BRFSS 2005 - Union 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
-Union County	70	40	61.0	47.5-72.9	30	39.0	27.1-52.5
GENDER
Male	37	19	58.8	41.1-74.5	18	41.2	25.5-58.9
Female	33	21	64.9	45.0-80.7	12	35.1	19.3-55.0
RACE
White	61	37	63.3	49.0-75.7	24	36.7	24.3-51.0
Other	9	3	48.0	16.3-81.4	6	52.0	18.6-83.7
AGE
18-44	42	26	67.9	51.4-81.0	16	32.1	19.0-48.6
45+	27	13	38.3	21.3-58.8	14	61.7	41.2-78.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	35	18	53.7	34.5-71.9	17	46.3	28.1-65.5
Some College +	35	22	68.0	49.5-82.2	13	32.0	17.8-50.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	34	16	47.8	28.3-68.0	18	52.2	32.0-71.7
$50,000+	27	18	75.4	57.2-87.5	9	24.6	12.5-42.8

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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
-Union County	70	40	61.0	47.5-72.9	30	39.0	27.1-52.5
GENDER
Male	37	19	58.8	41.1-74.5	18	41.2	25.5-58.9
Female	33	21	64.9	45.0-80.7	12	35.1	19.3-55.0
RACE
White	61	37	63.3	49.0-75.7	24	36.7	24.3-51.0
Other	9	3	48.0	16.3-81.4	6	52.0	18.6-83.7
AGE
18-44	42	26	67.9	51.4-81.0	16	32.1	19.0-48.6
45+	27	13	38.3	21.3-58.8	14	61.7	41.2-78.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	35	18	53.7	34.5-71.9	17	46.3	28.1-65.5
Some College +	35	22	68.0	49.5-82.2	13	32.0	17.8-50.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	34	16	47.8	28.3-68.0	18	52.2	32.0-71.7
$50,000+	27	18	75.4	57.2-87.5	9	24.6	12.5-42.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Union County

Tobacco Use

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