BRFSS 2006 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
North Carolina	3,128	1,696	57.3	54.8-59.8	1,432	42.7	40.2-45.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	99	56	55.4	41.4-68.6	43	44.6	31.4-58.6
Buncombe	57	30	60.6	43.8-75.2	27	39.4	24.8-56.2
Cabarrus	69	29	46.3	30.6-62.7	40	53.7	37.3-69.4
Catawba	86	53	65.2	51.1-77.1	33	34.8	22.9-48.9
Cumberland	107	58	62.9	50.6-73.8	49	37.1	26.2-49.4
Davidson	98	52	52.2	40.1-64.1	46	47.8	35.9-59.9
Durham	61	40	72.3	57.0-83.7	21	27.7	16.3-43.0
Forsyth	86	42	54.1	40.8-66.8	44	45.9	33.2-59.2
Gaston	83	44	57.1	42.7-70.4	39	42.9	29.6-57.3
Guilford	78	47	64.6	49.3-77.3	31	35.4	22.7-50.7
Iredell	85	50	65.6	52.1-77.1	35	34.4	22.9-47.9
Johnston	93	54	67.0	52.1-79.1	39	33.0	20.9-47.9
Mecklenburg	126	69	56.5	44.2-68.1	57	43.5	31.9-55.8
New Hanover	68	39	58.9	45.2-71.3	29	41.1	28.7-54.8
Onslow	88	42	56.0	42.3-68.9	46	44.0	31.1-57.7
Orange	34	22	75.3	52.6-89.3	12	24.7	10.7-47.4
Pitt	72	41	55.4	41.1-68.8	31	44.6	31.2-58.9
Randolph	84	45	50.5	36.3-64.6	39	49.5	35.4-63.7
Robeson	95	57	64.4	52.2-74.9	38	35.6	25.1-47.8
Rowan	88	40	51.7	37.4-65.7	48	48.3	34.3-62.6
Union	61	26	38.5	25.3-53.7	35	61.5	46.3-74.7
Wake	80	44	50.2	35.6-64.7	36	49.8	35.3-64.4
Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico	83	37	39.9	27.5-53.7	46	60.1	46.3-72.5
Northeast Partnership II***	117	63	61.7	50.6-71.8	54	38.3	28.2-49.4
Northeast Partnership I***	73	42	64.6	51.4-75.9	31	35.4	24.1-48.6
Franklin/Nash/Wilson	94	55	63.6	51.4-74.3	39	36.4	25.7-48.6
Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne	93	57	55.6	42.8-67.7	36	44.4	32.3-57.2
Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	104	57	58.9	47.4-69.5	47	41.1	30.5-52.6
Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance	117	67	64.7	52.5-75.2	50	35.3	24.8-47.5
Chatham/Lee/Moore	84	51	59.5	47.0-70.9	33	40.5	29.1-53.0
Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly	115	67	62.9	49.9-74.3	48	37.1	25.7-50.1
Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	110	57	55.4	42.8-67.2	53	44.6	32.8-57.2
Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	93	47	59.1	45.2-71.6	46	40.9	28.4-54.8
Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	111	55	56.0	43.8-67.5	56	44.0	32.5-56.2
Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	136	61	45.4	34.4-56.9	75	54.6	43.1-65.6
NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***
Yes	230	124	59.5	51.4-67.2	106	40.5	32.8-48.6
No	2,898	1,572	57.2	54.6-59.8	1,326	42.8	40.2-45.4
NC REGIONS**
Eastern NC	1,104	619	59.4	55.4-63.3	485	40.6	36.7-44.6
Piedmont	1,656	894	57.4	53.9-60.9	762	42.6	39.1-46.1
Western NC	368	183	52.8	45.8-59.6	185	47.2	40.4-54.2
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)
Mountain AHEC***	193	91	49.7	40.2-59.2	102	50.3	40.8-59.8
Northwest	681	366	59.0	53.7-64.1	315	41.0	35.9-46.3
Charlotte	420	199	51.3	44.2-58.3	221	48.7	41.7-55.8
Greensboro	381	221	59.3	51.8-66.3	160	40.7	33.7-48.2
Southern Regional	373	224	63.5	56.5-70.0	149	36.5	30.0-43.5
Coastal	161	90	58.4	48.9-67.3	71	41.6	32.7-51.1
Wake	376	215	61.0	53.1-68.3	161	39.0	31.7-46.9
Area L	145	87	63.1	53.2-72.0	58	36.9	28.0-46.8
Eastern	398	203	52.7	46.0-59.3	195	47.3	40.7-54.0

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

3,128

1,696

57.3

54.8-59.8

1,432

42.7

40.2-45.2

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

55.4

41.4-68.6

44.6

31.4-58.6

Buncombe

60.6

43.8-75.2

39.4

24.8-56.2

Cabarrus

46.3

30.6-62.7

53.7

37.3-69.4

Catawba

65.2

51.1-77.1

34.8

22.9-48.9

Cumberland

107

62.9

50.6-73.8

37.1

26.2-49.4

Davidson

52.2

40.1-64.1

47.8

35.9-59.9

Durham

72.3

57.0-83.7

27.7

16.3-43.0

Forsyth

54.1

40.8-66.8

45.9

33.2-59.2

Gaston

57.1

42.7-70.4

42.9

29.6-57.3

Guilford

64.6

49.3-77.3

35.4

22.7-50.7

Iredell

65.6

52.1-77.1

34.4

22.9-47.9

Johnston

67.0

52.1-79.1

33.0

20.9-47.9

Mecklenburg

126

56.5

44.2-68.1

43.5

31.9-55.8

New Hanover

58.9

45.2-71.3

41.1

28.7-54.8

Onslow

56.0

42.3-68.9

44.0

31.1-57.7

Orange

75.3

52.6-89.3

24.7

10.7-47.4

Pitt

55.4

41.1-68.8

44.6

31.2-58.9

Randolph

50.5

36.3-64.6

49.5

35.4-63.7

Robeson

64.4

52.2-74.9

35.6

25.1-47.8

Rowan

51.7

37.4-65.7

48.3

34.3-62.6

Union

38.5

25.3-53.7

61.5

46.3-74.7

Wake

50.2

35.6-64.7

49.8

35.3-64.4

Carteret/Currituck/Craven/Dare/Hyde/Pamlico

39.9

27.5-53.7

60.1

46.3-72.5

Northeast Partnership II***

117

61.7

50.6-71.8

38.3

28.2-49.4

Northeast Partnership I***

64.6

51.4-75.9

35.4

24.1-48.6

Franklin/Nash/Wilson

63.6

51.4-74.3

36.4

25.7-48.6

Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne

55.6

42.8-67.7

44.4

32.3-57.2

Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender

104

58.9

47.4-69.5

41.1

30.5-52.6

Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance

117

64.7

52.5-75.2

35.3

24.8-47.5

Chatham/Lee/Moore

59.5

47.0-70.9

40.5

29.1-53.0

Anson/Hoke/Montgo./Richmond/Scotland/Stanly

115

62.9

49.9-74.3

37.1

25.7-50.1

Davie/Rockingham/Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

110

55.4

42.8-67.2

44.6

32.8-57.2

Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes

59.1

45.2-71.6

40.9

28.4-54.8

Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln

111

56.0

43.8-67.5

44.0

32.5-56.2

Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)

136

45.4

34.4-56.9

54.6

43.1-65.6

NORTHEASTERN PARTNERSHIP***

Yes

230

124

59.5

51.4-67.2

106

40.5

32.8-48.6

2,898

1,572

57.2

54.6-59.8

1,326

42.8

40.2-45.4

NC REGIONS**

Eastern NC

1,104

619

59.4

55.4-63.3

485

40.6

36.7-44.6

Piedmont

1,656

894

57.4

53.9-60.9

762

42.6

39.1-46.1

Western NC

368

183

52.8

45.8-59.6

185

47.2

40.4-54.2

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS(AHEC)

Mountain AHEC***

193

49.7

40.2-59.2

102

50.3

40.8-59.8

Northwest

681

366

59.0

53.7-64.1

315

41.0

35.9-46.3

Charlotte

420

199

51.3

44.2-58.3

221

48.7

41.7-55.8

Greensboro

381

221

59.3

51.8-66.3

160

40.7

33.7-48.2

Southern Regional

373

224

63.5

56.5-70.0

149

36.5

30.0-43.5

Coastal

161

58.4

48.9-67.3

41.6

32.7-51.1

Wake

376

215

61.0

53.1-68.3

161

39.0

31.7-46.9

Area L

145

63.1

53.2-72.0

36.9

28.0-46.8

Eastern

398

203

52.7

46.0-59.3

195

47.3

40.7-54.0

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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.

**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, Edgecombe, 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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