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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Once Twice Three times 4 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,084 553 19.7 17.6-22.1 466 15.2 13.2-17.5 333 10.1 8.6-11.8 1,191 32.8 30.3-35.3 541 22.2 19.7-24.9
-Eastern NC 1,079 189 17.3 14.3-20.8 150 14.0 11.0-17.6 120 10.6 8.4-13.3 433 35.6 31.4-40.0 187 22.6 18.8-26.8
GENDER
Male 422 81 18.4 14.1-23.8 59 14.5 9.9-20.6 48 9.5 6.7-13.4 142 30.4 24.3-37.3 92 27.2 21.3-33.9
Female 657 108 15.9 12.2-20.4 91 13.3 10.5-16.8 72 11.9 8.8-15.9 291 42.2 37.3-47.3 95 16.6 13.1-20.9
RACE
White 763 133 17.4 13.7-21.7 107 13.1 10.2-16.6 88 11.1 8.4-14.5 303 37.4 32.3-42.8 132 21.0 17.0-25.7
African American 208 40 20.2 13.7-28.9 31 18.7 10.2-31.7 23 8.5 5.1-14.0 79 31.5 23.7-40.6 35 21.0 13.7-30.8
Other Minorities 106 15 11.9 6.1-22.0 12 11.0 5.3-21.3 9 11.2 4.9-23.6 51 32.7 21.8-45.9 19 33.3 19.7-50.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 40 5 8.6 2.8-23.6 7 14.3 5.8-31.0 3 7.6 1.6-29.4 15 33.6 16.9-55.7 10 35.9 17.3-60.0
Non-Hispanic 1,037 183 18.0 14.9-21.7 143 14.0 10.9-17.8 117 10.8 8.6-13.6 417 35.5 31.3-39.9 177 21.6 18.0-25.7
AGE
18-24 48 7 17.0 7.6-33.7 3 14.2 4.3-38.1 4 8.7 2.9-23.0 20 38.2 22.6-56.8 14 21.9 11.7-37.2
25-34 164 28 15.5 10.0-23.3 29 13.9 9.0-20.9 18 8.6 4.8-14.8 54 28.8 20.5-38.8 35 33.3 23.5-44.7
35-44 195 47 23.6 17.1-31.7 21 11.5 7.2-17.9 20 12.5 7.7-19.9 66 30.2 22.9-38.7 41 22.1 15.6-30.4
45-54 290 42 16.6 11.4-23.4 48 16.6 12.1-22.4 36 10.3 6.9-15.3 112 35.4 29.0-42.3 52 21.1 15.6-27.9
55-64 230 41 17.1 12.1-23.5 31 13.4 9.0-19.5 27 13.4 8.9-19.5 105 44.8 37.1-52.8 26 11.4 7.2-17.5
65-74 117 19 11.2 6.8-17.8 17 16.8 10.1-26.8 11 12.9 6.9-22.6 56 45.1 34.7-55.8 14 14.1 7.9-23.8
75+ 32 5 10.1 3.6-25.5 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.5 0.6-10.0 20 65.4 43.0-82.6 5 21.9 8.0-47.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 180 25 10.8 5.7-19.7 16 6.6 3.6-11.9 23 12.5 7.3-20.5 86 44.5 34.0-55.5 30 25.5 16.2-37.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 397 66 18.2 13.2-24.7 56 17.0 11.0-25.2 37 9.8 6.6-14.3 153 30.1 24.4-36.5 85 24.9 19.0-31.8
Some Post-H.S. 326 67 19.9 14.3-27.0 49 13.1 9.3-18.1 39 10.3 6.5-15.9 127 37.1 28.7-46.3 44 19.6 13.3-27.9
College Graduate 176 31 17.5 11.9-24.9 29 16.7 11.2-24.0 21 10.7 6.0-18.1 67 36.2 27.7-45.6 28 19.0 12.3-28.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 153 15 7.7 4.0-14.3 16 12.0 6.5-21.1 9 6.2 2.9-12.7 92 55.4 43.3-66.9 21 18.7 9.2-34.4
$15,000- 24,999 246 38 14.7 9.1-22.8 28 9.7 6.0-15.2 29 11.3 6.8-18.2 111 40.8 30.9-51.7 40 23.5 15.6-33.8
$25,000- 34,999 139 28 16.9 10.2-26.8 22 17.8 7.8-35.6 16 7.5 4.1-13.2 45 31.3 21.1-43.8 28 26.5 17.3-38.4
$35,000- 49,999 163 36 20.0 12.8-29.8 23 15.5 8.7-26.0 19 14.7 8.2-24.8 55 28.5 20.8-37.6 30 21.3 13.8-31.5
$50,000-74,999 143 24 19.6 12.5-29.2 33 23.7 16.3-33.2 22 15.0 8.7-24.5 45 27.1 19.5-36.2 19 14.6 9.0-22.9
$75,000+ 128 29 20.1 13.4-29.2 20 15.1 9.3-23.8 14 10.1 5.6-17.6 40 31.0 21.4-42.6 25 23.6 15.0-35.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 458 53 12.1 8.3-17.3 41 7.2 5.0-10.4 49 10.4 7.2-14.9 270 55.9 48.9-62.6 45 14.4 9.9-20.3
No 612 135 21.0 16.8-26.0 109 18.8 14.3-24.5 70 10.6 7.8-14.3 159 21.4 17.3-26.0 139 28.1 22.9-34.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 174 38 24.2 16.2-34.4 25 19.2 9.9-33.8 17 7.3 3.8-13.6 63 28.3 20.1-38.2 31 21.1 13.6-31.1
Non-Veteran 905 151 15.8 12.7-19.5 125 12.8 10.2-16.0 103 11.3 8.8-14.4 370 37.2 32.6-42.0 156 22.9 18.8-27.6

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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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