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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership***

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication to assist you with quitting smoking,
such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication such as Wellbutrin/Zyban/ Buproprion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4+ visits None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,636 465 17.0 15.1-19.0 207 6.7 5.6- 8.0 92 3.5 2.7- 4.6 208 7.0 5.9- 8.2 1,664 65.8 63.3-68.2
-Northeastern Partnership 201 39 16.2 11.4-22.4 14 6.4 3.5-11.5 10 6.0 2.8-12.5 18 9.5 5.4-16.1 120 61.9 53.2-69.8
GENDER
Male 78 16 16.1 9.3-26.4 5 4.3 1.6-11.2 2 2.6 0.6-10.9 9 15.2 7.6-28.0 46 61.8 48.5-73.6
Female 123 23 16.2 10.2-24.8 9 8.3 3.9-16.7 8 9.1 3.8-20.1 9 4.5 2.1- 9.3 74 61.9 50.4-72.2
RACE
White 140 31 17.8 12.0-25.6 12 7.7 4.0-14.3 8 7.4 3.3-15.9 13 8.2 4.2-15.2 76 58.9 48.6-68.5
African American 57 8 12.5 5.7-25.2 2 3.0 0.7-12.6 2 2.4 0.5-10.1 4 11.2 3.4-31.0 41 71.0 53.7-83.8
Other Minorities 4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 37.2 5.3-86.1 3 62.8 13.9-94.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 100 . - .
Non-Hispanic 200 39 16.3 11.5-22.6 14 6.5 3.5-11.5 10 6.1 2.8-12.5 18 9.6 5.5-16.2 119 61.6 52.9-69.6
AGE
18-24 8 0 0.0 . - . 1 8.3 1.1-43.0 1 12.5 1.7-54.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 79.2 42.0-95.2
25-34 24 3 13.5 4.2-35.7 1 2.9 0.4-18.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.7 0.4-17.2 19 81.0 59.7-92.4
35-44 34 4 12.5 4.6-30.1 3 9.6 3.1-26.2 2 5.3 1.2-20.2 4 14.9 5.0-36.6 21 57.7 39.0-74.4
45-54 53 12 17.2 9.3-29.6 5 7.2 2.9-16.9 3 8.1 2.6-22.6 3 12.2 3.9-32.2 30 55.3 39.5-70.1
55-64 49 16 38.8 24.7-55.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 6.1 1.9-18.3 7 15.8 7.2-31.3 23 39.2 25.9-54.5
65-74 24 2 10.6 2.6-34.7 3 9.3 2.9-26.3 1 5.4 0.8-29.8 2 10.4 2.1-38.2 16 64.3 41.1-82.2
75+ 9 2 24.0 5.3-64.2 1 14.8 2.1-58.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.0 0.8-34.6 5 55.2 22.2-84.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 36 10 21.9 10.9-39.0 3 6.5 1.7-21.5 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 2 11.0 2.8-34.5 20 58.6 39.1-75.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 83 18 19.7 11.9-30.8 5 6.6 2.4-17.0 3 3.9 1.2-12.1 8 9.4 4.0-20.4 49 60.3 47.2-72.1
Some Post-H.S. 50 8 10.7 4.7-22.4 5 7.3 2.8-17.7 5 14.6 5.1-35.3 7 11.5 4.1-28.2 25 55.9 36.5-73.6
College Graduate 32 3 8.1 2.3-25.0 1 3.9 0.5-23.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.5 1 4.4 0.6-25.2 26 82.4 63.6-92.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 40 8 13.4 5.9-27.4 4 5.6 1.9-15.4 3 8.6 2.4-26.6 4 13.3 4.6-32.6 21 59.1 39.2-76.4
$15,000- 24,999 29 6 22.1 9.2-44.4 2 8.9 2.2-30.0 1 15.6 2.4-57.9 4 10.3 3.5-26.8 16 43.1 23.4-65.2
$25,000- 34,999 30 6 18.6 7.4-39.5 1 4.3 0.6-25.3 2 4.4 1.0-16.7 5 18.5 6.4-43.1 16 54.2 31.4-75.3
$35,000- 49,999 33 8 19.8 9.2-37.4 1 2.9 0.4-18.0 1 3.3 0.5-20.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 22 73.5 54.4-86.5
$50,000-74,999 23 1 9.1 1.3-42.8 4 14.5 5.3-33.7 1 4.6 0.6-26.5 0 0.0 . - . 17 71.8 48.2-87.4
$75,000+ 22 6 18.0 7.6-37.1 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 1 5.2 0.7-29.2 2 16.8 3.9-50.3 12 58.8 34.8-79.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 98 19 15.0 9.1-23.6 7 6.5 2.9-14.0 5 7.6 2.5-21.3 14 17.5 9.5-29.8 53 53.5 41.2-65.3
No 100 19 16.3 9.7-26.0 7 6.5 2.7-14.9 5 4.8 1.9-11.5 4 2.8 1.0- 8.0 65 69.6 58.0-79.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 36 5 12.6 4.5-30.6 2 2.9 0.6-13.4 0 0.0 . - . 6 20.9 8.6-42.5 23 63.7 42.8-80.4
Non-Veteran 165 34 17.2 11.9-24.2 12 7.5 3.9-13.8 10 7.8 3.7-15.9 12 6.1 3.1-11.7 97 61.3 51.8-70.0

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days AND who saw a doctor, nurse, or other health professional in the past 12 months.

^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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