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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

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%)
TOTAL 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
GENDER
Male 1,918 90 7.6 5.7-10.0 40 2.7 1.7- 4.2 248 19.7 16.5-23.2 164 8.8 7.2-10.7 1,376 61.2 57.7-64.7
Female 2,260 138 8.6 6.7-11.0 77 4.2 3.2- 5.6 330 17.0 14.9-19.3 259 12.6 10.8-14.8 1,456 57.5 54.6-60.4
RACE
White 3,507 175 7.0 5.7- 8.5 91 3.3 2.5- 4.5 469 17.7 15.7-19.9 344 10.4 9.0-11.8 2,428 61.6 59.2-64.0
African American 480 35 8.9 5.5-14.1 16 2.8 1.6- 5.0 67 16.3 11.8-22.0 54 12.3 8.6-17.2 308 59.7 53.3-65.9
Asian 15 1 16.0 2.3-60.4 2 17.0 3.6-53.0 3 28.9 7.4-67.5 3 17.0 4.5-47.2 6 21.1 6.6-50.4
Native American 67 6 21.3 6.2-52.9 3 2.8 0.8- 9.8 15 20.4 10.6-35.7 7 8.0 3.5-17.2 36 47.4 29.7-65.9
Other Minorities 93 11 17.7 7.9-35.0 4 4.3 1.4-12.6 23 35.4 19.7-55.0 14 9.1 4.0-19.2 41 33.6 21.1-48.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 97 12 19.4 9.1-36.7 5 3.3 1.0-10.5 23 34.1 18.9-53.5 15 11.3 5.5-22.0 42 31.7 19.8-46.6
-English Speaking 56 6 17.7 5.8-42.8 3 3.3 0.9-11.2 9 16.7 8.0-31.6 8 14.8 6.0-32.0 30 47.5 31.1-64.5
-Spanish Speaking 41 6 20.3 7.6-44.3 2 3.4 0.6-15.8 14 42.6 21.6-66.6 7 9.7 3.3-24.9 12 24.1 10.9-45.1
Non-Hispanic 4,072 216 7.4 6.2- 8.9 112 3.4 2.6- 4.4 555 17.6 15.8-19.6 408 10.5 9.3-11.9 2,781 61.0 58.8-63.2
AGE
18-24 41 17 43.6 26.0-62.9 3 4.9 1.1-18.9 19 48.6 30.4-67.2 2 2.9 0.5-14.7 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 248 48 16.7 11.6-23.7 26 8.7 5.2-14.3 104 45.3 36.7-54.2 41 14.4 9.9-20.4 29 14.8 9.5-22.5
35-44 412 37 8.6 5.8-12.6 18 4.3 2.4- 7.5 102 24.0 19.2-29.7 80 17.6 13.5-22.6 175 45.5 39.3-51.9
45-54 703 53 6.4 4.5- 8.8 27 3.7 2.4- 5.7 112 16.2 13.0-20.0 89 13.0 10.1-16.7 422 60.7 56.0-65.2
55-64 1,039 42 4.7 3.1- 6.9 23 1.9 1.2- 3.2 124 11.7 9.4-14.4 109 10.2 8.1-12.9 741 71.5 67.8-74.9
65-74 1,036 25 3.4 2.1- 5.3 15 1.2 0.7- 2.2 81 6.5 5.0- 8.4 78 6.7 5.0- 8.8 837 82.2 79.2-84.9
75+ 684 5 0.5 0.2- 1.4 5 0.9 0.3- 2.5 36 3.6 2.5- 5.1 23 2.5 1.6- 4.1 615 92.5 90.1-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 582 20 6.7 3.6-12.2 24 4.4 2.6- 7.3 84 22.8 15.6-32.1 63 11.7 8.2-16.4 391 54.3 46.8-61.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,205 76 8.4 6.0-11.5 35 3.2 2.1- 4.9 188 20.6 17.2-24.4 111 8.1 6.3-10.4 795 59.7 55.6-63.7
Some Post-H.S. 1,119 71 7.4 5.5- 9.9 33 4.3 2.5- 7.2 151 17.1 13.6-21.3 132 13.9 11.2-17.2 732 57.3 52.8-61.6
College Graduate 1,268 61 8.9 6.2-12.5 25 2.4 1.5- 3.9 155 16.0 13.1-19.3 117 9.3 7.4-11.6 910 63.4 59.3-67.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 378 29 12.6 6.2-24.0 17 5.7 3.4- 9.7 51 15.1 10.3-21.6 40 8.7 6.1-12.4 241 57.8 49.3-65.9
$15,000- 24,999 691 40 10.1 6.4-15.7 23 4.0 2.2- 7.1 95 19.5 14.2-26.2 69 11.8 8.4-16.3 464 54.5 48.3-60.7
$25,000- 34,999 467 25 7.5 4.5-12.4 15 5.0 2.5- 9.8 81 24.1 18.3-31.0 55 10.5 7.5-14.5 291 52.9 46.2-59.6
$35,000- 49,999 600 23 4.1 2.5- 6.8 18 4.6 2.1- 9.5 108 23.9 18.7-30.0 65 10.5 7.6-14.4 386 56.9 50.9-62.7
$50,000-74,999 668 37 5.6 3.9- 8.2 17 3.0 1.7- 5.3 85 16.4 12.6-21.0 74 12.5 9.3-16.7 455 62.5 57.2-67.5
$75,000+ 869 52 10.1 7.1-14.2 17 2.0 1.2- 3.5 100 14.3 11.0-18.3 83 10.9 8.5-13.9 617 62.7 58.0-67.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,718 85 7.2 5.2-10.0 51 4.0 2.7- 5.7 219 14.8 12.4-17.5 173 10.7 8.9-13.0 1,190 63.3 59.9-66.6
No 2,433 141 8.5 6.8-10.6 66 3.1 2.2- 4.4 355 20.3 17.6-23.4 246 10.5 8.9-12.3 1,625 57.5 54.4-60.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 999 31 4.3 2.8- 6.6 16 2.5 1.1- 5.7 100 12.0 9.2-15.5 66 7.1 5.1- 9.8 786 74.0 69.7-77.9
Non-Veteran 3,179 197 9.2 7.5-11.2 101 3.7 2.8- 4.7 478 20.4 18.0-23.1 357 11.6 10.1-13.2 2,046 55.2 52.5-57.8

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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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