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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC*

Smoking Cessation

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 6 mos. 6 mos. to 1 year Past year Past 5 years Past 10 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,411 147 6.3 5.0- 7.8 93 3.7 2.7- 5.2 434 15.1 13.4-17.0 358 12.2 10.7-14.0 2,379 62.7 60.3-65.0
-Mtn. AHEC 279 10 4.6 2.3- 8.8 8 2.1 0.8- 5.1 40 18.4 12.5-26.4 25 12.2 7.2-20.0 196 62.7 54.4-70.3
GENDER
Male 126 5 3.7 1.4- 9.6 5 1.9 0.6- 5.3 17 14.2 7.6-24.9 10 13.7 6.5-26.8 89 66.5 54.3-76.8
Female 153 5 5.6 2.2-13.3 3 2.3 0.5- 9.5 23 23.2 14.2-35.6 15 10.5 5.2-20.3 107 58.3 47.1-68.8
RACE
White 258 9 4.8 2.4- 9.3 7 2.0 0.7- 5.3 36 18.1 11.9-26.4 22 12.4 7.1-20.7 184 62.8 54.1-70.8
Other 21 1 1.9 0.3-13.2 1 3.6 0.5-22.7 4 24.0 7.3-55.9 3 10.1 2.9-30.0 12 60.3 32.6-82.7
AGE
18-44 51 6 9.7 3.9-22.2 3 3.5 0.8-14.4 15 39.6 23.6-58.2 12 26.9 13.4-46.5 15 20.2 10.3-36.0
45+ 228 4 2.3 0.9- 6.1 5 1.4 0.5- 4.0 25 9.1 5.9-13.8 13 5.7 2.8-11.4 181 81.4 74.9-86.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 124 3 2.2 0.6- 7.5 6 2.3 0.9- 5.9 23 28.7 17.5-43.2 8 5.4 2.4-11.7 84 61.4 48.3-73.1
Some College + 154 7 6.3 2.9-13.1 2 1.9 0.4- 8.1 17 11.5 6.5-19.5 17 17.0 9.3-29.1 111 63.2 52.3-72.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 8 5.1 2.4-10.6 7 2.9 1.1- 7.8 32 24.5 16.0-35.7 18 15.6 8.5-26.9 110 51.9 41.7-61.9
$50,000+ 64 1 2.4 0.3-15.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 6 8.9 3.6-20.4 4 8.0 2.4-23.6 52 79.7 64.8-89.3

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* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).

^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.


*Mountain AHEC: Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

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