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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 304 51 19.2 13.8-26.1 24 5.2 3.3- 8.2 14 4.6 2.4- 8.4 22 6.1 3.6-10.2 193 65.0 57.6-71.7
GENDER
Male 114 18 15.6 9.0-25.8 8 3.8 1.7- 8.5 6 4.9 1.8-12.4 13 7.9 3.8-15.7 69 67.7 56.2-77.4
Female 190 33 22.3 14.9-32.2 16 6.4 3.6-11.1 8 4.3 2.0- 9.1 9 4.4 2.0- 9.4 124 62.5 53.0-71.2
RACE
White 273 47 19.7 14.0-27.0 21 5.0 3.0- 8.1 12 4.5 2.3- 8.5 20 6.3 3.6-10.7 173 64.6 56.8-71.6
African American 13 0 0.0 . - . 1 10.2 1.4-47.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.4 0.6-26.6 11 85.4 53.2-96.8
Other Minorities 17 4 27.2 8.1-61.4 2 6.9 1.5-27.2 2 13.6 2.8-46.4 1 1.8 0.2-12.8 8 50.4 21.8-78.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 7.1 0.9-40.2 6 92.9 59.8-99.1
Non-Hispanic 297 51 19.6 14.1-26.6 24 5.3 3.3- 8.4 14 4.6 2.5- 8.5 21 6.0 3.5-10.2 187 64.4 57.0-71.3
AGE
18-24 14 3 31.7 10.4-65.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 10.2 1.5-45.2 9 58.1 27.9-83.2
25-34 41 6 8.7 3.0-22.6 2 3.8 0.9-14.3 3 7.5 2.1-23.1 0 0.0 . - . 30 80.0 63.4-90.2
35-44 57 9 16.2 7.8-30.7 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 2 5.4 1.3-19.2 2 4.0 0.9-15.5 43 72.5 57.0-84.0
45-54 66 13 24.0 12.7-40.7 5 5.2 2.0-12.8 4 4.1 1.3-12.2 4 6.6 2.4-16.6 40 60.1 44.5-73.9
55-64 72 11 20.5 11.2-34.6 9 13.3 6.6-24.9 2 3.2 0.7-13.6 10 15.7 8.0-28.7 40 47.2 33.9-60.9
65-74 45 6 16.1 6.3-35.4 6 8.5 2.7-23.7 3 5.5 1.7-16.9 4 3.7 1.3-10.4 26 66.1 48.2-80.3
75+ 9 3 41.6 12.7-77.7 1 8.4 1.1-43.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 5 50.0 17.9-82.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 60 9 12.1 5.0-26.6 5 6.2 2.2-16.5 3 5.0 1.5-16.0 5 4.8 1.7-12.8 38 71.9 55.2-84.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 110 19 20.3 11.9-32.5 7 3.1 1.4- 7.0 3 3.7 1.0-13.0 10 6.6 3.2-12.9 71 66.3 54.0-76.7
Some Post-H.S. 88 15 23.1 13.4-36.8 8 4.9 2.1-11.3 7 6.6 2.9-14.3 4 5.6 1.5-19.0 54 59.8 46.5-71.8
College Graduate 46 8 15.0 6.4-31.2 4 12.8 4.7-30.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.2 3 7.4 2.1-22.8 30 63.6 45.7-78.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 64 9 17.3 7.2-36.3 5 5.2 1.7-14.7 3 7.9 2.4-22.8 4 4.1 1.3-12.4 43 65.5 47.0-80.2
$15,000- 24,999 60 11 21.0 10.3-38.1 2 1.4 0.3- 5.6 4 6.8 2.0-20.6 5 4.0 1.4-10.7 38 66.8 49.8-80.3
$25,000- 34,999 49 7 20.9 8.9-41.6 9 12.0 5.4-24.4 4 4.4 1.4-12.7 3 10.8 2.8-34.1 26 51.9 33.9-69.4
$35,000- 49,999 49 9 14.0 6.7-26.9 2 2.2 0.4-10.9 1 2.9 0.4-17.8 3 5.3 1.4-17.7 34 75.6 60.1-86.4
$50,000-74,999 29 6 13.6 4.9-32.2 2 7.7 1.9-26.3 1 4.6 0.6-26.4 3 10.5 2.8-31.9 17 63.7 42.3-80.8
$75,000+ 17 2 13.7 2.8-46.3 1 7.7 1.1-39.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 14 78.6 47.8-93.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 156 19 9.8 5.8-16.0 14 6.1 3.3-10.8 9 6.7 3.0-14.1 15 6.8 3.8-12.1 99 70.6 61.3-78.4
No 147 32 27.1 18.4-38.1 10 4.5 2.2- 9.1 5 2.8 1.0- 7.4 7 5.5 2.2-12.9 93 60.1 49.2-70.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 40 9 26.5 12.5-47.6 4 5.1 1.7-14.9 2 8.8 1.8-34.0 5 11.5 4.3-27.4 20 48.0 29.9-66.7
Non-Veteran 264 42 18.2 12.6-25.6 20 5.2 3.1- 8.6 12 4.0 2.1- 7.5 17 5.3 2.8- 9.8 173 67.3 59.5-74.3

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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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