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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 1,397 257 17.1 14.6-20.0 108 6.3 4.9- 8.0 46 2.9 2.0- 4.1 110 7.1 5.6- 8.9 876 66.6 63.2-69.9
GENDER
Male 538 103 17.9 14.1-22.5 42 6.1 4.2- 8.9 17 2.8 1.6- 4.8 43 6.5 4.5- 9.5 333 66.6 61.3-71.6
Female 859 154 16.3 13.2-20.0 66 6.4 4.8- 8.6 29 3.0 1.9- 4.6 67 7.6 5.7-10.1 543 66.6 62.3-70.7
RACE
White 1,089 209 17.4 14.6-20.7 84 6.6 5.0- 8.6 36 2.9 1.9- 4.3 86 7.3 5.6- 9.5 674 65.8 61.9-69.5
African American 236 37 16.2 10.8-23.6 19 6.2 3.6-10.4 8 3.3 1.4- 7.3 20 7.8 4.5-13.0 152 66.6 58.4-73.8
Other Minorities 70 11 16.8 8.1-31.6 5 4.3 1.5-11.6 2 2.0 0.5- 8.0 4 3.6 1.0-11.9 48 73.2 58.6-84.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 30 3 12.9 3.1-40.9 1 3.3 0.5-20.5 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 1 4.0 0.6-24.0 24 79.5 54.6-92.6
Non-Hispanic 1,367 254 17.3 14.8-20.2 107 6.4 5.0- 8.1 45 3.0 2.1- 4.3 109 7.2 5.7- 9.1 852 66.0 62.6-69.3
AGE
18-24 73 8 12.9 6.1-25.0 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.8 1.2-11.5 59 81.6 69.5-89.6
25-34 206 29 13.6 9.0-20.0 13 6.7 3.4-12.6 6 1.7 0.7- 4.0 12 4.9 2.6- 9.1 146 73.1 65.4-79.7
35-44 270 52 20.5 15.1-27.1 25 8.7 5.7-13.1 11 5.3 2.6-10.5 17 6.9 3.8-12.1 165 58.7 51.2-65.9
45-54 325 77 23.8 18.2-30.4 25 7.0 4.5-10.8 10 2.9 1.4- 5.9 24 7.6 4.6-12.2 189 58.7 51.8-65.2
55-64 309 62 16.5 12.6-21.4 26 6.6 4.2-10.2 12 4.8 2.5- 8.9 33 11.8 7.8-17.4 176 60.3 53.7-66.6
65-74 164 23 13.2 7.9-21.2 15 7.8 4.4-13.3 7 4.2 1.9- 9.3 20 14.2 8.9-21.8 99 60.6 51.5-69.0
75+ 41 2 5.5 1.1-23.1 1 1.0 0.1- 6.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.1 0.2- 7.7 37 92.4 77.2-97.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 245 43 17.2 11.3-25.3 17 5.2 2.7- 9.6 8 2.4 1.1- 5.1 23 7.4 4.1-13.2 154 67.8 59.1-75.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 508 100 18.0 13.8-23.1 42 6.2 4.3- 8.8 18 3.3 1.8- 5.7 38 7.2 4.8-10.7 310 65.3 59.5-70.7
Some Post-H.S. 384 65 13.7 10.2-18.2 30 6.0 3.9- 9.1 11 2.7 1.3- 5.4 40 9.5 6.6-13.4 238 68.1 62.0-73.6
College Graduate 259 49 20.4 14.4-28.2 19 7.9 4.4-13.9 9 2.9 1.3- 6.3 9 2.9 1.3- 6.6 173 65.8 57.6-73.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 215 29 14.9 8.3-25.4 18 6.2 3.4-11.1 9 3.7 1.8- 7.5 26 11.4 6.9-18.3 133 63.8 53.7-72.8
$15,000- 24,999 247 47 16.5 11.7-22.9 13 3.4 1.8- 6.2 9 1.6 0.8- 3.2 22 10.2 5.8-17.5 156 68.2 60.2-75.3
$25,000- 34,999 174 29 14.3 9.1-21.8 16 8.4 4.7-14.7 5 4.0 1.4-11.1 12 5.7 3.0-10.6 112 67.6 58.3-75.7
$35,000- 49,999 232 49 19.2 13.5-26.5 16 4.9 2.7- 8.9 10 5.5 2.8-10.7 20 9.1 5.4-15.0 137 61.3 52.8-69.1
$50,000-74,999 184 38 21.3 14.2-30.6 15 5.0 2.8- 8.7 5 2.0 0.8- 5.2 10 4.4 2.1- 8.9 116 67.3 57.7-75.7
$75,000+ 197 35 16.1 11.0-23.1 22 11.6 6.9-18.8 4 1.8 0.6- 5.7 8 2.8 1.3- 6.0 128 67.6 59.0-75.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 615 109 19.9 15.4-25.4 48 6.6 4.5- 9.7 23 3.2 2.0- 5.1 73 11.6 8.6-15.5 362 58.6 53.0-64.1
No 762 143 15.3 12.5-18.5 60 6.2 4.6- 8.4 22 2.7 1.6- 4.5 36 4.1 2.8- 5.9 501 71.7 67.6-75.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 201 31 14.5 9.8-21.0 21 10.4 5.7-18.4 7 5.1 2.3-10.8 20 10.3 6.2-16.6 122 59.7 51.1-67.8
Non-Veteran 1,195 226 17.6 14.8-20.7 87 5.6 4.4- 7.2 39 2.5 1.7- 3.7 90 6.6 5.0- 8.5 753 67.7 64.0-71.2

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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, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, 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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