24 6.2 3.6-10.5 7 1.5 0.7- 3.3 31 10.7 6.6-16.8 223 68.3 61.4-74.5

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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.

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