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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,128 1,696 57.3 54.8-59.8 1,432 42.7 40.2-45.2
GENDER
Male 1,310 701 56.6 52.8-60.3 609 43.4 39.7-47.2
Female 1,818 995 58.3 55.3-61.3 823 41.7 38.7-44.7
RACE
White 2,348 1,206 54.8 52.0-57.7 1,142 45.2 42.3-48.0
African American 525 341 66.9 61.2-72.1 184 33.1 27.9-38.8
Asian 7 4 77.8 38.8-95.1 3 22.2 4.9-61.2
Native American 107 59 60.9 47.2-73.0 48 39.1 27.0-52.8
Other Minorities 131 82 60.0 47.4-71.4 49 40.0 28.6-52.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 119 70 58.3 45.0-70.5 49 41.7 29.5-55.0
-English Speaking 52 31 68.1 50.1-81.9 21 31.9 18.1-49.9
-Spanish Speaking 67 39 54.7 38.4-70.1 28 45.3 29.9-61.6
Non-Hispanic 3,006 1,624 57.3 54.8-59.7 1,382 42.7 40.3-45.2
AGE
18-24 172 121 71.4 62.6-78.8 51 28.6 21.2-37.4
25-34 469 290 59.5 53.4-65.3 179 40.5 34.7-46.6
35-44 629 328 53.7 48.7-58.6 301 46.3 41.4-51.3
45-54 783 410 53.6 48.9-58.2 373 46.4 41.8-51.1
55-64 624 322 52.6 47.9-57.3 302 47.4 42.7-52.1
65-74 339 167 48.3 42.0-54.7 172 51.7 45.3-58.0
75+ 93 48 47.0 35.3-59.1 45 53.0 40.9-64.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 617 352 56.1 49.9-62.1 265 43.9 37.9-50.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,121 601 59.9 55.9-63.8 520 40.1 36.2-44.1
Some Post-H.S. 864 466 56.0 51.2-60.7 398 44.0 39.3-48.8
College Graduate 518 274 55.3 49.7-60.8 244 44.7 39.2-50.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 501 301 60.2 52.5-67.4 200 39.8 32.6-47.5
$15,000- 24,999 626 356 59.1 53.5-64.4 270 40.9 35.6-46.5
$25,000- 34,999 428 223 57.7 51.2-64.0 205 42.3 36.0-48.8
$35,000- 49,999 490 254 56.0 50.2-61.7 236 44.0 38.3-49.8
$50,000-74,999 374 190 53.0 45.5-60.3 184 47.0 39.7-54.5
$75,000+ 344 164 52.3 45.2-59.3 180 47.7 40.7-54.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,274 754 60.9 56.9-64.8 520 39.1 35.2-43.1
No 1,755 889 55.6 52.3-58.9 866 44.4 41.1-47.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 466 242 51.7 45.6-57.7 224 48.3 42.3-54.4
Non-Veteran 2,651 1,448 58.3 55.6-61.0 1,203 41.7 39.0-44.4

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

^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.

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