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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I*

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%)
North Carolina 3,128 1,696 57.3 54.8-59.8 1,432 42.7 40.2-45.2
-Northeast Partnership I 73 42 64.6 51.4-75.9 31 35.4 24.1-48.6
GENDER
Male 30 18 73.6 54.6-86.6 12 26.4 13.4-45.4
Female 43 24 57.1 39.0-73.5 19 42.9 26.5-61.0
RACE
White 40 19 60.8 42.6-76.5 21 39.2 23.5-57.4
Other 32 22 69.1 49.1-83.9 10 30.9 16.1-50.9
AGE
18-44 17 12 75.6 49.8-90.7 5 24.4 9.3-50.2
45+ 56 30 58.0 43.0-71.7 26 42.0 28.3-57.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 40 23 64.2 46.0-79.1 17 35.8 20.9-54.0
Some College + 32 18 64.7 45.3-80.3 14 35.3 19.7-54.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 53 34 73.5 59.3-84.1 19 26.5 15.9-40.7
$50,000+ 10 3 47.3 16.9-79.9 7 52.7 20.1-83.1

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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.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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