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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-FEMALES

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 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 2,037 131 7.1 5.6- 8.9 65 4.2 3.0- 5.8 299 17.3 15.2-19.5 240 12.0 10.4-13.9 1,302 59.4 56.7-62.1
African American 365 28 8.0 5.1-12.2 14 4.0 2.2- 7.2 53 16.6 12.4-21.9 44 11.5 8.0-16.1 226 59.9 53.6-66.0
Asian 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.9 1.1-46.4 2 53.6 17.3-86.5 4 37.4 10.4-75.5
Native American 32 2 17.9 3.3-58.4 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 6 19.4 8.0-40.1 5 12.2 4.5-29.3 18 49.2 27.8-70.9
Other Minorities 48 5 13.5 4.8-32.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 9 20.0 5.9-49.9 11 27.2 14.3-45.5 22 38.5 23.0-56.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 60 7 9.1 3.4-22.1 2 2.8 0.5-13.7 15 28.1 13.9-48.6 16 29.2 17.0-45.3 20 30.9 19.1-45.9
-English Speaking 35 1 3.3 0.5-20.1 0 0.0 . - . 11 27.1 13.4-47.1 8 28.1 13.0-50.7 15 41.5 24.7-60.5
-Spanish Speaking 25 6 15.1 4.7-38.9 2 5.7 1.0-26.3 4 29.1 8.2-65.4 8 30.3 13.6-54.6 5 19.8 7.4-43.1
Non-Hispanic 2,429 159 7.4 6.0- 9.0 79 4.1 3.0- 5.5 353 16.9 15.0-18.9 285 11.8 10.3-13.5 1,553 59.8 57.3-62.3
AGE
18-24 38 13 33.9 18.4-54.0 8 20.6 8.3-42.9 15 42.2 24.8-61.8 2 3.2 0.8-12.4 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 197 33 15.3 10.3-22.1 15 7.4 4.2-12.7 76 39.9 32.5-47.9 38 19.2 13.7-26.2 35 18.2 12.8-25.3
35-44 327 28 9.3 5.9-14.2 18 5.0 3.0- 8.5 77 22.4 17.4-28.2 53 14.5 10.6-19.4 151 48.9 42.4-55.4
45-54 499 33 4.7 3.2- 7.0 14 3.2 1.7- 6.0 64 14.2 10.8-18.4 71 15.0 11.5-19.2 317 62.9 57.7-67.8
55-64 551 31 5.1 3.5- 7.5 13 2.3 1.2- 4.6 85 14.9 11.8-18.7 66 12.8 9.7-16.7 356 64.8 60.0-69.4
65-74 513 21 3.5 2.1- 5.8 11 2.4 1.2- 4.8 37 7.1 4.9-10.2 49 9.7 7.0-13.3 395 77.2 72.5-81.2
75+ 353 7 2.3 1.0- 5.6 2 0.3 0.1- 1.2 13 3.5 1.9- 6.5 20 5.5 3.1- 9.6 311 88.3 83.5-91.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 344 21 5.7 3.4- 9.7 9 2.8 1.3- 5.9 56 18.1 13.5-23.9 36 9.9 6.7-14.2 222 63.5 57.0-69.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 736 58 9.3 6.5-13.2 32 5.5 3.1- 9.5 106 16.5 13.1-20.6 80 10.1 7.8-12.9 460 58.6 53.7-63.3
Some Post-H.S. 710 51 8.1 5.7-11.3 27 4.4 2.9- 6.8 116 20.1 16.5-24.4 89 14.0 11.0-17.6 427 53.3 48.7-57.9
College Graduate 698 36 5.6 3.8- 8.1 13 2.7 1.5- 4.7 90 14.4 11.5-17.9 97 14.3 11.4-17.8 462 63.1 58.7-67.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 361 30 8.8 5.8-13.3 13 3.2 1.7- 5.9 61 18.4 13.9-23.9 42 11.6 8.1-16.2 215 58.0 51.8-64.0
$15,000- 24,999 441 34 7.3 4.9-10.8 18 4.3 2.5- 7.4 78 23.3 17.8-29.8 46 9.6 6.7-13.6 265 55.4 49.2-61.5
$25,000- 34,999 273 15 5.5 2.8-10.3 11 4.6 2.2- 9.1 39 20.1 14.2-27.5 30 10.5 7.0-15.4 178 59.4 51.8-66.6
$35,000- 49,999 315 25 9.3 6.0-14.2 7 3.6 1.6- 8.0 63 21.0 16.2-26.8 38 12.7 8.8-18.0 182 53.4 46.8-59.9
$50,000-74,999 328 17 5.5 2.9-10.1 14 5.3 3.0- 9.2 53 17.1 12.7-22.5 50 16.9 12.4-22.7 194 55.2 48.8-61.6
$75,000+ 372 22 6.4 3.8-10.5 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 37 11.5 8.1-15.9 52 14.1 10.5-18.6 256 66.6 60.8-72.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 930 54 6.5 4.6- 9.1 27 3.4 2.1- 5.3 141 17.9 14.9-21.5 109 11.7 9.3-14.6 599 60.5 56.5-64.4
No 1,548 110 7.9 6.2-10.0 54 4.4 3.0- 6.3 227 16.9 14.6-19.6 192 12.9 11.0-15.0 965 57.9 54.8-61.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 46 3 8.4 2.0-29.3 3 7.3 1.6-27.6 11 22.6 11.1-40.4 5 14.2 5.5-31.9 24 47.5 30.0-65.5
Non-Veteran 2,445 163 7.4 6.1- 9.0 78 4.0 2.9- 5.3 357 17.1 15.2-19.2 297 12.4 10.9-14.1 1,550 59.1 56.6-61.6

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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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