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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Robeson County

Smoking Cessation

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 6 mos. 6 mos. to 1 year Past year Past 5 years Past 10 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,481 266 7.2 6.1- 8.5 149 4.7 3.8- 5.9 641 16.7 15.2-18.3 493 11.3 10.1-12.6 2,932 60.1 58.1-62.0
-Robeson County 101 6 5.4 2.2-12.5 2 1.1 0.2- 4.5 11 9.7 5.0-17.9 11 9.7 5.0-17.9 71 74.2 63.5-82.5
GENDER
Male 39 1 1.6 0.2-10.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 4 7.5 2.7-19.2 2 5.6 1.4-20.2 31 84.1 69.5-92.5
Female 62 5 10.2 3.9-24.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 7 12.4 5.3-26.3 9 14.9 7.6-27.4 40 61.6 47.3-74.2
RACE
White 49 3 7.7 2.3-23.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 4 5.0 1.7-13.9 6 14.5 6.2-30.3 35 71.9 55.7-83.9
Other 51 3 4.1 1.2-13.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.4 7 13.4 6.1-27.0 5 7.0 2.6-17.6 35 74.3 59.2-85.1
AGE
18-44 15 4 22.6 7.8-50.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.8 0.6-28.0 4 21.4 7.2-49.0 6 51.2 25.8-75.9
45+ 86 2 1.5 0.3- 6.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.5 10 10.8 5.4-20.5 7 7.1 3.1-15.3 65 79.3 68.3-87.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 66 3 3.0 0.9- 9.5 2 1.6 0.4- 6.8 11 14.6 7.5-26.4 6 7.5 3.0-17.6 44 73.4 59.9-83.6
Some College + 35 3 10.2 3.0-29.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 14.1 5.6-31.6 27 75.7 56.5-88.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 4 5.5 1.9-15.0 2 1.4 0.3- 6.0 10 12.4 6.2-23.0 6 5.4 2.1-12.9 51 75.4 63.0-84.6
$50,000+ 12 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 19.1 4.2-55.8 10 80.9 44.2-95.8

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* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).

^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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