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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,633 615 24.3 22.0-26.7 428 16.2 14.3-18.2 207 7.4 6.2- 8.8 631 21.8 19.7-23.9 752 30.4 27.9-33.0
-Eastern NC 932 212 24.4 20.8-28.4 140 15.2 12.2-18.6 83 8.9 6.8-11.6 239 23.5 20.0-27.3 258 28.0 24.1-32.3
GENDER
Male 347 75 24.2 18.7-30.6 51 13.8 9.6-19.3 23 7.2 4.5-11.5 91 22.7 17.6-28.6 107 32.2 25.8-39.3
Female 585 137 24.7 20.2-29.8 89 16.5 12.8-21.1 60 10.6 7.7-14.4 148 24.3 19.8-29.4 151 23.9 19.7-28.8
RACE
White 655 147 21.8 18.0-26.2 105 16.6 13.0-21.1 56 9.2 6.6-12.5 162 23.1 18.9-27.9 185 29.3 24.5-34.7
African American 184 39 30.4 21.1-41.7 24 11.7 7.1-18.6 15 6.3 3.5-11.3 59 28.4 21.0-37.1 47 23.2 16.2-32.1
Other Minorities 91 25 31.0 19.5-45.5 10 9.8 4.4-20.7 12 12.5 5.8-24.7 18 17.5 10.0-28.8 26 29.2 18.9-42.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 30 12 49.8 29.7-70.0 4 9.7 3.0-27.3 3 9.8 2.7-29.9 4 12.1 3.8-32.5 7 18.5 7.7-38.2
Non-Hispanic 901 200 23.1 19.5-27.1 135 15.3 12.3-18.9 80 8.9 6.7-11.6 235 24.1 20.6-28.1 251 28.6 24.6-33.0
AGE
18-24 54 14 20.9 11.5-34.8 7 17.9 8.3-34.5 4 6.7 2.4-17.6 13 27.5 15.3-44.2 16 27.0 14.5-44.8
25-34 131 35 27.7 19.0-38.7 19 15.5 9.3-24.8 7 8.1 3.6-17.4 26 17.3 11.3-25.6 44 31.3 22.4-42.0
35-44 170 41 26.2 18.0-36.4 23 13.9 8.9-21.1 19 9.2 5.3-15.3 37 20.7 14.5-28.6 50 30.1 22.3-39.2
45-54 246 54 25.0 18.7-32.5 40 13.3 9.3-18.6 28 12.6 8.2-18.7 57 19.9 14.7-26.3 67 29.3 22.5-37.3
55-64 182 43 24.4 17.8-32.4 25 14.0 9.1-20.9 15 8.7 4.7-15.5 64 38.2 30.0-47.1 35 14.7 10.1-20.9
65-74 110 20 21.2 13.1-32.5 21 19.0 11.8-29.3 6 3.4 1.4- 8.1 33 25.9 17.8-36.1 30 30.4 21.1-41.7
75+ 34 4 11.3 3.7-29.9 4 19.0 7.2-41.2 4 8.8 3.0-23.0 9 22.9 11.0-41.6 13 38.0 21.5-57.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 147 33 26.9 17.5-38.9 18 10.2 5.9-16.9 9 5.2 2.1-12.3 40 25.9 17.1-37.2 47 31.8 22.3-43.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 336 80 25.5 19.7-32.2 46 13.8 9.8-19.2 30 9.2 6.1-13.8 94 25.9 20.6-32.1 86 25.6 19.9-32.2
Some Post-H.S. 274 52 19.4 13.9-26.5 38 16.2 10.4-24.4 31 11.2 7.1-17.3 82 25.8 19.1-33.7 71 27.4 19.8-36.6
College Graduate 171 46 29.7 21.1-40.0 36 19.8 13.2-28.6 13 7.7 3.7-15.1 23 10.9 6.4-17.9 53 31.9 23.7-41.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 153 26 18.8 12.1-28.2 16 8.6 4.8-14.8 13 11.1 5.9-20.2 59 31.5 23.6-40.7 39 29.9 20.9-40.8
$15,000- 24,999 172 43 26.5 18.0-37.1 19 9.3 5.2-16.0 10 7.1 3.1-15.4 50 21.8 15.4-29.8 50 35.5 24.6-48.1
$25,000- 34,999 122 29 31.1 20.3-44.5 20 16.1 9.5-26.1 11 6.8 3.3-13.8 32 24.7 16.5-35.2 30 21.3 12.8-33.1
$35,000- 49,999 153 38 28.9 19.8-40.2 28 19.6 12.2-29.9 18 11.2 6.0-19.9 32 21.3 13.2-32.6 37 19.0 12.0-28.6
$50,000-74,999 120 26 19.7 12.9-28.9 24 22.4 13.0-35.8 15 12.2 6.9-20.7 25 20.6 12.8-31.4 30 25.2 16.8-35.8
$75,000+ 99 25 22.8 14.9-33.2 21 21.3 13.0-32.9 8 7.6 3.7-15.1 15 15.0 8.1-26.0 30 33.4 23.4-45.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 411 71 17.1 13.0-22.3 43 9.5 6.6-13.6 41 11.2 7.6-16.2 145 33.6 27.8-39.9 111 28.6 23.2-34.6
No 509 137 28.4 23.2-34.2 94 18.6 14.3-23.7 42 7.7 5.3-11.1 92 17.3 13.3-22.2 144 28.0 22.7-34.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 160 30 19.5 12.4-29.2 25 15.5 8.9-25.7 16 11.7 6.7-19.7 55 31.3 22.7-41.3 34 22.0 14.4-32.2
Non-Veteran 772 182 25.9 21.8-30.4 115 15.0 12.0-18.6 67 8.1 6.0-10.9 184 21.2 17.6-25.2 224 29.8 25.4-34.6

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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.

** 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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