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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 3,002 354 11.9 10.4-13.5 226 7.7 6.5- 9.0 76 2.2 1.7- 2.9 244 7.2 6.1- 8.4 2,102 71.1 68.9-73.2
-Western NC 373 42 10.1 6.9-14.4 29 7.1 4.5-11.1 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3 34 8.0 5.4-11.8 263 73.5 67.6-78.7
GENDER
Male 138 17 10.9 6.1-18.6 8 5.9 2.5-13.0 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1 11 6.3 3.3-11.7 100 75.8 66.4-83.2
Female 235 25 9.3 5.8-14.6 21 8.3 4.9-13.6 3 1.3 0.4- 4.6 23 9.8 6.0-15.5 163 71.3 63.7-77.9
RACE
White 331 38 10.9 7.4-15.7 23 7.1 4.3-11.5 5 1.4 0.5- 3.7 31 8.0 5.3-11.9 234 72.6 66.4-78.1
African American 21 1 1.8 0.2-13.3 4 8.6 2.4-26.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 9.2 1.2-46.7 15 80.4 49.2-94.6
Other Minorities 21 3 6.5 1.7-21.9 2 5.7 0.8-30.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 7.8 1.7-29.5 14 79.9 54.5-93.0
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 367 41 10.3 7.0-14.7 28 7.2 4.5-11.3 5 1.3 0.5- 3.4 33 8.2 5.5-12.0 260 73.1 67.1-78.3
AGE
18-24 23 1 1.7 0.2-11.7 1 4.4 0.6-26.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 21 93.9 75.3-98.7
25-34 70 8 14.9 7.3-28.0 9 11.0 4.6-24.0 2 3.0 0.7-11.4 5 5.5 2.2-12.9 46 65.6 51.6-77.4
35-44 73 6 9.6 3.5-23.3 4 7.5 2.8-19.0 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 6 7.3 2.6-18.8 56 74.0 59.7-84.5
45-54 89 12 11.1 5.7-20.4 7 6.0 2.7-13.1 0 0.0 . - . 9 13.4 6.6-25.3 61 69.6 57.4-79.5
55-64 58 8 13.0 5.5-27.5 3 2.5 0.8- 7.7 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 6 15.0 6.4-31.1 40 67.9 51.9-80.5
65-74 40 5 8.6 3.2-21.1 3 7.6 2.3-22.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0 6 9.7 3.9-22.1 25 73.2 56.9-85.0
75+ 20 2 7.0 1.4-28.6 2 9.2 2.2-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 2 11.1 2.7-35.7 14 72.7 48.6-88.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 79 7 8.4 3.4-19.2 9 6.2 3.0-12.5 1 1.2 0.2- 8.3 4 4.0 1.2-12.7 58 80.2 68.3-88.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 130 17 13.0 7.4-21.9 8 6.7 2.7-15.9 2 2.1 0.5- 8.0 14 11.4 6.3-19.7 89 66.8 55.7-76.3
Some Post-H.S. 104 10 7.6 3.7-14.9 7 7.0 2.7-17.0 2 1.0 0.2- 4.4 11 7.8 3.8-15.2 74 76.7 65.7-84.9
College Graduate 60 8 10.0 3.5-25.4 5 9.3 3.5-22.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 7.2 2.8-17.1 42 73.5 57.9-84.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 74 7 6.8 2.8-15.5 9 9.1 4.3-17.9 0 0.0 . - . 7 5.5 2.3-12.9 51 78.6 66.5-87.2
$15,000- 24,999 94 8 6.5 2.9-14.0 6 4.0 1.5-10.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 8 11.1 5.2-21.9 71 77.7 66.3-86.1
$25,000- 34,999 64 5 6.6 2.4-17.1 5 13.9 5.2-32.2 1 2.2 0.3-14.3 9 11.6 5.5-22.6 44 65.7 49.3-79.1
$35,000- 49,999 57 12 22.1 11.1-39.2 3 3.4 0.9-12.4 2 2.5 0.5-12.4 4 4.9 1.5-15.1 36 67.1 50.7-80.2
$50,000-74,999 32 3 7.3 1.9-24.3 2 4.9 1.2-18.1 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 1.0-16.0 25 83.5 66.7-92.8
$75,000+ 18 3 18.8 5.3-48.6 2 15.5 3.9-45.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.4 1.0-37.9 12 58.3 32.4-80.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 170 18 9.1 5.2-15.4 20 11.1 6.2-19.0 2 1.5 0.4- 5.8 20 10.1 6.0-16.4 110 68.3 58.9-76.4
No 200 23 10.5 6.3-17.1 9 4.3 2.0- 9.0 3 1.1 0.3- 4.2 14 6.7 3.7-12.0 151 77.3 69.4-83.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 46 8 13.8 4.9-33.2 3 5.5 1.6-17.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.6 4 10.7 3.9-26.3 30 68.4 50.1-82.3
Non-Veteran 327 34 9.6 6.4-14.1 26 7.3 4.4-11.7 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 30 7.7 5.0-11.6 233 74.2 67.9-79.6

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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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