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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-WHITES

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 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
GENDER
Male 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
Female 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
AGE
18-24 54 17 31.0 18.5-47.2 12 25.6 12.9-44.5 22 39.0 25.2-54.7 3 4.4 1.3-13.8 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 261 42 16.5 11.2-23.7 25 9.9 6.5-14.9 106 40.1 33.0-47.5 46 16.9 12.2-23.1 42 16.5 11.7-22.9
35-44 418 29 6.8 4.3-10.4 23 5.4 3.4- 8.7 96 21.2 16.9-26.1 74 17.8 13.8-22.5 196 48.9 43.2-54.6
45-54 648 46 6.2 4.3- 8.9 26 4.5 2.8- 7.2 90 13.3 10.5-16.8 85 12.4 9.7-15.8 401 63.5 58.8-67.9
55-64 877 42 4.5 3.1- 6.6 13 1.3 0.7- 2.4 116 13.1 10.6-16.1 90 9.9 7.7-12.5 616 71.2 67.4-74.7
65-74 814 24 2.7 1.7- 4.3 14 2.0 1.0- 3.9 60 7.4 5.5- 9.8 59 6.8 5.0- 9.2 657 81.2 77.8-84.2
75+ 622 12 1.5 0.8- 2.9 4 0.6 0.2- 2.2 21 2.9 1.8- 4.8 32 4.6 3.0- 7.1 553 90.3 87.3-92.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 459 16 3.9 2.1- 7.3 14 5.9 2.9-11.8 66 15.8 11.9-20.6 48 9.8 7.0-13.4 315 64.6 58.6-70.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,116 85 10.3 7.7-13.6 48 5.5 3.8- 8.1 160 16.0 13.3-19.2 95 7.9 6.2-10.0 728 60.2 56.3-64.1
Some Post-H.S. 977 60 6.8 4.9- 9.5 32 4.7 2.9- 7.7 152 20.5 17.1-24.2 116 12.4 10.0-15.3 617 55.6 51.4-59.6
College Graduate 1,150 51 4.7 3.2- 6.8 23 2.7 1.6- 4.3 134 12.7 10.5-15.3 132 12.7 10.4-15.5 810 67.2 63.7-70.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 367 29 7.6 4.9-11.6 12 6.3 2.0-18.0 57 16.6 12.1-22.2 42 9.9 6.9-13.9 227 59.7 52.2-66.8
$15,000- 24,999 567 41 8.4 5.4-12.9 28 7.7 4.7-12.2 90 21.1 16.4-26.7 45 7.7 5.2-11.1 363 55.2 49.4-60.9
$25,000- 34,999 428 16 5.4 2.7-10.5 15 5.4 3.0- 9.5 66 20.3 15.3-26.3 45 9.5 6.7-13.4 286 59.4 53.0-65.4
$35,000- 49,999 527 40 8.7 6.1-12.3 12 2.5 1.3- 4.7 89 17.2 13.7-21.5 61 12.7 9.4-17.0 325 58.9 53.6-64.0
$50,000-74,999 556 27 6.7 4.2-10.6 20 4.4 2.7- 7.2 74 13.4 10.5-17.1 70 12.6 9.6-16.2 365 62.9 57.8-67.6
$75,000+ 703 31 4.0 2.6- 6.0 16 3.1 1.8- 5.3 83 14.3 11.2-18.0 76 11.6 9.0-14.7 497 67.1 62.7-71.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,324 69 6.7 4.8- 9.1 32 4.0 2.4- 6.7 171 14.3 12.1-16.9 130 10.1 8.1-12.5 922 64.8 61.3-68.3
No 2,362 141 7.0 5.6- 8.7 85 4.7 3.6- 6.1 342 17.1 15.1-19.3 258 11.0 9.6-12.7 1,536 60.2 57.6-62.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 869 33 5.1 3.4- 7.8 14 1.8 0.9- 3.4 98 11.9 9.5-14.7 67 8.0 6.1-10.5 657 73.2 69.4-76.7
Non-Veteran 2,838 179 7.4 6.1- 9.1 103 5.3 4.1- 6.9 415 17.5 15.7-19.6 324 11.7 10.3-13.3 1,817 58.0 55.5-60.4

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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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