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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Smoking Cessation

About how long has it been since you last smoked cigarettes regularly?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Less than 6 mos. 6 mos. to 1 year Past year Past 5 years Past 10 years
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,178 228 8.1 6.7- 9.7 117 3.4 2.6- 4.4 578 18.5 16.4-20.7 423 10.5 9.3-11.9 2,832 59.5 57.2-61.8
-Mecklenburg County 200 17 12.1 6.7-20.9 7 4.4 1.9- 9.7 21 16.4 8.1-30.5 20 10.0 5.9-16.4 135 57.1 46.3-67.2
GENDER
Male 83 5 8.2 2.7-22.1 1 2.4 0.3-15.1 7 19.8 6.8-45.4 8 10.2 4.5-21.4 62 59.4 41.3-75.3
Female 117 12 16.5 8.4-29.8 6 6.6 2.9-14.5 14 12.7 7.1-21.8 12 9.7 5.1-17.7 73 54.5 43.3-65.2
RACE
White 154 12 13.3 6.6-25.2 5 5.0 1.9-12.6 15 9.9 5.6-16.8 16 10.8 6.3-18.1 106 60.9 50.7-70.3
Other 45 5 9.8 3.5-24.8 2 3.1 0.7-12.5 6 30.0 10.3-61.6 4 8.3 2.4-25.3 28 48.7 27.1-70.8
AGE
18-44 43 12 27.3 13.4-47.7 5 9.5 3.5-23.3 10 27.7 10.1-56.6 5 9.9 3.5-24.7 11 25.6 11.9-46.6
45+ 155 5 2.7 1.1- 6.6 2 1.2 0.3- 4.8 11 9.5 5.0-17.6 15 10.2 5.7-17.4 122 76.4 67.5-83.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 5 13.5 4.4-34.8 1 1.3 0.2- 9.1 6 31.1 10.2-64.4 3 7.5 1.8-26.8 37 46.6 25.6-68.8
Some College + 147 12 11.6 5.7-22.0 6 5.7 2.4-12.9 15 10.4 5.9-17.7 17 11.0 6.5-18.2 97 61.3 51.0-70.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 8 15.4 6.9-30.9 3 6.8 1.9-21.8 6 10.8 4.7-23.1 6 7.4 2.7-18.2 44 59.7 43.6-73.9
$50,000+ 101 8 10.5 4.2-23.5 4 4.5 1.6-11.7 11 12.2 6.4-22.1 11 13.5 7.1-24.2 67 59.4 47.4-70.4

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* Asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 cigarettes in their entire lifetime and now smoke not at all (for any length of time).

^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.

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