BRFSS 2005 - New Hanover County: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-New Hanover County	81	45	50.9	38.2-63.5	36	49.1	36.5-61.8
GENDER
Male	37	19	50.0	32.4-67.5	18	50.0	32.5-67.6
Female	44	26	52.2	35.4-68.5	18	47.8	31.5-64.6
RACE
White	65	32	44.8	31.6-58.8	33	55.2	41.2-68.4
Other	16	13	73.9	41.7-91.8	3	26.1	8.2-58.3
AGE
18-44	35	19	49.5	31.1-67.9	16	50.5	32.1-68.9
45+	46	26	52.3	35.6-68.6	20	47.7	31.4-64.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	32	18	47.4	28.2-67.4	14	52.6	32.6-71.8
Some College +	49	27	53.3	37.3-68.7	22	46.7	31.3-62.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	35	62.4	46.2-76.2	20	37.6	23.8-53.8
$50,000+	20	6	25.4	10.5-49.6	14	74.6	50.4-89.5

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	3,538	1,910	54.9	52.5-57.2	1,628	45.1	42.8-47.5
-New Hanover County	81	45	50.9	38.2-63.5	36	49.1	36.5-61.8
GENDER
Male	37	19	50.0	32.4-67.5	18	50.0	32.5-67.6
Female	44	26	52.2	35.4-68.5	18	47.8	31.5-64.6
RACE
White	65	32	44.8	31.6-58.8	33	55.2	41.2-68.4
Other	16	13	73.9	41.7-91.8	3	26.1	8.2-58.3
AGE
18-44	35	19	49.5	31.1-67.9	16	50.5	32.1-68.9
45+	46	26	52.3	35.6-68.6	20	47.7	31.4-64.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	32	18	47.4	28.2-67.4	14	52.6	32.6-71.8
Some College +	49	27	53.3	37.3-68.7	22	46.7	31.3-62.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	55	35	62.4	46.2-76.2	20	37.6	23.8-53.8
$50,000+	20	6	25.4	10.5-49.6	14	74.6	50.4-89.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*