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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,989 100 7.0 5.5- 9.0 68 5.3 3.8- 7.2 273 16.3 14.1-18.7 191 10.4 8.7-12.2 1,357 61.0 58.1-63.9
Female 2,492 166 7.4 6.1- 9.1 81 4.0 3.0- 5.4 368 17.2 15.3-19.3 302 12.4 10.9-14.1 1,575 58.9 56.4-61.3
RACE
White 3,708 212 6.9 5.7- 8.2 117 4.5 3.5- 5.7 513 16.2 14.6-17.8 391 10.8 9.6-12.2 2,475 61.7 59.6-63.7
African American 585 40 6.9 4.7-10.0 24 4.2 2.5- 6.9 94 17.4 13.8-21.6 75 13.8 10.3-18.2 352 57.7 52.5-62.9
Asian 10 1 9.0 1.2-45.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 31.3 6.7-74.3 2 30.3 7.4-70.2 5 29.4 9.6-62.0
Native American 60 2 6.9 1.1-32.1 3 7.3 1.5-29.0 12 19.1 9.4-34.8 8 8.6 3.9-18.1 35 58.1 40.6-73.8
Other Minorities 106 11 14.7 6.8-29.1 5 11.1 3.9-27.9 20 24.4 13.3-40.4 16 12.1 6.6-21.2 54 37.6 26.2-50.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 123 13 12.0 5.4-24.6 8 11.2 4.6-25.1 32 30.1 19.4-43.5 21 13.7 8.1-22.2 49 33.0 23.2-44.5
-English Speaking 56 3 7.1 2.0-21.8 0 0.0 . - . 14 18.6 9.9-32.2 10 18.0 8.8-33.3 29 56.3 40.6-70.9
-Spanish Speaking 67 10 14.1 5.5-31.6 8 16.0 6.5-34.3 18 35.0 20.7-52.6 11 11.8 5.7-22.9 20 23.0 13.0-37.5
Non-Hispanic 4,354 253 7.0 5.9- 8.2 141 4.4 3.5- 5.5 609 16.0 14.6-17.5 471 11.2 10.0-12.4 2,880 61.5 59.6-63.4
AGE
18-24 66 21 31.2 19.1-46.6 15 24.8 13.4-41.3 25 38.7 25.4-54.0 4 4.1 1.4-11.3 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1
25-34 318 54 17.2 12.3-23.5 30 9.5 6.3-14.3 121 38.0 31.5-45.0 59 17.6 13.2-23.2 54 17.6 12.9-23.6
35-44 514 39 7.5 5.1-10.9 32 6.2 4.1- 9.4 123 22.5 18.4-27.1 87 16.5 13.0-20.7 233 47.3 42.0-52.5
45-54 838 58 5.8 4.2- 8.0 31 4.9 3.0- 7.9 121 14.3 11.7-17.5 115 14.1 11.3-17.5 513 60.8 56.5-64.9
55-64 1,071 51 4.8 3.4- 6.8 19 1.6 0.9- 2.7 144 13.5 11.2-16.2 120 10.4 8.4-12.8 737 69.7 66.2-73.0
65-74 956 28 2.6 1.7- 4.0 18 2.0 1.1- 3.6 80 8.5 6.6-10.9 68 6.5 4.9- 8.6 762 80.4 77.2-83.2
75+ 700 15 1.9 1.0- 3.5 4 0.5 0.1- 1.9 25 3.0 1.9- 4.7 37 5.0 3.3- 7.4 619 89.6 86.6-91.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 678 33 4.7 3.0- 7.3 23 7.3 4.1-12.7 102 17.6 13.3-22.8 72 9.6 7.0-13.1 448 60.8 55.0-66.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,350 99 10.3 7.8-13.4 61 5.3 3.8- 7.4 208 17.2 14.6-20.2 127 9.5 7.7-11.7 855 57.7 54.1-61.3
Some Post-H.S. 1,162 74 7.5 5.6-10.0 40 4.9 3.1- 7.5 180 19.9 16.9-23.3 142 12.7 10.5-15.4 726 54.9 51.2-58.6
College Graduate 1,285 60 5.1 3.6- 7.0 25 2.6 1.7- 4.1 150 12.7 10.6-15.2 152 12.8 10.6-15.3 898 66.8 63.5-70.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 555 44 8.4 5.8-12.1 20 6.7 3.1-13.9 94 16.5 13.0-20.8 66 12.6 9.1-17.2 331 55.7 49.8-61.5
$15,000- 24,999 763 52 6.6 4.5- 9.8 39 8.1 5.1-12.5 131 23.9 19.2-29.3 73 9.3 6.7-12.6 468 52.2 47.0-57.4
$25,000- 34,999 524 24 7.9 4.4-13.9 19 4.7 2.7- 8.0 77 17.9 13.7-23.0 58 10.1 7.4-13.4 346 59.4 53.5-65.1
$35,000- 49,999 606 44 8.2 5.8-11.5 16 3.0 1.7- 5.1 99 17.1 13.7-21.1 71 12.7 9.6-16.6 376 59.0 54.1-63.8
$50,000-74,999 614 30 6.7 4.3-10.3 21 4.1 2.5- 6.6 82 13.8 10.9-17.4 82 13.5 10.6-17.1 399 61.8 57.0-66.4
$75,000+ 755 33 4.2 2.8- 6.3 16 2.9 1.6- 5.0 89 14.4 11.4-18.0 83 12.0 9.4-15.1 534 66.6 62.3-70.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,674 91 6.7 5.1- 8.8 46 4.3 2.8- 6.6 227 14.7 12.6-17.0 174 10.9 9.0-13.1 1,136 63.4 60.3-66.5
No 2,777 173 7.5 6.1- 9.2 102 4.7 3.6- 6.1 412 17.8 15.8-19.9 316 11.5 10.1-13.0 1,774 58.5 56.0-61.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 996 38 5.1 3.5- 7.5 17 2.0 1.1- 3.8 116 12.2 10.0-14.9 87 9.5 7.4-12.1 738 71.1 67.5-74.6
Non-Veteran 3,483 228 7.8 6.6- 9.4 132 5.5 4.4- 7.0 525 18.1 16.3-20.0 406 11.8 10.5-13.3 2,192 56.7 54.4-58.9

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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.

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