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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 86 14 13.4 7.4-23.0 14 19.8 11.1-32.9 7 8.8 3.9-18.5 39 40.2 28.9-52.8 12 17.8 9.5-30.7
GENDER
Male 37 7 14.3 6.3-29.3 7 26.4 12.7-47.0 4 11.5 4.2-27.9 13 27.2 15.1-44.0 6 20.6 9.0-40.3
Female 49 7 12.4 5.3-26.4 7 11.9 5.3-24.6 3 5.5 1.5-17.9 26 55.8 38.9-71.5 6 14.4 5.4-33.2
RACE
White 70 14 16.1 8.9-27.4 12 19.7 10.3-34.3 5 6.4 2.4-15.9 28 37.0 24.9-51.0 11 20.7 11.0-35.6
Other 16 0 0.0 . - . 2 20.5 4.7-57.4 2 20.0 5.0-54.6 11 56.1 27.9-80.8 1 3.4 0.5-21.5
AGE
18-44 38 8 17.5 8.0-33.9 8 20.7 9.2-40.3 4 8.9 3.1-22.9 14 37.8 22.0-56.7 4 15.1 5.3-36.0
45+ 48 6 8.8 3.8-19.1 6 18.8 7.9-38.4 3 8.6 2.4-26.3 25 43.0 28.1-59.2 8 20.8 9.6-39.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 31 3 6.6 2.0-19.3 7 27.2 11.6-51.5 2 5.6 1.2-21.7 15 37.4 21.1-57.1 4 23.3 8.6-49.5
Some College + 55 11 17.4 8.9-31.3 7 15.5 6.9-31.2 5 10.6 4.1-24.8 24 42.0 27.6-57.8 8 14.5 6.7-28.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 59 10 13.3 6.5-25.3 10 21.3 10.5-38.6 6 10.3 4.3-22.5 27 44.6 30.2-60.0 6 10.5 4.2-24.1
$50,000+ 21 3 13.5 4.0-36.6 4 20.6 7.1-46.9 1 7.3 1.0-37.4 8 23.7 10.1-46.2 5 34.9 15.1-61.8

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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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