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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies
other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 2,551 309 11.2 9.6-13.0 183 8.6 6.9-10.8 82 2.7 2.0- 3.6 163 6.7 5.2- 8.5 1,814 70.8 68.0-73.6
-Eastern NC 905 100 10.9 8.4-14.0 58 6.8 5.0- 9.3 27 2.2 1.4- 3.4 62 8.1 5.1-12.6 658 72.0 67.2-76.3
GENDER
Male 330 39 11.3 7.4-16.9 21 6.8 4.1-11.0 14 2.4 1.3- 4.2 17 8.4 3.7-17.7 239 71.1 63.0-78.1
Female 575 61 10.4 7.8-13.8 37 6.9 4.6-10.1 13 2.0 1.1- 3.8 45 7.8 5.5-10.9 419 72.9 68.0-77.3
RACE
White 635 71 10.6 7.7-14.4 42 7.2 5.0-10.3 16 2.0 1.2- 3.4 41 7.7 4.1-14.2 465 72.5 66.5-77.7
African American 180 20 14.2 8.3-23.3 8 3.0 1.2- 7.4 9 3.2 1.5- 6.8 12 9.3 4.6-17.9 131 70.4 59.9-79.1
Other Minorities 89 8 6.0 2.5-13.7 8 12.5 5.3-26.7 2 1.5 0.3- 7.9 9 8.0 3.5-17.0 62 72.1 58.2-82.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 31 2 12.4 2.5-44.4 3 15.1 4.6-39.2 0 0.0 . - . 3 8.3 1.8-30.7 23 64.2 39.5-83.1
Non-Hispanic 872 97 10.8 8.4-13.9 55 6.3 4.6- 8.6 27 2.4 1.5- 3.6 58 7.7 4.7-12.4 635 72.8 68.1-77.2
AGE
18-24 35 2 7.7 1.9-26.5 1 2.8 0.4-17.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 14.0 3.2-44.6 29 75.5 50.5-90.3
25-34 130 17 10.4 6.0-17.5 10 6.8 3.4-13.0 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 11 7.8 4.1-14.4 91 74.1 64.8-81.7
35-44 157 22 16.1 9.9-25.0 14 10.9 5.9-19.1 9 4.5 2.2- 9.0 13 8.3 3.9-16.6 99 60.3 50.4-69.4
45-54 239 29 11.5 7.3-17.6 16 7.9 4.4-13.8 6 1.4 0.6- 3.5 11 5.5 2.7-10.9 177 73.6 66.0-80.1
55-64 206 17 8.4 4.8-14.4 14 6.0 3.2-10.9 6 2.7 1.1- 6.5 12 5.8 3.1-10.5 157 77.1 69.7-83.2
65-74 108 12 11.5 6.3-20.3 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0 4 6.7 2.5-16.9 9 5.5 2.7-11.0 82 75.5 64.9-83.7
75+ 27 1 1.1 0.2- 8.0 1 10.4 1.5-46.5 0 0.0 . - . 3 19.1 5.3-50.2 22 69.3 40.9-88.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 158 14 8.0 4.3-14.3 10 7.2 3.4-14.6 6 2.1 0.9- 5.2 15 12.7 6.6-22.9 113 69.9 59.1-78.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 320 25 9.3 5.5-15.4 20 7.5 4.4-12.6 11 2.7 1.4- 5.2 23 5.3 3.2- 8.8 241 75.1 67.9-81.1
Some Post-H.S. 281 38 12.2 7.5-19.0 18 5.0 2.8- 8.7 8 2.0 0.9- 4.6 14 10.6 3.8-26.1 203 70.3 59.2-79.4
College Graduate 146 23 15.5 9.9-23.6 10 8.4 4.0-16.8 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 10 4.9 2.3-10.0 101 69.8 60.2-78.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 131 9 8.3 3.9-16.7 5 4.3 1.4-12.6 5 2.8 0.9- 8.5 15 18.1 9.7-31.2 97 66.5 54.3-76.9
$15,000- 24,999 208 13 3.3 1.7- 6.3 18 9.7 5.5-16.6 4 1.4 0.5- 4.2 15 13.3 4.6-32.5 158 72.3 58.3-83.0
$25,000- 34,999 112 16 20.3 10.6-35.4 5 3.5 1.1-10.4 5 3.0 1.1- 7.8 8 4.9 2.1-11.1 78 68.3 53.6-80.1
$35,000- 49,999 136 13 9.8 4.7-19.2 11 9.2 4.3-18.4 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5 7 3.8 1.4- 9.7 99 74.0 63.1-82.5
$50,000-74,999 125 18 13.4 7.8-21.9 10 8.1 3.9-15.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.8 4 2.6 1.0- 7.0 91 75.0 65.3-82.8
$75,000+ 102 15 10.6 5.9-18.2 5 5.6 1.8-15.9 3 2.6 0.8- 8.0 7 6.2 2.3-16.1 72 75.0 63.7-83.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 423 43 10.9 7.2-16.1 23 5.0 3.0- 8.2 13 2.5 1.4- 4.6 39 13.1 7.4-22.3 305 68.5 60.4-75.5
No 477 55 10.8 7.6-15.0 35 8.4 5.6-12.4 14 1.9 1.1- 3.5 23 3.9 2.3- 6.7 350 74.9 69.4-79.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 142 23 18.6 10.1-31.5 11 9.8 5.0-18.3 5 3.1 1.2- 7.6 5 4.7 1.7-12.2 98 63.8 51.0-74.9
Non-Veteran 763 77 9.2 7.0-11.9 47 6.2 4.3- 8.8 22 2.0 1.2- 3.2 57 8.8 5.4-14.2 560 73.8 68.6-78.4

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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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