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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-WHITES

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,595 61 5.6 4.0- 7.9 38 4.0 2.5- 6.6 168 13.0 10.8-15.7 161 13.1 10.8-15.8 1,167 64.3 60.7-67.7
Female 1,816 86 7.1 5.3- 9.4 55 3.3 2.2- 4.9 266 17.5 15.1-20.3 197 11.3 9.5-13.4 1,212 60.8 57.6-63.9
AGE
18-24 34 13 37.1 20.8-57.0 8 23.2 10.3-44.4 8 23.7 10.6-45.0 3 10.4 3.1-29.6 2 5.5 1.2-21.5
25-34 179 32 14.3 9.5-21.0 15 8.9 4.4-17.2 66 37.1 29.0-46.1 38 22.9 15.9-31.8 28 16.8 11.2-24.3
35-44 344 25 8.8 5.5-13.7 17 3.3 1.9- 5.7 80 21.5 16.9-27.1 74 23.3 18.1-29.4 148 43.1 36.9-49.5
45-54 606 30 4.6 3.0- 6.8 16 2.6 1.4- 4.9 90 15.1 11.8-19.2 75 12.6 9.6-16.4 395 65.1 60.2-69.7
55-64 854 26 2.8 1.8- 4.3 19 1.9 1.1- 3.1 94 11.1 8.8-13.9 71 7.8 6.0-10.2 644 76.4 72.9-79.6
65-74 804 15 1.7 0.9- 3.0 14 1.4 0.8- 2.6 67 6.9 5.3- 9.1 68 9.1 7.0-11.9 640 80.8 77.5-83.8
75+ 574 5 0.5 0.2- 1.1 3 0.4 0.1- 1.3 28 4.2 2.8- 6.3 26 3.1 2.0- 4.7 512 91.9 89.3-93.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 422 11 1.5 0.8- 2.9 8 2.3 1.0- 5.1 60 16.6 12.0-22.5 43 9.0 6.4-12.5 300 70.5 64.5-75.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,005 59 8.3 6.0-11.5 30 4.9 2.8- 8.4 119 16.2 12.7-20.4 116 13.0 10.2-16.3 681 57.6 53.0-62.1
Some Post-H.S. 894 42 7.7 4.9-11.9 26 3.6 1.8- 7.2 127 15.3 12.4-18.7 117 15.1 11.9-19.0 582 58.2 53.5-62.8
College Graduate 1,086 35 4.8 3.1- 7.2 29 3.1 1.7- 5.7 128 13.6 11.0-16.7 81 10.3 7.9-13.4 813 68.2 64.2-72.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 309 17 7.8 3.6-16.0 10 3.1 1.6- 6.2 46 13.8 9.7-19.2 29 9.7 6.3-14.8 207 65.6 57.8-72.6
$15,000- 24,999 491 22 9.5 5.1-17.0 13 3.5 1.5- 8.1 65 17.9 12.6-24.9 51 10.0 6.9-14.3 340 59.0 51.8-65.8
$25,000- 34,999 413 19 7.5 3.9-14.0 12 4.0 2.0- 7.7 53 16.2 11.5-22.3 50 13.3 9.1-19.1 279 59.0 52.1-65.7
$35,000- 49,999 481 21 3.2 2.0- 5.2 17 5.1 2.2-11.6 56 15.4 11.0-21.3 55 15.7 10.9-22.2 332 60.5 53.6-66.9
$50,000-74,999 521 24 6.4 4.0-10.2 16 4.4 1.8-10.2 86 18.3 14.3-23.3 67 14.8 11.1-19.4 328 56.0 50.2-61.6
$75,000+ 731 30 5.8 3.7- 9.0 16 3.3 1.6- 6.7 87 13.4 10.5-17.1 69 11.6 8.8-15.2 529 65.8 61.0-70.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,454 58 5.2 3.7- 7.3 39 2.6 1.8- 3.9 168 12.2 9.9-15.0 151 12.4 9.9-15.4 1,038 67.6 64.0-71.0
No 1,930 87 6.9 5.2- 9.2 52 4.4 2.8- 6.7 261 16.7 14.4-19.3 206 12.3 10.4-14.5 1,324 59.7 56.5-62.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 906 33 5.6 3.6- 8.6 17 1.7 1.0- 3.1 69 8.0 6.0-10.4 81 11.9 9.3-15.2 706 72.8 68.7-76.5
Non-Veteran 2,504 114 6.5 5.0- 8.4 76 4.4 3.0- 6.3 365 17.6 15.5-20.0 277 12.4 10.6-14.4 1,672 59.1 56.2-61.9

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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.

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