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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4 visits None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % 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
-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
GENDER
Male 40 8 38.1 16.8-65.1 5 10.5 4.1-24.8 2 3.1 0.6-14.2 13 22.2 11.0-39.8 12 26.1 13.0-45.4
Female 57 11 24.0 12.9-40.1 8 12.4 5.9-24.1 9 15.9 8.0-29.3 17 29.4 17.3-45.3 12 18.3 10.0-31.3
RACE
White 49 8 35.1 14.4-63.5 6 11.2 4.6-25.1 4 5.3 1.8-14.7 19 26.5 13.8-44.6 12 21.9 11.1-38.7
Other 47 10 27.1 13.9-46.1 7 11.6 5.1-24.2 7 13.0 5.6-27.1 11 24.0 12.6-40.9 12 24.3 12.3-42.4
AGE
18-44 38 10 41.5 18.9-68.3 5 11.0 4.1-26.1 4 7.7 2.5-20.9 12 24.2 11.3-44.5 7 15.6 6.7-32.4
45+ 58 9 22.2 11.1-39.7 8 12.0 5.6-23.6 7 9.7 4.3-20.5 18 27.0 16.3-41.1 16 29.1 16.8-45.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 61 14 43.9 24.4-65.5 7 9.5 4.1-20.8 8 9.6 4.2-20.6 21 23.0 13.0-37.5 11 13.9 6.6-27.2
Some College + 36 5 10.1 4.0-23.4 6 14.6 6.1-31.0 3 6.5 1.9-19.7 9 29.4 14.5-50.6 13 39.4 22.9-58.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 62 12 40.8 21.3-63.7 6 7.2 2.8-16.9 10 11.4 5.4-22.6 22 23.7 13.2-38.7 12 17.0 8.2-31.8
$50,000+ 23 3 9.7 3.0-27.1 6 24.2 10.6-46.3 1 4.2 0.6-24.6 5 29.7 12.7-55.1 8 32.2 15.8-54.5

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

*** 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.

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