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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Smoking Cessation

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 6 mos. 6 mos. to 1 year Past year Past 5 years Past 10 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,481 266 7.2 6.1- 8.5 149 4.7 3.8- 5.9 641 16.7 15.2-18.3 493 11.3 10.1-12.6 2,932 60.1 58.1-62.0
-Northeastern Partnership 329 11 2.8 1.3- 6.0 7 2.4 1.0- 5.7 46 15.9 11.0-22.4 47 16.4 11.3-23.3 218 62.4 55.1-69.3
GENDER
Male 148 4 2.9 0.9- 9.2 3 2.7 0.8- 8.7 15 13.5 7.0-24.3 21 18.5 10.9-29.8 105 62.4 51.2-72.4
Female 181 7 2.7 1.2- 5.9 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 31 19.2 13.0-27.3 26 13.5 8.9-20.0 113 62.5 54.0-70.3
RACE
White 225 4 1.3 0.4- 4.0 5 3.2 1.2- 8.2 31 16.9 10.7-25.5 32 14.3 9.7-20.6 153 64.4 55.9-72.1
African American 94 6 3.5 1.5- 8.2 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6 13 13.6 6.7-25.6 13 21.7 10.2-40.3 60 60.1 45.0-73.5
Other Minorities 8 1 24.8 3.8-73.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 17.8 3.3-58.3 1 11.4 1.5-52.2 4 45.9 15.2-80.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 1 29.8 4.8-78.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 31.2 8.1-70.2 4 39.0 11.5-75.8
Non-Hispanic 321 10 2.0 1.0- 3.9 7 2.5 1.1- 5.9 46 16.4 11.3-23.1 44 16.0 10.8-23.0 214 63.2 55.7-70.1
AGE
18-24 2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 16 2 14.9 2.7-52.5 2 14.6 3.0-48.5 4 24.5 8.1-54.4 4 26.9 9.7-55.9 4 19.1 6.5-44.6
35-44 31 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.7 0.5-22.0 9 28.4 13.5-50.1 6 18.3 7.6-38.1 15 49.6 30.4-68.9
45-54 70 4 3.6 1.3- 9.8 2 2.2 0.5- 8.4 12 16.5 8.5-29.4 10 25.4 12.1-45.9 42 52.3 36.9-67.3
55-64 72 3 2.3 0.7- 7.4 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 12 12.9 7.0-22.7 7 10.1 4.3-21.8 49 74.2 61.8-83.6
65-74 80 2 2.4 0.5-11.6 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 4 3.5 1.2-10.0 14 13.4 7.2-23.4 59 79.2 68.0-87.2
75+ 57 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.8 1.5-14.5 5 8.1 3.1-19.3 49 87.1 75.1-93.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 65 4 3.9 1.3-10.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 8 8.8 4.0-18.0 9 19.4 6.0-47.8 43 67.5 46.1-83.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 117 2 2.9 0.5-15.3 3 4.3 1.3-13.9 18 12.2 7.3-19.8 17 15.7 9.3-25.3 77 64.9 54.0-74.4
Some Post-H.S. 74 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 2 2.4 0.6- 9.1 13 32.2 18.2-50.3 11 16.2 8.1-29.7 46 48.0 33.9-62.4
College Graduate 73 3 3.5 1.0-11.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.4 7 9.3 3.8-21.0 10 15.2 7.5-28.4 52 70.7 56.9-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 53 3 5.1 1.6-15.6 3 4.8 1.4-15.2 12 22.0 11.9-37.3 9 11.3 5.3-22.5 26 56.7 41.1-71.1
$15,000- 24,999 66 3 1.6 0.5- 5.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.3 11 24.3 10.5-46.8 8 22.2 8.2-47.8 43 49.5 31.5-67.7
$25,000- 34,999 34 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 12.6 4.9-28.4 3 9.7 2.9-28.0 26 77.7 59.5-89.2
$35,000- 49,999 45 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.9 0.3-12.2 7 20.2 9.4-38.4 8 22.4 10.8-40.7 29 55.5 38.7-71.1
$50,000-74,999 40 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.9 0.7-27.3 5 12.1 3.6-33.8 5 13.7 4.8-33.2 29 69.3 48.8-84.2
$75,000+ 39 2 3.7 0.7-17.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 6.0 1.4-22.6 5 15.5 6.2-33.9 30 74.8 56.3-87.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 156 7 3.9 1.8- 8.5 5 3.4 1.3- 8.7 20 10.5 6.4-16.9 18 10.9 6.5-17.7 106 71.2 62.7-78.4
No 172 4 2.1 0.5- 8.6 2 1.8 0.4- 8.0 26 19.6 12.3-29.9 29 20.3 12.6-30.9 111 56.3 46.0-66.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 76 2 1.9 0.4- 9.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 9 15.7 7.2-30.8 8 15.1 7.2-29.0 56 65.4 50.7-77.6
Non-Veteran 252 9 3.1 1.3- 7.4 6 2.6 1.0- 6.7 37 16.0 10.5-23.7 39 16.9 10.9-25.3 161 61.3 52.7-69.2

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* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).

^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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