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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,991 638 23.5 21.4-25.7 490 15.9 14.2-17.7 259 7.6 6.5- 8.9 775 22.5 20.6-24.5 829 30.5 28.1-33.1
-New Hanover County 73 15 17.7 10.2-29.0 11 21.8 11.7-37.0 6 8.6 3.5-19.6 24 27.6 17.7-40.5 17 24.3 14.7-37.4
GENDER
Male 30 7 19.2 8.7-37.2 7 33.6 16.7-56.1 2 8.2 1.9-28.8 8 19.8 9.1-38.0 6 19.2 7.9-39.7
Female 43 8 16.0 7.3-31.4 4 8.3 3.0-21.3 4 9.0 3.1-23.7 16 36.6 21.7-54.6 11 30.1 16.6-48.2
RACE
White 58 15 22.5 13.0-36.1 7 18.8 8.4-36.7 5 7.3 2.8-17.7 17 27.3 16.2-42.3 14 24.1 13.6-39.1
Other 15 0 0.0 . - . 4 33.0 11.7-64.7 1 13.3 1.9-54.5 7 28.9 11.6-55.6 3 24.8 7.8-56.3
AGE
18-44 32 9 24.6 12.1-43.5 8 32.6 16.3-54.6 2 3.4 0.8-13.2 7 21.8 9.7-42.2 6 17.6 7.3-36.6
45+ 41 6 10.5 4.5-22.8 3 10.5 2.7-33.1 4 14.0 4.9-34.0 17 33.7 19.8-51.2 11 31.3 16.9-50.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 27 4 11.4 4.1-27.8 5 33.2 14.2-60.0 2 7.8 1.8-27.6 10 29.0 14.6-49.5 6 18.6 7.7-38.6
Some College + 46 11 21.4 11.1-37.3 6 15.1 6.4-31.6 4 9.1 2.9-25.1 14 26.8 14.6-44.1 11 27.6 14.9-45.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 52 10 14.8 7.3-27.7 8 25.6 12.5-45.2 4 7.6 2.7-19.7 18 31.5 19.0-47.4 12 20.5 11.1-34.8
$50,000+ 16 4 25.8 9.2-54.3 3 18.0 5.4-45.9 2 13.6 2.7-47.7 4 17.9 4.9-47.9 3 24.7 7.4-57.4

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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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