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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,973 1,625 56.8 53.9-59.6 1,348 43.2 40.4-46.1
-Eastern NC 1,039 606 59.9 55.3-64.3 433 40.1 35.7-44.7
GENDER
Male 413 216 57.2 50.2-63.9 197 42.8 36.1-49.8
Female 626 390 63.5 58.2-68.5 236 36.5 31.5-41.8
RACE
White 722 396 56.5 51.1-61.8 326 43.5 38.2-48.9
African American 212 139 64.5 53.4-74.2 73 35.5 25.8-46.6
Other Minorities 102 69 71.8 57.5-82.7 33 28.2 17.3-42.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 39 26 65.5 43.7-82.3 13 34.5 17.7-56.3
Non-Hispanic 998 578 59.3 54.6-63.8 420 40.7 36.2-45.4
AGE
18-24 49 34 60.5 42.3-76.2 15 39.5 23.8-57.7
25-34 153 110 70.7 59.8-79.7 43 29.3 20.3-40.2
35-44 189 104 58.1 49.4-66.4 85 41.9 33.6-50.6
45-54 277 147 53.8 46.4-60.9 130 46.2 39.1-53.6
55-64 222 136 60.1 52.1-67.7 86 39.9 32.3-47.9
65-74 117 59 44.4 34.2-55.1 58 55.6 44.9-65.8
75+ 28 14 52.6 30.4-73.8 14 47.4 26.2-69.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 186 120 59.6 48.1-70.1 66 40.4 29.9-51.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 391 209 56.9 49.4-64.1 182 43.1 35.9-50.6
Some Post-H.S. 310 191 64.6 56.2-72.2 119 35.4 27.8-43.8
College Graduate 152 86 59.0 49.0-68.3 66 41.0 31.7-51.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 159 96 65.0 54.6-74.2 63 35.0 25.8-45.4
$15,000- 24,999 245 145 60.0 49.7-69.5 100 40.0 30.5-50.3
$25,000- 34,999 130 63 46.2 33.7-59.2 67 53.8 40.8-66.3
$35,000- 49,999 160 98 69.1 59.7-77.2 62 30.9 22.8-40.3
$50,000-74,999 121 71 59.0 48.1-69.0 50 41.0 31.0-51.9
$75,000+ 113 62 57.9 46.3-68.6 51 42.1 31.4-53.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 448 273 61.4 54.4-68.0 175 38.6 32.0-45.6
No 553 308 58.1 51.9-64.2 245 41.9 35.8-48.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 165 80 53.9 42.0-65.3 85 46.1 34.7-58.0
Non-Veteran 874 526 61.2 56.3-65.8 348 38.8 34.2-43.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

^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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