BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Northeast Partnership I	122	75	66.9	55.7-76.5	47	33.1	23.5-44.3
GENDER
Male	54	36	73.4	57.0-85.2	18	26.6	14.8-43.0
Female	68	39	57.3	43.7-69.8	29	42.7	30.2-56.3
RACE
White	64	36	65.0	48.5-78.5	28	35.0	21.5-51.5
Other	57	39	70.4	55.2-82.1	18	29.6	17.9-44.8
AGE
18-44	52	33	69.9	52.1-83.3	19	30.1	16.7-47.9
45+	69	42	64.7	51.1-76.3	27	35.3	23.7-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	53	70.2	55.8-81.5	27	29.8	18.5-44.2
Some College +	42	22	59.7	42.6-74.7	20	40.3	25.3-57.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	55	71.1	56.7-82.2	27	28.9	17.8-43.3
$50,000+	27	15	64.2	44.5-80.0	12	35.8	20.0-55.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-Northeast Partnership I	122	75	66.9	55.7-76.5	47	33.1	23.5-44.3
GENDER
Male	54	36	73.4	57.0-85.2	18	26.6	14.8-43.0
Female	68	39	57.3	43.7-69.8	29	42.7	30.2-56.3
RACE
White	64	36	65.0	48.5-78.5	28	35.0	21.5-51.5
Other	57	39	70.4	55.2-82.1	18	29.6	17.9-44.8
AGE
18-44	52	33	69.9	52.1-83.3	19	30.1	16.7-47.9
45+	69	42	64.7	51.1-76.3	27	35.3	23.7-48.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	80	53	70.2	55.8-81.5	27	29.8	18.5-44.2
Some College +	42	22	59.7	42.6-74.7	20	40.3	25.3-57.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	82	55	71.1	56.7-82.2	27	28.9	17.8-43.3
$50,000+	27	15	64.2	44.5-80.0	12	35.8	20.0-55.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*