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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 3,002 354 11.9 10.4-13.5 226 7.7 6.5- 9.0 76 2.2 1.7- 2.9 244 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,102 71.1 68.9-73.2
-New Hanover County 75 13 15.3 8.5-25.8 4 5.1 1.6-15.4 2 2.1 0.5- 8.9 10 9.3 4.7-17.5 46 68.2 55.8-78.5
GENDER
Male 31 5 12.2 4.7-28.0 1 5.1 0.7-28.2 1 2.7 0.4-17.3 5 9.8 3.8-23.4 19 70.2 51.5-83.9
Female 44 8 18.9 9.1-35.1 3 5.2 1.5-16.1 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 5 8.7 3.4-20.5 27 66.0 49.4-79.4
RACE
White 60 12 17.3 9.4-29.7 3 5.8 1.6-19.0 2 2.6 0.6-11.1 7 7.6 3.5-15.8 36 66.7 52.6-78.4
Other 15 1 7.4 1.0-38.5 1 2.6 0.3-17.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 15.9 4.3-44.0 10 74.1 45.9-90.6
AGE
18-44 33 5 14.9 6.0-32.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.3 0.2- 8.8 26 82.5 65.3-92.2
45+ 42 8 15.6 7.4-30.0 3 9.3 2.5-28.9 2 4.3 0.9-17.6 9 18.0 8.9-33.0 20 52.9 35.6-69.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 5 16.4 6.6-35.4 1 1.5 0.2-10.2 0 0.0 . - . 5 15.9 6.2-35.2 16 66.2 45.3-82.3
Some College + 48 8 14.6 6.8-28.8 3 7.1 2.0-22.9 2 3.2 0.7-13.6 5 5.6 2.2-13.6 30 69.4 53.5-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 54 7 10.1 4.5-21.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9 1 2.2 0.3-13.9 9 12.8 6.3-24.2 35 73.2 59.3-83.6
$50,000+ 16 4 25.1 8.9-53.7 2 16.0 3.7-48.8 1 2.4 0.3-16.1 1 2.1 0.3-14.4 8 54.3 27.8-78.5

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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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