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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 60 16 25.8 14.1-42.4 8 9.9 4.6-20.1 8 9.2 4.1-19.3 12 16.6 8.5-30.0 16 38.5 21.6-58.7
GENDER
Male 32 8 25.6 11.2-48.4 2 4.3 0.9-17.9 3 6.9 2.1-20.9 6 14.1 5.3-32.6 13 49.1 26.6-72.0
Female 28 8 26.4 12.1-48.2 6 22.1 9.8-42.6 5 14.2 5.3-32.8 6 22.0 9.6-42.7 3 15.4 4.1-43.5
RACE
White 50 13 26.4 15.1-42.0 7 11.6 5.3-23.3 7 12.0 5.3-25.0 11 22.2 11.7-38.2 12 27.8 15.9-43.9
Other 10 3 24.6 5.1-66.5 1 6.4 0.8-37.4 1 3.4 0.4-23.6 1 5.0 0.6-31.5 4 60.5 22.6-89.0
AGE
18-44 29 6 24.4 9.8-49.1 7 14.2 5.8-30.6 3 5.9 1.6-19.5 3 9.6 2.5-30.2 10 45.9 22.4-71.4
45+ 30 9 24.8 12.0-44.3 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 5 15.8 6.1-35.2 9 30.4 15.7-50.5 6 26.7 11.8-49.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 24 7 28.0 10.0-57.9 1 1.9 0.2-13.5 2 3.7 0.8-15.6 5 10.9 3.8-27.5 9 55.5 27.0-80.8
Some College + 35 8 21.3 10.0-39.7 7 17.6 8.0-34.2 6 14.7 6.1-31.2 7 22.5 10.1-42.7 7 23.9 11.0-44.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 29 8 23.5 8.6-49.9 4 8.5 2.8-23.1 2 2.0 0.5- 8.5 7 18.9 7.3-40.9 8 47.0 21.7-74.0
$50,000+ 22 5 27.3 11.5-52.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.8 6 25.6 11.3-48.2 4 16.8 6.1-38.5 6 28.4 12.9-51.5

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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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