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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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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 3,004 507 17.1 15.3-19.0 262 7.9 6.8- 9.1 112 3.0 2.4- 3.8 268 8.0 6.8- 9.3 1,855 64.1 61.7-66.4
-Western NC 366 60 15.8 11.8-20.9 30 6.1 4.0- 9.1 13 2.9 1.6- 5.2 34 9.9 6.5-14.6 229 65.4 58.9-71.3
GENDER
Male 134 23 15.7 9.8-24.2 14 7.0 3.8-12.4 5 2.8 1.1- 6.8 7 7.3 3.1-15.9 85 67.3 57.0-76.1
Female 232 37 16.0 11.0-22.6 16 5.1 2.9- 8.9 8 3.0 1.4- 6.4 27 12.4 8.0-18.8 144 63.5 55.5-70.9
RACE
White 325 55 16.9 12.5-22.5 25 6.0 3.8- 9.3 12 3.2 1.7- 5.8 28 8.7 5.6-13.5 205 65.1 58.5-71.2
African American 19 1 1.2 0.1- 9.4 3 8.1 2.0-27.8 1 2.3 0.3-17.0 2 11.0 1.7-46.9 12 77.4 44.7-93.5
Other Minorities 22 4 13.9 4.0-38.7 2 5.0 0.7-27.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 22.0 6.3-54.0 12 59.1 29.1-83.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 6 1 5.0 0.5-34.5 1 4.4 0.5-31.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.4-26.2 3 87.1 54.1-97.5
Non-Hispanic 360 59 16.2 12.0-21.4 29 6.1 4.0- 9.2 13 3.0 1.7- 5.4 33 10.1 6.7-15.0 226 64.6 58.1-70.6
AGE
18-24 23 2 4.8 1.1-18.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 21 95.2 81.7-98.9
25-34 71 8 16.2 8.1-29.9 7 6.3 2.8-13.8 0 0.0 . - . 10 17.3 8.5-31.9 46 60.2 45.9-73.0
35-44 71 11 17.5 9.1-31.0 6 8.3 3.4-19.1 2 3.3 0.8-12.2 6 7.6 3.0-18.0 46 63.4 49.3-75.5
45-54 88 14 12.5 6.9-21.7 4 2.5 0.8- 7.7 5 6.6 2.6-15.4 8 13.6 6.5-26.3 57 64.7 52.2-75.5
55-64 56 13 30.5 17.2-47.9 5 7.3 2.9-17.2 2 4.5 1.1-16.6 2 4.8 0.9-21.5 34 52.9 37.3-68.0
65-74 38 8 24.1 11.1-44.7 6 18.8 7.7-39.2 4 7.3 2.4-19.9 7 11.6 5.0-24.7 13 38.2 21.8-57.8
75+ 19 4 13.2 4.0-35.8 2 9.8 2.3-33.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.4 0.7-30.1 12 71.7 47.3-87.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 78 11 12.4 6.1-23.6 7 4.9 2.1-10.8 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 7 10.0 4.3-21.3 51 71.8 58.3-82.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 128 23 19.1 12.0-29.0 9 5.6 2.6-11.4 6 4.8 2.1-10.5 11 9.3 4.3-19.1 79 61.2 50.0-71.4
Some Post-H.S. 102 16 13.2 7.3-22.7 8 5.2 2.2-11.6 4 3.1 1.0- 8.9 11 9.0 4.4-17.4 63 69.5 57.9-79.1
College Graduate 58 10 17.8 8.2-34.2 6 10.1 4.0-23.1 1 1.7 0.2-10.9 5 12.2 4.3-30.0 36 58.2 41.6-73.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 73 7 7.8 3.4-17.0 6 6.9 2.9-15.7 2 1.4 0.3- 5.8 7 6.5 2.5-15.9 51 77.4 64.5-86.6
$15,000- 24,999 92 20 18.6 11.1-29.4 4 2.4 0.7- 7.5 4 3.5 1.2- 9.3 8 10.0 4.6-20.2 56 65.6 53.2-76.2
$25,000- 34,999 63 9 11.8 5.4-23.7 5 9.8 3.8-23.0 1 1.8 0.3-12.0 9 17.2 7.9-33.7 39 59.4 43.1-73.9
$35,000- 49,999 57 14 27.6 15.2-44.7 6 6.0 2.3-14.5 3 4.2 1.2-14.1 5 9.2 2.6-27.6 29 53.0 36.9-68.4
$50,000-74,999 30 5 19.0 7.0-42.3 3 7.0 2.2-20.5 2 5.8 1.3-22.3 1 2.0 0.3-13.1 19 66.2 45.1-82.3
$75,000+ 18 2 14.6 3.2-47.2 3 19.7 6.2-47.8 1 6.8 0.9-35.7 1 7.4 1.0-37.9 11 51.5 27.4-75.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 168 29 14.9 9.7-22.1 16 8.3 4.6-14.4 6 3.1 1.3- 7.3 22 16.2 9.7-25.8 95 57.6 47.5-67.0
No 195 30 16.3 10.8-24.0 14 4.5 2.5- 8.1 7 2.8 1.3- 6.2 12 5.4 2.8-10.2 132 70.9 62.5-78.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 43 9 19.4 8.2-39.3 7 15.0 6.3-31.6 3 7.9 2.4-22.8 2 5.9 1.3-22.2 22 51.9 33.8-69.4
Non-Veteran 323 51 15.4 11.2-20.8 23 5.0 3.1- 7.9 10 2.3 1.2- 4.5 32 10.3 6.7-15.6 207 67.0 60.2-73.2

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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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