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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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 II 117 63 61.7 50.6-71.8 54 38.3 28.2-49.4
GENDER
Male 52 29 63.5 47.9-76.7 23 36.5 23.3-52.1
Female 65 34 59.4 43.4-73.6 31 40.6 26.4-56.6
RACE
White 83 41 57.8 44.6-70.0 42 42.2 30.0-55.4
Other 34 22 70.8 50.0-85.5 12 29.2 14.5-50.0
AGE
18-44 45 26 67.9 51.6-80.8 19 32.1 19.2-48.4
45+ 72 37 53.0 39.5-66.1 35 47.0 33.9-60.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 70 37 64.5 50.6-76.3 33 35.5 23.7-49.4
Some College + 47 26 57.3 38.8-73.9 21 42.7 26.1-61.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 76 43 64.8 51.0-76.5 33 35.2 23.5-49.0
$50,000+ 25 13 48.9 29.5-68.7 12 51.1 31.3-70.5

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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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