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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)*

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 4,159 202 7.1 5.9- 8.6 117 3.7 2.8- 4.9 575 17.0 15.3-18.8 446 12.5 11.0-14.1 2,819 59.7 57.5-61.8
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe) 173 5 2.6 1.0- 6.7 6 2.3 0.7- 6.7 23 16.9 9.8-27.6 16 13.2 6.8-24.0 123 65.0 54.1-74.6
GENDER
Male 82 2 1.5 0.3- 7.2 4 1.9 0.5- 6.5 8 10.2 3.8-24.8 8 15.6 6.6-32.5 60 70.8 55.0-82.8
Female 91 3 4.0 1.2-12.6 2 2.7 0.4-14.6 15 25.2 13.4-42.3 8 10.2 3.7-25.4 63 57.9 42.9-71.6
RACE
White 158 4 2.6 0.9- 7.1 6 2.4 0.8- 7.1 22 18.0 10.4-29.2 14 13.5 6.8-25.0 112 63.5 52.2-73.5
Other 15 1 2.9 0.4-19.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7 2 8.2 1.8-30.7 11 88.0 65.5-96.6
AGE
18-44 29 3 4.4 1.1-16.4 2 4.1 0.7-21.9 9 41.7 20.8-66.1 7 30.4 12.6-56.9 8 19.4 7.4-42.0
45+ 144 2 1.9 0.5- 7.2 4 1.5 0.4- 5.0 14 6.8 3.7-12.2 9 6.2 2.6-14.1 115 83.6 75.4-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 78 2 2.1 0.4- 9.9 4 1.6 0.4- 5.9 16 30.8 16.8-49.6 5 4.6 1.6-12.9 51 60.9 43.9-75.6
Some College + 94 3 3.0 0.9- 9.6 2 2.7 0.6-11.2 7 7.5 2.9-18.3 11 19.3 9.4-35.5 71 67.5 53.0-79.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 116 4 2.7 0.9- 8.0 6 3.5 1.1-10.2 21 24.5 14.2-38.9 12 16.4 7.7-31.4 73 52.9 40.1-65.4
$50,000+ 33 1 3.7 0.5-22.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.6 0.1- 4.0 2 9.9 2.3-34.2 29 85.8 63.5-95.5

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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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