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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Western North Carolina**

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
-Western NC 464 88 19.9 15.3-25.4 71 14.8 10.8-20.0 38 6.9 4.4-10.7 175 34.7 29.4-40.4 92 23.8 18.9-29.4
GENDER
Male 192 36 20.1 13.8-28.3 30 15.3 9.5-23.8 16 6.9 3.3-13.8 56 26.8 19.9-35.1 54 30.9 23.3-39.7
Female 272 52 19.6 13.7-27.3 41 14.2 9.7-20.4 22 6.9 4.2-11.0 119 44.2 36.8-51.9 38 15.1 10.4-21.3
RACE
White 411 70 18.4 14.1-23.7 63 14.2 10.6-18.7 36 7.6 4.7-11.9 160 36.3 30.7-42.2 82 23.6 18.6-29.4
African American 23 6 15.5 4.7-40.4 5 40.5 11.6-77.9 2 5.9 1.2-23.9 7 18.0 5.8-43.9 3 20.0 5.5-52.0
Other Minorities 30 12 38.6 16.2-67.2 3 4.3 0.8-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 8 28.9 12.0-54.8 7 28.2 11.3-54.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 12 3 32.4 7.6-73.8 1 2.2 0.3-15.8 1 1.7 0.2-12.6 1 14.0 1.9-57.4 6 49.6 18.4-81.1
Non-Hispanic 452 85 19.2 14.9-24.5 70 15.4 11.3-20.8 37 7.1 4.5-11.1 174 35.8 30.3-41.6 86 22.4 17.7-28.0
AGE
18-24 32 8 26.4 11.3-50.3 5 20.3 6.6-48.0 2 9.1 1.7-36.8 8 20.8 9.2-40.5 9 23.3 10.8-43.3
25-34 88 18 20.7 12.4-32.5 14 13.4 7.4-23.2 5 3.7 1.2-11.2 34 37.6 26.5-50.2 17 24.5 14.8-37.8
35-44 100 18 16.3 9.3-27.1 15 10.8 5.8-19.1 7 5.9 2.7-12.6 34 35.5 25.1-47.5 26 31.5 21.1-44.1
45-54 110 26 21.3 13.8-31.3 13 10.3 5.6-18.1 9 8.2 4.1-15.6 40 39.1 28.8-50.4 22 21.3 13.8-31.4
55-64 68 9 18.1 8.7-34.0 11 21.0 11.3-35.6 7 7.6 3.1-17.4 29 31.1 20.4-44.3 12 22.2 11.2-39.0
65-74 44 7 14.1 5.3-32.8 6 16.2 6.6-34.4 5 10.9 3.4-29.7 22 48.0 31.5-65.0 4 10.8 3.6-27.9
75+ 22 2 13.9 3.4-42.6 7 34.8 16.5-58.9 3 9.6 2.7-28.7 8 33.7 15.8-58.1 2 8.0 1.8-29.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 97 17 18.0 9.8-30.8 16 19.1 9.0-36.0 9 3.8 1.7- 8.5 38 37.9 26.3-51.1 17 21.2 12.0-34.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 175 32 18.5 11.6-28.1 22 10.4 6.5-16.3 8 3.4 1.4- 8.0 66 35.6 27.0-45.1 47 32.2 23.7-42.0
Some Post-H.S. 121 22 23.4 14.4-35.8 20 14.3 8.3-23.7 16 16.6 8.3-30.3 45 30.9 21.8-41.8 18 14.7 8.3-24.8
College Graduate 71 17 21.0 11.7-35.0 13 20.1 10.4-35.2 5 5.8 2.3-14.0 26 33.3 21.4-47.8 10 19.8 10.6-33.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 83 13 19.8 9.2-37.6 9 9.9 4.9-19.0 11 15.6 5.2-38.4 43 41.9 28.3-56.9 7 12.7 4.9-29.2
$15,000- 24,999 126 27 17.9 11.1-27.7 18 11.8 6.4-20.8 3 1.1 0.3- 4.1 44 36.2 26.3-47.4 34 33.0 23.1-44.6
$25,000- 34,999 76 12 22.8 11.1-41.3 14 15.0 8.1-26.3 7 8.5 3.6-19.0 31 35.8 23.5-50.2 12 17.9 9.1-32.1
$35,000- 49,999 71 16 22.5 12.6-36.9 14 16.6 9.0-28.8 8 7.8 3.4-17.0 18 28.6 17.1-43.7 15 24.5 14.0-39.2
$50,000-74,999 37 7 30.5 14.6-52.8 5 18.0 7.4-37.7 5 14.5 5.9-31.5 15 26.3 14.8-42.3 5 10.7 3.8-26.9
$75,000+ 28 5 11.9 3.6-32.5 5 17.7 6.9-38.4 3 12.2 3.8-33.1 6 18.5 7.6-38.6 9 39.7 20.1-63.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 185 21 9.6 5.6-16.1 26 13.9 8.5-21.9 15 8.8 3.7-19.2 108 60.2 50.4-69.2 15 7.5 4.3-12.9
No 275 65 24.9 18.6-32.6 45 15.5 10.3-22.6 22 5.7 3.6- 9.0 67 21.5 16.2-28.0 76 32.4 25.5-40.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 53 6 11.1 3.8-28.6 13 25.3 13.6-42.0 12 18.6 9.7-32.9 14 23.1 12.2-39.4 8 21.9 10.6-39.9
Non-Veteran 411 82 20.9 16.0-26.9 58 13.5 9.4-19.1 26 5.5 3.0- 9.6 161 36.1 30.4-42.3 84 24.0 18.9-30.0

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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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