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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-MALES

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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 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
RACE
White 1,671 81 6.7 5.1- 8.8 52 4.7 3.3- 6.6 214 15.2 13.0-17.7 151 9.8 8.1-11.8 1,173 63.5 60.4-66.6
African American 220 12 5.9 3.0-11.0 10 4.4 2.0- 9.5 41 18.1 12.8-25.0 31 16.0 10.5-23.6 126 55.7 47.4-63.7
Asian 3 1 20.7 2.1-76.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 60.2 12.1-94.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 19.1 1.9-74.1
Native American 28 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.1 2.0-42.7 6 18.9 6.7-42.8 3 6.3 1.7-20.5 17 63.7 39.4-82.6
Other Minorities 58 6 15.1 5.7-34.3 4 14.6 5.0-35.7 11 25.9 12.7-45.6 5 7.0 2.3-19.2 32 37.3 23.4-53.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 63 6 13.2 4.9-30.8 6 14.6 5.6-33.0 17 30.9 17.7-48.2 5 7.5 2.8-18.9 29 33.8 21.4-49.0
-English Speaking 21 2 10.7 2.3-37.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 10.6 3.1-31.0 2 8.5 2.0-29.9 14 70.2 46.0-86.7
-Spanish Speaking 42 4 13.9 4.4-36.3 6 18.6 7.1-40.4 14 36.5 20.1-56.7 3 7.2 2.1-22.3 15 23.8 12.2-41.3
Non-Hispanic 1,925 94 6.6 5.1- 8.5 62 4.6 3.3- 6.4 256 15.3 13.2-17.6 186 10.6 8.9-12.5 1,327 62.9 60.0-65.7
AGE
18-24 28 8 29.0 13.1-52.5 7 28.2 12.1-52.8 10 35.8 18.0-58.7 2 4.9 1.1-18.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.3
25-34 121 21 18.7 11.4-29.1 15 11.2 6.3-19.2 45 36.6 26.9-47.5 21 16.4 10.3-25.3 19 17.1 10.4-26.8
35-44 187 11 5.7 2.9-10.9 14 7.5 4.1-13.5 46 22.6 16.5-30.3 34 18.7 13.0-26.0 82 45.5 37.3-53.9
45-54 339 25 6.8 4.3-10.6 17 6.3 3.2-11.8 57 14.5 10.7-19.3 44 13.4 9.4-18.8 196 59.0 52.4-65.4
55-64 520 20 4.6 2.7- 7.7 6 1.1 0.4- 2.6 59 12.5 9.4-16.5 54 8.9 6.5-12.1 381 72.9 68.0-77.3
65-74 443 7 1.8 0.8- 4.0 7 1.7 0.6- 4.4 43 9.6 6.9-13.2 19 4.1 2.4- 6.8 367 82.8 78.4-86.6
75+ 347 8 1.6 0.7- 3.4 2 0.7 0.1- 3.8 12 2.6 1.4- 4.8 17 4.5 2.6- 7.8 308 90.6 86.7-93.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 334 12 4.1 2.1- 8.0 14 9.9 5.1-18.1 46 17.3 11.4-25.2 36 9.5 6.1-14.6 226 59.3 51.1-67.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 614 41 11.0 7.4-16.0 29 5.1 3.4- 7.7 102 17.7 14.0-22.2 47 9.1 6.5-12.6 395 57.0 51.8-62.2
Some Post-H.S. 452 23 6.9 4.2-11.0 13 5.4 2.6-10.9 64 19.7 15.1-25.3 53 11.3 8.2-15.5 299 56.7 50.6-62.6
College Graduate 587 24 4.7 2.7- 7.9 12 2.6 1.3- 5.1 60 11.4 8.6-15.0 55 11.5 8.5-15.4 436 69.8 64.8-74.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 194 14 8.0 4.2-14.8 7 10.3 3.8-24.9 33 14.6 9.7-21.5 24 13.7 8.1-22.3 116 53.4 43.3-63.1
$15,000- 24,999 322 18 6.1 3.1-11.6 21 11.0 6.2-18.6 53 24.3 17.4-32.8 27 9.0 5.5-14.4 203 49.7 41.9-57.4
$25,000- 34,999 251 9 9.7 4.4-20.1 8 4.8 2.2-10.1 38 16.3 10.9-23.7 28 9.7 6.3-14.8 168 59.5 50.7-67.7
$35,000- 49,999 291 19 7.3 4.3-12.2 9 2.5 1.2- 4.8 36 13.8 9.4-19.7 33 12.7 8.3-18.8 194 63.8 56.6-70.4
$50,000-74,999 286 13 7.8 4.3-13.9 7 3.1 1.3- 7.0 29 10.9 7.4-16.0 32 10.6 7.2-15.2 205 67.6 60.6-73.9
$75,000+ 383 11 2.7 1.4- 5.1 11 3.8 2.0- 7.3 52 16.4 12.2-21.8 31 10.5 7.2-15.2 278 66.5 60.5-72.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 744 37 6.9 4.5-10.3 19 5.1 2.7- 9.4 86 11.9 9.4-15.1 65 10.1 7.5-13.6 537 66.0 61.1-70.5
No 1,229 63 7.2 5.2- 9.8 48 5.0 3.5- 7.1 185 18.5 15.6-21.8 124 10.4 8.4-12.7 809 59.0 55.3-62.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 950 35 5.0 3.3- 7.4 14 1.8 0.9- 3.5 105 11.7 9.5-14.4 82 9.3 7.2-12.0 714 72.2 68.5-75.7
Non-Veteran 1,038 65 8.4 6.1-11.5 54 7.7 5.4-10.7 168 19.4 16.2-23.0 109 11.1 8.9-13.8 642 53.5 49.4-57.5

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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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