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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Once Twice Three times 4 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,771 687 19.2 17.4-21.0 582 15.0 13.5-16.6 380 8.5 7.5- 9.7 1,323 31.5 29.4-33.6 799 25.8 23.8-28.0
-Northeastern Partnership 279 50 20.1 14.6-27.0 36 17.3 11.0-26.2 25 8.5 4.9-14.4 96 23.5 18.3-29.5 72 30.6 23.3-39.0
GENDER
Male 129 27 22.0 14.5-31.9 19 20.1 11.2-33.3 11 8.3 3.6-17.7 33 14.0 9.2-20.8 39 35.6 25.2-47.6
Female 150 23 16.8 10.3-26.2 17 12.4 7.1-20.8 14 9.0 4.9-15.7 63 40.1 31.3-49.7 33 21.7 15.1-30.1
RACE
White 181 34 20.3 13.7-29.2 23 18.3 10.3-30.4 17 9.0 4.5-17.2 57 20.6 15.0-27.8 50 31.7 22.7-42.2
African American 82 11 18.8 9.9-32.9 11 12.9 6.3-24.5 6 4.9 2.0-12.0 36 35.5 24.1-48.9 18 27.9 15.8-44.3
Other Minorities 15 4 20.8 6.4-49.9 2 21.9 5.3-58.6 2 14.7 3.3-46.5 3 13.0 3.5-38.3 4 29.6 10.0-61.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 7 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.5 1.1-45.0 2 38.7 8.6-80.9 1 9.8 1.2-48.9 3 43.0 12.5-79.9
Non-Hispanic 272 50 21.4 15.6-28.6 35 17.9 11.3-27.1 23 6.7 4.1-10.6 95 24.3 19.0-30.5 69 29.8 22.5-38.4
AGE
18-24 14 5 27.1 10.2-54.9 2 18.7 3.8-57.4 2 14.4 3.0-48.1 1 3.7 0.5-23.3 4 36.0 13.0-67.8
25-34 46 12 20.9 10.9-36.2 5 19.7 6.4-46.8 5 9.6 3.6-23.2 13 20.2 10.8-34.7 11 29.6 16.0-48.1
35-44 58 13 24.2 13.1-40.4 7 20.2 9.3-38.6 5 6.4 2.5-15.2 19 27.6 16.7-41.9 14 21.6 12.3-35.2
45-54 76 10 16.1 8.3-28.8 10 14.6 7.4-26.7 8 7.4 3.4-15.3 20 22.0 13.7-33.2 28 40.0 27.8-53.6
55-64 52 8 18.1 8.2-35.2 8 12.9 6.1-25.1 2 2.1 0.5- 8.5 26 45.2 29.9-61.4 8 21.8 10.8-39.1
65-74 25 2 8.4 1.8-30.8 3 15.5 4.5-41.3 3 14.8 4.6-38.7 12 37.3 20.1-58.4 5 24.1 9.6-48.5
75+ 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 62.4 21.2-91.1 2 37.6 8.9-78.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 64 10 20.5 9.9-37.8 5 10.2 3.9-23.9 5 5.4 2.1-13.1 28 29.2 18.4-42.9 16 34.8 20.6-52.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 111 25 24.8 15.7-36.9 18 23.8 12.6-40.3 7 3.6 1.5- 8.0 30 17.3 10.9-26.3 31 30.5 19.2-44.9
Some Post-H.S. 67 9 12.1 5.9-23.1 7 13.3 5.4-28.9 9 19.3 8.3-38.6 27 28.9 18.5-42.2 15 26.5 15.1-42.2
College Graduate 37 6 18.2 6.9-40.1 6 11.6 4.9-24.9 4 10.3 3.5-26.4 11 26.9 13.9-45.5 10 33.0 16.7-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 52 5 11.6 4.5-26.7 3 3.0 0.9- 9.7 4 5.7 1.8-16.7 27 37.9 23.5-54.8 13 41.9 24.5-61.6
$15,000- 24,999 61 13 27.0 14.6-44.6 6 8.1 3.2-18.7 4 4.4 1.5-12.0 19 23.2 13.3-37.2 19 37.3 21.0-57.2
$25,000- 34,999 36 6 13.9 5.1-32.6 4 35.7 13.7-66.0 2 5.2 1.2-20.6 12 21.3 9.8-40.2 12 23.9 11.2-44.0
$35,000- 49,999 28 7 33.4 15.5-57.8 4 17.3 5.9-41.1 2 4.2 1.0-15.9 9 27.6 13.6-47.9 6 17.6 7.5-35.8
$50,000-74,999 36 6 13.1 5.2-29.3 10 29.9 15.1-50.6 1 2.7 0.4-17.0 10 21.3 10.6-38.1 9 33.1 17.5-53.6
$75,000+ 29 8 28.8 14.3-49.4 5 16.2 6.4-35.2 6 24.1 10.5-46.0 7 19.8 8.8-38.8 3 11.2 3.4-31.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 116 14 14.7 7.6-26.4 10 21.5 9.0-43.0 11 8.9 4.3-17.4 67 44.4 31.9-57.7 14 10.6 5.8-18.6
No 159 36 23.7 16.5-32.9 25 13.6 8.7-20.6 14 8.6 4.0-17.5 26 11.6 7.5-17.7 58 42.5 32.5-53.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 42 9 22.0 10.4-40.7 6 28.2 11.0-55.4 6 12.8 5.2-28.4 11 13.2 6.5-24.8 10 23.8 11.9-41.9
Non-Veteran 235 41 20.0 14.0-27.7 30 15.1 9.1-23.9 19 7.6 3.8-14.6 84 25.8 19.9-32.9 61 31.5 23.3-41.0

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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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