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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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 3,288 666 21.4 19.4-23.5 519 15.4 13.8-17.2 304 8.2 7.1- 9.5 1,129 29.2 27.1-31.3 670 25.9 23.5-28.4
-Eastern NC 1,159 225 20.0 16.9-23.5 177 14.7 12.2-17.6 116 10.6 8.3-13.4 418 30.3 26.9-33.8 223 24.5 20.9-28.5
GENDER
Male 472 103 23.6 18.7-29.4 66 13.6 10.0-18.2 35 8.0 5.3-11.9 142 23.6 19.3-28.4 126 31.2 25.6-37.3
Female 687 122 15.6 12.6-19.2 111 16.0 12.8-19.8 81 13.6 10.1-18.0 276 38.2 33.4-43.2 97 16.6 12.9-21.2
RACE
White 814 155 19.5 15.9-23.7 132 15.7 12.6-19.4 83 11.4 8.5-14.9 293 31.0 26.9-35.4 151 22.5 18.4-27.1
African American 227 43 21.2 14.4-30.0 30 12.9 8.2-19.7 20 7.4 3.8-14.2 88 33.4 26.2-41.6 46 25.1 18.4-33.3
Other Minorities 115 26 21.1 12.6-33.0 14 10.7 5.7-19.3 13 11.2 5.7-20.8 37 21.3 13.9-31.3 25 35.6 22.9-50.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 47 13 27.2 14.4-45.5 3 5.9 1.8-17.4 4 5.7 1.7-17.7 11 16.3 7.9-30.8 16 44.9 26.7-64.5
Non-Hispanic 1,111 212 19.4 16.3-23.0 173 15.2 12.6-18.3 112 11.0 8.6-13.9 407 31.4 27.9-35.1 207 23.0 19.5-26.8
AGE
18-24 69 9 14.4 6.4-29.1 10 11.3 5.2-22.7 9 10.8 5.2-21.3 24 29.2 18.7-42.5 17 34.3 21.8-49.5
25-34 168 39 23.1 16.3-31.8 27 19.3 12.7-28.1 12 10.9 5.6-20.3 55 23.5 17.4-31.0 35 23.1 16.4-31.6
35-44 236 41 19.8 13.8-27.7 35 14.6 10.1-20.7 26 11.0 6.6-17.8 69 25.8 19.8-32.8 65 28.8 22.1-36.5
45-54 308 62 21.9 16.5-28.4 46 13.9 9.9-19.3 33 10.8 7.3-15.7 104 30.3 24.4-36.9 63 23.1 17.5-29.9
55-64 211 41 18.4 13.1-25.2 32 13.6 9.2-19.6 22 10.5 6.4-16.7 87 41.3 33.8-49.4 29 16.2 11.1-23.1
65-74 122 21 20.3 12.6-31.0 22 16.2 10.2-24.8 9 6.5 3.0-13.7 61 49.0 38.6-59.5 9 8.0 3.4-17.6
75+ 38 8 20.3 9.5-38.1 4 15.3 5.5-36.0 5 11.0 4.1-26.2 17 41.4 25.1-59.7 4 12.1 3.8-32.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 193 33 19.2 12.3-28.7 24 10.3 6.1-17.1 16 6.4 3.4-12.0 74 27.6 19.9-36.8 46 36.4 26.3-47.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 423 83 20.1 15.5-25.7 59 13.7 10.1-18.3 43 10.1 6.8-14.7 150 30.0 24.9-35.7 88 26.1 20.3-32.9
Some Post-H.S. 337 56 18.1 12.4-25.7 48 16.3 11.2-23.1 38 12.9 8.4-19.2 136 33.8 27.3-41.0 59 18.9 14.0-25.0
College Graduate 201 51 24.3 17.7-32.4 45 19.8 13.8-27.5 19 12.7 6.8-22.5 56 26.4 19.6-34.5 30 16.9 11.4-24.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 186 23 15.4 9.2-24.5 18 9.4 5.5-15.7 20 13.3 7.8-21.6 91 38.6 30.5-47.4 34 23.3 15.9-32.8
$15,000- 24,999 227 48 25.2 16.9-35.9 26 10.3 6.0-17.2 11 5.5 2.5-11.6 90 29.4 22.5-37.4 52 29.5 21.1-39.6
$25,000- 34,999 157 28 17.7 11.1-27.1 22 14.6 8.6-23.7 18 12.4 5.9-24.3 55 30.4 22.3-40.0 34 24.8 16.8-35.1
$35,000- 49,999 186 37 19.1 12.3-28.3 36 18.2 12.2-26.4 23 14.5 8.3-24.0 59 29.9 21.6-39.9 31 18.3 11.6-27.7
$50,000-74,999 143 27 17.9 11.8-26.3 34 24.1 15.4-35.6 13 7.8 4.1-14.3 47 28.9 20.5-39.1 22 21.2 12.0-34.8
$75,000+ 118 30 27.8 19.2-38.4 24 19.2 12.0-29.3 14 10.7 6.1-17.9 29 22.2 14.7-31.9 21 20.2 12.7-30.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 464 60 12.4 9.0-16.8 46 9.1 6.4-12.9 52 12.0 8.6-16.7 247 48.4 42.4-54.4 59 18.1 13.4-24.0
No 672 160 23.7 19.4-28.6 124 17.4 13.9-21.6 64 10.1 7.2-13.9 164 20.7 17.0-25.0 160 28.1 23.3-33.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 198 35 16.6 10.9-24.5 29 16.3 10.1-25.2 22 15.7 9.5-24.9 76 33.1 25.4-41.9 36 18.3 12.6-25.9
Non-Veteran 961 190 20.9 17.4-24.9 148 14.3 11.7-17.3 94 9.2 7.0-11.9 342 29.5 25.9-33.4 187 26.2 22.1-30.8

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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.

** 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.

***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.

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