BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	113	57	52.6	41.9-63.1	56	47.4	36.9-58.1
GENDER
Male	53	25	52.7	37.8-67.1	28	47.3	32.9-62.2
Female	60	32	52.6	38.4-66.4	28	47.4	33.6-61.6
RACE
White	71	30	37.9	26.4-51.0	41	62.1	49.0-73.6
Other	41	26	70.1	53.1-82.9	15	29.9	17.1-46.9
AGE
18-44	42	23	54.9	37.9-70.9	19	45.1	29.1-62.1
45+	71	34	50.7	37.2-64.1	37	49.3	35.9-62.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	71	38	57.6	44.1-70.0	33	42.4	30.0-55.9
Some College +	42	19	43.3	26.9-61.2	23	56.7	38.8-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	36	58.7	44.3-71.7	31	41.3	28.3-55.7
$50,000+	26	11	38.5	21.4-59.0	15	61.5	41.0-78.6

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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 II	113	57	52.6	41.9-63.1	56	47.4	36.9-58.1
GENDER
Male	53	25	52.7	37.8-67.1	28	47.3	32.9-62.2
Female	60	32	52.6	38.4-66.4	28	47.4	33.6-61.6
RACE
White	71	30	37.9	26.4-51.0	41	62.1	49.0-73.6
Other	41	26	70.1	53.1-82.9	15	29.9	17.1-46.9
AGE
18-44	42	23	54.9	37.9-70.9	19	45.1	29.1-62.1
45+	71	34	50.7	37.2-64.1	37	49.3	35.9-62.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	71	38	57.6	44.1-70.0	33	42.4	30.0-55.9
Some College +	42	19	43.3	26.9-61.2	23	56.7	38.8-73.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	67	36	58.7	44.3-71.7	31	41.3	28.3-55.7
$50,000+	26	11	38.5	21.4-59.0	15	61.5	41.0-78.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Tobacco Use

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