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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 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
GENDER
Male 35 10 30.2 16.2-49.3 3 7.9 2.2-24.3 2 7.8 1.8-28.1 10 24.1 12.0-42.4 10 30.0 15.5-49.9
Female 44 14 27.3 15.8-42.9 5 8.7 3.4-20.5 4 7.3 2.4-20.0 9 20.8 10.6-36.8 12 35.9 21.1-53.9
RACE
White 52 17 33.7 20.7-49.9 6 7.9 3.4-17.6 3 4.4 1.2-14.3 11 21.8 11.9-36.5 15 32.2 19.0-49.0
Other 27 7 21.6 9.3-42.5 2 8.7 1.8-32.5 3 12.6 3.3-37.9 8 24.1 10.3-46.8 7 33.0 15.8-56.3
AGE
18-44 30 10 25.8 12.8-45.0 1 2.1 0.3-14.0 1 6.4 0.9-33.6 7 21.8 10.3-40.6 11 43.8 25.6-63.9
45+ 49 14 32.0 18.6-49.3 7 13.9 5.9-29.6 5 8.7 3.3-21.3 12 23.5 12.2-40.5 11 21.8 11.2-38.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 49 14 26.9 15.0-43.4 5 9.2 3.3-23.1 3 4.1 1.2-13.4 14 25.7 14.3-41.9 13 34.1 19.9-51.8
Some College + 30 10 32.9 17.4-53.3 3 6.4 1.9-19.2 3 14.1 3.8-40.7 5 17.1 6.9-36.6 9 29.5 14.8-50.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 43 13 25.8 13.7-43.2 4 5.2 1.8-14.2 2 3.5 0.7-15.3 13 30.7 16.9-49.0 11 34.9 19.2-54.7
$50,000+ 23 8 39.3 20.3-62.3 4 16.6 5.6-39.9 2 13.7 3.3-42.8 3 10.7 3.2-30.2 6 19.6 8.2-40.1

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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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