BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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	Total Respond.^	1 visit	2 visits	3 visits	4 visits	None
North Carolina	2,991	638	23.5	21.4-25.7	490	15.9	14.2-17.7	259	7.6	6.5- 8.9	775	22.5	20.6-24.5	829	30.5	28.1-33.1
COUNTY/REGIONS***
Alamance	88	16	17.9	10.1-29.7	19	23.4	14.1-36.2	9	13.5	5.9-28.0	23	21.7	13.8-32.5	21	23.4	14.4-35.8
Buncombe	85	29	36.7	23.2-52.6	10	11.5	5.4-22.9	6	4.2	1.8- 9.8	20	25.0	14.5-39.7	20	22.5	10.3-42.4
Cabarrus	60	9	15.0	7.1-28.8	14	22.3	12.5-36.5	11	16.0	8.5-28.0	11	21.9	10.6-39.9	15	24.9	11.9-44.7
Catawba	72	15	17.1	9.9-27.8	13	14.2	7.3-25.8	4	5.2	1.7-14.3	14	16.8	9.1-28.7	26	46.8	32.2-62.0
Cumberland	95	18	18.9	11.3-29.7	20	18.6	11.3-29.2	9	6.5	3.0-13.3	24	17.3	10.6-27.0	24	38.8	25.2-54.3
Davidson	93	26	30.6	20.2-43.3	13	11.7	6.2-21.0	10	8.5	4.1-17.0	22	23.8	14.8-35.9	22	25.4	16.0-37.9
Durham	61	16	28.9	16.3-46.0	12	24.8	13.5-41.1	2	2.9	0.5-13.9	14	15.8	8.8-26.7	17	27.6	15.9-43.3
Forsyth	78	14	18.8	9.8-32.9	14	11.9	6.5-20.9	10	11.1	5.5-21.1	22	24.1	14.9-36.5	18	34.1	20.0-51.8
Gaston	96	17	16.8	9.9-27.0	13	16.0	8.8-27.5	13	12.2	6.8-21.0	34	34.5	24.0-46.8	19	20.5	12.5-31.6
Guilford	71	13	16.1	8.4-28.5	16	18.6	10.5-30.8	5	7.8	3.0-18.6	20	30.7	18.7-46.0	17	26.8	15.3-42.6
Iredell	97	27	30.9	20.7-43.5	14	15.8	9.1-25.9	11	9.0	4.6-16.9	15	13.4	7.3-23.2	30	30.9	20.9-43.1
Johnston	74	17	19.9	11.3-32.7	8	9.2	4.2-18.8	5	8.4	2.8-22.9	19	24.1	14.2-37.9	25	38.3	23.1-56.2
Mecklenburg	110	21	20.3	12.5-31.3	14	10.6	5.8-18.5	7	5.1	2.2-11.1	28	20.1	12.8-30.1	40	44.0	31.9-56.8
New Hanover	73	15	17.7	10.2-29.0	11	21.8	11.7-37.0	6	8.6	3.5-19.6	24	27.6	17.7-40.5	17	24.3	14.7-37.4
Onslow	83	13	15.7	7.9-28.7	11	14.8	7.6-26.6	6	8.1	2.6-22.4	28	24.0	14.9-36.4	25	37.5	21.4-56.8
Orange	43	10	31.9	16.8-52.2	8	17.6	8.5-32.9	3	4.8	1.5-14.8	6	15.8	6.4-34.1	16	29.9	17.4-46.4
Pitt	65	9	12.1	5.7-23.7	8	17.1	8.3-32.0	5	5.1	2.1-12.1	19	22.2	13.2-34.9	24	43.5	29.4-58.7
Randolph	71	9	15.1	6.5-31.2	12	15.5	8.4-26.9	10	13.0	6.5-24.5	27	36.1	24.5-49.6	13	20.3	11.3-33.8
Robeson	91	19	23.5	14.4-35.8	13	14.2	8.0-24.1	6	4.2	1.7-10.4	28	24.7	16.1-35.9	25	33.3	22.0-47.1
Rowan	86	14	15.5	8.2-27.3	12	19.0	8.9-36.1	11	8.4	4.3-15.8	25	23.5	14.5-35.9	24	33.6	19.8-50.9
Union	62	17	28.2	17.4-42.3	13	21.0	11.8-34.6	4	5.0	1.8-13.1	7	12.0	5.2-25.2	21	33.8	21.2-49.2
Wake	129	34	28.4	19.0-40.0	21	13.4	8.2-21.2	8	7.4	3.2-16.0	22	12.7	7.8-19.9	44	38.2	26.7-51.2
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	104	24	27.8	17.0-41.8	19	20.2	11.2-33.7	7	8.4	3.1-21.1	31	24.7	16.5-35.3	23	18.9	11.5-29.4
Northeast Partnership II	79	24	29.0	18.9-41.6	8	8.2	3.7-17.4	6	7.6	2.9-18.6	19	22.7	13.9-34.8	22	32.5	21.4-46.0
Northeast Partnership I	97	19	32.1	17.7-50.9	13	11.3	6.1-20.0	11	8.5	4.3-16.1	30	25.2	16.1-37.3	24	22.8	14.2-34.6
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	57	9	17.1	7.9-33.3	8	15.4	6.0-34.2	4	4.8	1.5-14.3	15	20.3	10.1-36.5	21	42.4	25.9-60.8
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	84	17	25.2	15.4-38.5	18	20.1	12.0-31.8	5	5.3	1.8-14.9	19	23.7	14.8-35.7	25	25.7	16.7-37.3
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	83	27	39.2	27.3-52.6	7	14.0	5.2-32.2	8	7.3	3.5-14.6	21	18.6	11.3-29.2	20	20.8	12.8-32.0
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	88	22	30.2	19.6-43.4	21	24.9	15.5-37.4	4	3.0	0.9- 8.9	21	14.0	8.5-22.2	20	28.0	17.1-42.3
Chatham/Lee/Moore	85	21	28.1	17.9-41.2	16	19.7	10.8-33.1	9	10.4	4.9-20.8	16	16.1	9.4-26.2	23	25.7	16.1-38.4
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	114	22	26.9	16.1-41.2	18	12.5	6.9-21.5	8	7.9	3.5-16.7	35	23.9	16.0-34.2	31	28.8	18.1-42.5
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	115	23	20.1	12.8-30.1	24	16.7	10.6-25.3	9	9.2	4.4-18.2	26	21.0	13.4-31.2	33	33.0	23.3-44.5
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	64	6	10.8	4.4-24.0	12	20.4	10.7-35.2	5	5.0	1.8-13.2	21	28.2	17.2-42.8	20	35.6	19.5-55.7
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	91	16	17.3	9.3-29.8	12	18.5	8.1-36.8	11	10.8	5.7-19.5	26	22.9	14.5-34.2	26	30.6	20.1-43.7
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	147	30	22.6	14.6-33.2	25	13.6	8.1-21.9	11	6.6	3.3-12.9	43	32.4	23.5-42.7	38	24.9	16.9-35.0
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**
Yes	209	51	32.5	23.4-43.3	26	11.7	7.2-18.5	19	9.0	4.5-17.1	61	24.2	18.0-31.8	52	22.5	16.4-30.1
No	2,782	587	22.8	20.7-25.1	464	16.2	14.4-18.1	240	7.5	6.4- 8.8	714	22.4	20.5-24.4	777	31.1	28.5-33.7
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	1,006	214	24.3	20.8-28.2	151	16.4	13.5-20.0	77	6.9	5.1- 9.2	281	22.1	19.3-25.3	283	30.2	26.4-34.4
Piedmont	1,617	342	22.6	19.9-25.6	282	16.3	14.0-18.8	152	8.4	6.8-10.2	391	21.0	18.5-23.6	450	31.8	28.4-35.4
Western NC	368	82	24.7	19.1-31.3	57	13.7	10.0-18.6	30	6.5	4.3- 9.8	103	28.1	22.6-34.4	96	27.0	20.8-34.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****
Mountain AHEC	232	59	27.5	20.2-36.2	35	12.9	8.4-19.2	17	5.8	3.3-10.0	63	29.8	22.6-38.1	58	24.1	16.9-33.1
Northwest	624	127	20.4	16.6-24.9	100	14.5	11.5-18.1	64	9.0	6.6-12.1	156	23.2	19.3-27.6	177	32.9	27.7-38.5
Charlotte	393	75	20.1	15.2-26.2	62	16.4	11.5-22.9	42	8.4	6.0-11.7	98	22.3	17.6-27.9	116	32.7	26.4-39.8
Greensboro	360	65	17.7	13.2-23.2	74	19.7	15.0-25.4	32	9.3	6.0-14.1	97	24.8	19.3-31.2	92	28.6	22.2-35.9
Southern Regional	346	74	25.0	19.4-31.6	61	16.8	12.5-22.1	27	5.6	3.6- 8.5	95	21.8	17.2-27.3	89	30.8	24.0-38.5
Coastal	156	41	31.5	22.9-41.5	18	16.1	8.8-27.8	14	7.6	4.3-13.1	44	20.7	14.6-28.6	39	24.1	17.0-32.9
Wake	379	93	27.5	21.3-34.7	66	15.1	11.2-20.0	24	6.5	3.7-11.2	82	15.7	11.8-20.6	114	35.2	27.7-43.5
Area L	124	29	27.3	16.8-41.0	17	16.2	8.4-28.9	12	7.2	3.6-13.8	31	16.1	10.3-24.3	35	33.2	22.4-46.1
Eastern	377	75	22.6	17.2-29.3	57	17.3	12.5-23.4	27	7.9	4.6-13.1	109	24.5	19.7-30.0	109	27.7	22.0-34.3

Total
Respond.^

1 visit

2 visits

3 visits

4 visits

None

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

2,991

638

23.5

21.4-25.7

490

15.9

14.2-17.7

259

7.6

6.5- 8.9

775

22.5

20.6-24.5

829

30.5

28.1-33.1

COUNTY/REGIONS***

Alamance

17.9

10.1-29.7

23.4

14.1-36.2

13.5

5.9-28.0

21.7

13.8-32.5

23.4

14.4-35.8

Buncombe

36.7

23.2-52.6

11.5

5.4-22.9

4.2

1.8- 9.8

25.0

14.5-39.7

22.5

10.3-42.4

Cabarrus

15.0

7.1-28.8

22.3

12.5-36.5

16.0

8.5-28.0

21.9

10.6-39.9

24.9

11.9-44.7

Catawba

17.1

9.9-27.8

14.2

7.3-25.8

5.2

1.7-14.3

16.8

9.1-28.7

46.8

32.2-62.0

Cumberland

18.9

11.3-29.7

18.6

11.3-29.2

6.5

3.0-13.3

17.3

10.6-27.0

38.8

25.2-54.3

Davidson

30.6

20.2-43.3

11.7

6.2-21.0

8.5

4.1-17.0

23.8

14.8-35.9

25.4

16.0-37.9

Durham

28.9

16.3-46.0

24.8

13.5-41.1

2.9

0.5-13.9

15.8

8.8-26.7

27.6

15.9-43.3

Forsyth

18.8

9.8-32.9

11.9

6.5-20.9

11.1

5.5-21.1

24.1

14.9-36.5

34.1

20.0-51.8

Gaston

16.8

9.9-27.0

16.0

8.8-27.5

12.2

6.8-21.0

34.5

24.0-46.8

20.5

12.5-31.6

Guilford

16.1

8.4-28.5

18.6

10.5-30.8

7.8

3.0-18.6

30.7

18.7-46.0

26.8

15.3-42.6

Iredell

30.9

20.7-43.5

15.8

9.1-25.9

9.0

4.6-16.9

13.4

7.3-23.2

30.9

20.9-43.1

Johnston

19.9

11.3-32.7

9.2

4.2-18.8

8.4

2.8-22.9

24.1

14.2-37.9

38.3

23.1-56.2

Mecklenburg

110

20.3

12.5-31.3

10.6

5.8-18.5

5.1

2.2-11.1

20.1

12.8-30.1

44.0

31.9-56.8

New Hanover

17.7

10.2-29.0

21.8

11.7-37.0

8.6

3.5-19.6

27.6

17.7-40.5

24.3

14.7-37.4

Onslow

15.7

7.9-28.7

14.8

7.6-26.6

8.1

2.6-22.4

24.0

14.9-36.4

37.5

21.4-56.8

Orange

31.9

16.8-52.2

17.6

8.5-32.9

4.8

1.5-14.8

15.8

6.4-34.1

29.9

17.4-46.4

Pitt

12.1

5.7-23.7

17.1

8.3-32.0

5.1

2.1-12.1

22.2

13.2-34.9

43.5

29.4-58.7

Randolph

15.1

6.5-31.2

15.5

8.4-26.9

13.0

6.5-24.5

36.1

24.5-49.6

20.3

11.3-33.8

Robeson

23.5

14.4-35.8

14.2

8.0-24.1

4.2

1.7-10.4

24.7

16.1-35.9

33.3

22.0-47.1

Rowan

15.5

8.2-27.3

19.0

8.9-36.1

8.4

4.3-15.8

23.5

14.5-35.9

33.6

19.8-50.9

Union

28.2

17.4-42.3

21.0

11.8-34.6

5.0

1.8-13.1

12.0

5.2-25.2

33.8

21.2-49.2

Wake

129

28.4

19.0-40.0

13.4

8.2-21.2

7.4

3.2-16.0

12.7

7.8-19.9

38.2

26.7-51.2

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

104

27.8

17.0-41.8

20.2

11.2-33.7

8.4

3.1-21.1

24.7

16.5-35.3

18.9

11.5-29.4

Northeast Partnership II

29.0

18.9-41.6

8.2

3.7-17.4

7.6

2.9-18.6

22.7

13.9-34.8

32.5

21.4-46.0

Northeast Partnership I

32.1

17.7-50.9

11.3

6.1-20.0

8.5

4.3-16.1

25.2

16.1-37.3

22.8

14.2-34.6

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

17.1

7.9-33.3

15.4

6.0-34.2

4.8

1.5-14.3

20.3

10.1-36.5

42.4

25.9-60.8

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

25.2

15.4-38.5

20.1

12.0-31.8

5.3

1.8-14.9

23.7

14.8-35.7

25.7

16.7-37.3

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

39.2

27.3-52.6

14.0

5.2-32.2

7.3

3.5-14.6

18.6

11.3-29.2

20.8

12.8-32.0

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

30.2

19.6-43.4

24.9

15.5-37.4

3.0

0.9- 8.9

14.0

8.5-22.2

28.0

17.1-42.3

Chatham/Lee/Moore

28.1

17.9-41.2

19.7

10.8-33.1

10.4

4.9-20.8

16.1

9.4-26.2

25.7

16.1-38.4

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

114

26.9

16.1-41.2

12.5

6.9-21.5

7.9

3.5-16.7

23.9

16.0-34.2

28.8

18.1-42.5

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

115

20.1

12.8-30.1

16.7

10.6-25.3

9.2

4.4-18.2

21.0

13.4-31.2

33.0

23.3-44.5

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

10.8

4.4-24.0

20.4

10.7-35.2

5.0

1.8-13.2

28.2

17.2-42.8

35.6

19.5-55.7

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

17.3

9.3-29.8

18.5

8.1-36.8

10.8

5.7-19.5

22.9

14.5-34.2

30.6

20.1-43.7

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

147

22.6

14.6-33.2

13.6

8.1-21.9

6.6

3.3-12.9

32.4

23.5-42.7

24.9

16.9-35.0

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP**

Yes

209

32.5

23.4-43.3

11.7

7.2-18.5

9.0

4.5-17.1

24.2

18.0-31.8

22.5

16.4-30.1

2,782

587

22.8

20.7-25.1

464

16.2

14.4-18.1

240

7.5

6.4- 8.8

714

22.4

20.5-24.4

777

31.1

28.5-33.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,006

214

24.3

20.8-28.2

151

16.4

13.5-20.0

6.9

5.1- 9.2

281

22.1

19.3-25.3

283

30.2

26.4-34.4

Piedmont

1,617

342

22.6

19.9-25.6

282

16.3

14.0-18.8

152

8.4

6.8-10.2

391

21.0

18.5-23.6

450

31.8

28.4-35.4

Western NC

368

24.7

19.1-31.3

13.7

10.0-18.6

6.5

4.3- 9.8

103

28.1

22.6-34.4

27.0

20.8-34.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)****

Mountain AHEC

232

27.5

20.2-36.2

12.9

8.4-19.2

5.8

3.3-10.0

29.8

22.6-38.1

24.1

16.9-33.1

Northwest

624

127

20.4

16.6-24.9

100

14.5

11.5-18.1

9.0

6.6-12.1

156

23.2

19.3-27.6

177

32.9

27.7-38.5

Charlotte

393

20.1

15.2-26.2

16.4

11.5-22.9

8.4

6.0-11.7

22.3

17.6-27.9

116

32.7

26.4-39.8

Greensboro

360

17.7

13.2-23.2

19.7

15.0-25.4

9.3

6.0-14.1

24.8

19.3-31.2

28.6

22.2-35.9

Southern Regional

346

25.0

19.4-31.6

16.8

12.5-22.1

5.6

3.6- 8.5

21.8

17.2-27.3

30.8

24.0-38.5

Coastal

156

31.5

22.9-41.5

16.1

8.8-27.8

7.6

4.3-13.1

20.7

14.6-28.6

24.1

17.0-32.9

Wake

379

27.5

21.3-34.7

15.1

11.2-20.0

6.5

3.7-11.2

15.7

11.8-20.6

114

35.2

27.7-43.5

Area L

124

27.3

16.8-41.0

16.2

8.4-28.9

7.2

3.6-13.8

16.1

10.3-24.3

33.2

22.4-46.1

Eastern

377

22.6

17.2-29.3

17.3

12.5-23.4

7.9

4.6-13.1

109

24.5

19.7-30.0

109

27.7

22.0-34.3

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, 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.

*** 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.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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