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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern 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/Z yban/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 2,573 511 17.6 15.6-19.8 248 9.4 7.7-11.5 118 4.1 3.2- 5.4 221 7.3 5.9- 8.9 1,475 61.6 58.6-64.4
-Eastern NC 910 182 18.8 15.6-22.4 89 8.4 6.5-11.0 39 5.0 3.1- 8.0 82 8.7 5.7-12.9 518 59.1 54.2-63.9
GENDER
Male 329 63 16.6 12.2-22.3 33 7.6 4.9-11.6 19 6.4 3.2-12.3 25 8.8 4.2-17.6 189 60.6 52.5-68.2
Female 581 119 21.1 17.1-25.8 56 9.4 6.8-12.8 20 3.5 2.1- 5.7 57 8.5 6.2-11.5 329 57.5 52.1-62.8
RACE
White 641 133 19.1 15.4-23.4 68 9.3 6.9-12.4 29 5.3 3.0- 9.0 52 8.4 4.7-14.6 359 57.9 52.0-63.7
African American 178 33 20.1 13.0-29.8 13 5.2 2.6- 9.9 6 2.3 0.8- 6.3 16 8.4 4.4-15.5 110 64.0 53.4-73.5
Other Minorities 90 15 13.8 7.3-24.4 8 9.4 3.5-23.1 4 8.7 2.0-31.0 14 10.8 5.5-20.1 49 57.3 42.4-71.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 32 2 3.0 0.6-12.9 3 9.3 2.1-33.2 1 10.3 1.5-46.4 5 14.4 4.7-36.5 21 63.0 38.8-82.0
Non-Hispanic 876 179 19.9 16.6-23.7 86 8.4 6.5-10.9 38 4.6 2.9- 7.4 77 8.3 5.3-12.8 496 58.7 53.7-63.5
AGE
18-24 36 2 6.8 1.7-23.6 1 2.7 0.4-17.2 0 0.0 . - . 4 14.3 3.5-43.2 29 76.2 52.0-90.4
25-34 130 24 17.4 11.0-26.4 8 4.1 1.9- 8.7 7 11.0 4.2-26.0 10 6.6 3.4-12.7 81 60.9 49.4-71.3
35-44 157 38 25.8 18.1-35.2 19 13.9 8.3-22.2 8 3.3 1.5- 6.9 10 5.7 2.6-12.0 82 51.4 41.8-60.9
45-54 241 54 23.5 17.5-30.9 20 9.1 5.4-14.9 10 4.2 2.0- 8.9 19 7.8 4.6-12.9 138 55.4 47.4-63.0
55-64 207 42 20.7 14.9-28.0 27 11.2 7.2-17.0 9 6.1 3.1-11.7 25 9.8 6.1-15.3 104 52.2 43.9-60.4
65-74 108 16 12.0 7.0-19.8 12 11.9 6.3-21.6 4 4.7 1.7-12.7 11 7.0 3.7-12.9 65 64.3 53.5-73.9
75+ 28 5 13.2 4.9-30.8 1 6.5 0.9-34.1 0 0.0 . - . 3 17.9 4.7-49.2 19 62.4 38.2-81.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 160 27 13.1 8.3-20.2 14 6.5 3.3-12.4 9 12.7 5.0-28.5 21 10.5 5.8-18.5 89 57.2 45.4-68.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 320 59 18.3 13.2-24.8 29 9.1 5.7-14.2 15 3.6 2.0- 6.3 29 6.5 4.1-10.1 188 62.6 54.8-69.7
Some Post-H.S. 284 65 20.8 14.9-28.2 29 7.8 4.8-12.3 9 2.7 1.3- 5.5 22 11.3 4.4-25.9 159 57.5 47.7-66.8
College Graduate 146 31 22.7 15.5-32.0 17 10.5 6.1-17.5 6 4.2 1.5-11.0 10 6.5 2.9-14.0 82 56.0 45.9-65.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 18 14.0 8.3-22.7 11 7.4 3.6-14.5 5 3.9 1.2-11.7 25 19.1 11.8-29.4 75 55.6 44.6-66.1
$15,000- 24,999 210 35 14.3 8.8-22.4 19 8.1 4.5-14.0 8 6.3 2.3-16.1 25 16.1 6.9-33.0 123 55.2 43.2-66.6
$25,000- 34,999 112 20 18.8 10.4-31.5 10 8.1 3.5-17.6 3 1.5 0.4- 5.2 7 4.7 1.9-10.9 72 67.0 53.1-78.5
$35,000- 49,999 136 29 21.4 13.6-32.1 10 7.7 3.3-16.7 8 4.7 2.2- 9.6 10 3.9 1.9- 8.1 79 62.3 51.0-72.4
$50,000-74,999 125 33 23.7 16.1-33.5 21 16.0 9.8-25.2 3 3.0 0.7-12.2 5 2.4 0.9- 6.0 63 54.9 44.1-65.2
$75,000+ 102 25 21.5 13.9-31.8 13 8.4 4.5-15.2 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0 6 5.6 1.9-15.5 55 61.9 50.2-72.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 428 79 17.1 12.8-22.5 44 9.5 6.6-13.7 20 5.9 2.9-11.5 55 13.8 8.1-22.3 230 53.7 46.2-61.1
No 477 101 20.1 15.7-25.2 45 7.6 5.1-11.0 19 4.2 2.2- 8.2 27 4.4 2.6- 7.4 285 63.7 57.5-69.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 33 26.8 17.3-39.0 14 7.6 4.0-14.0 7 3.8 1.7- 8.5 8 5.7 2.3-13.7 80 56.1 43.4-68.0
Non-Veteran 768 149 17.0 14.0-20.6 75 8.6 6.4-11.5 32 5.2 3.0- 8.9 74 9.3 5.9-14.4 438 59.8 54.5-64.9

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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.

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