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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-FEMALES

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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 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 1,879 103 7.2 5.5- 9.4 59 4.3 3.1- 5.9 272 17.0 14.7-19.6 209 12.1 10.2-14.3 1,236 59.4 56.3-62.5
African American 294 23 9.8 5.9-16.0 13 4.1 2.2- 7.7 42 16.9 11.6-23.9 35 14.4 9.2-21.9 181 54.7 46.9-62.4
Asian 5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 37.9 7.1-83.0 1 40.6 6.7-86.7 2 21.5 4.0-64.2
Native American 33 5 42.8 13.3-78.5 2 4.5 0.8-21.3 4 6.1 1.7-19.8 6 14.7 5.2-35.4 16 31.9 12.9-59.6
Other Minorities 41 7 26.5 9.3-55.7 2 4.1 1.0-15.6 9 20.9 9.5-40.0 8 14.9 5.5-34.8 15 33.6 17.1-55.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 44 9 29.8 12.5-55.8 2 2.3 0.5- 9.7 8 15.0 6.3-31.9 9 14.4 5.7-32.0 16 38.5 21.1-59.4
-English Speaking 30 5 18.2 4.9-49.1 1 1.5 0.2-10.5 6 19.7 7.7-41.9 4 7.7 2.6-20.7 14 52.9 30.0-74.5
-Spanish Speaking 14 4 42.2 13.6-77.1 1 3.2 0.4-20.9 2 10.1 1.6-43.2 5 21.5 5.9-54.5 2 23.1 5.6-60.4
Non-Hispanic 2,212 129 7.9 6.1-10.1 75 4.3 3.3- 5.7 322 17.1 15.0-19.5 250 12.6 10.7-14.8 1,436 58.1 55.2-61.0
AGE
18-24 23 10 54.1 30.4-76.1 3 10.8 2.5-36.4 8 28.7 13.2-51.5 2 6.4 1.1-29.0 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 166 32 16.9 11.0-25.1 18 8.6 5.1-14.0 70 40.8 32.0-50.2 31 21.1 14.2-30.1 15 12.7 6.8-22.3
35-44 270 23 7.1 4.3-11.3 11 3.7 1.9- 7.3 68 24.2 18.4-31.0 48 16.1 11.4-22.2 120 49.0 41.6-56.4
45-54 388 32 6.5 4.1-10.2 16 5.0 2.8- 8.6 52 12.0 8.6-16.5 47 13.1 9.0-18.6 241 63.5 57.0-69.4
55-64 520 25 5.9 3.5- 9.9 17 3.7 2.1- 6.6 65 12.7 9.5-16.8 64 12.0 8.9-15.9 349 65.7 60.3-70.8
65-74 516 12 2.7 1.3- 5.3 9 2.0 0.9- 4.2 43 6.6 4.7- 9.3 48 10.2 7.0-14.5 404 78.6 73.7-82.8
75+ 365 3 0.5 0.2- 1.6 3 0.8 0.2- 2.8 24 4.9 3.0- 7.8 19 4.4 2.6- 7.3 316 89.5 85.6-92.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 277 11 10.2 4.4-22.0 16 6.4 3.7-11.1 35 14.7 9.1-22.9 31 13.6 8.5-21.1 184 55.1 46.1-63.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 660 45 9.2 5.7-14.5 22 3.7 2.3- 6.1 102 17.8 14.0-22.3 78 11.6 8.5-15.6 413 57.8 52.3-63.1
Some Post-H.S. 664 50 9.0 6.3-12.8 21 4.9 2.8- 8.4 96 14.9 11.7-18.8 80 13.3 10.0-17.4 417 57.9 52.7-63.0
College Graduate 658 32 7.2 4.4-11.5 18 3.4 1.9- 5.8 97 19.0 15.1-23.7 70 12.7 9.5-16.8 441 57.6 52.3-62.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 245 17 7.7 4.3-13.3 11 7.7 3.9-14.4 33 13.2 8.6-19.6 31 12.9 8.7-18.7 153 58.6 50.6-66.2
$15,000- 24,999 381 26 13.6 7.3-23.9 12 3.0 1.5- 5.7 52 14.3 10.2-19.6 47 16.5 11.0-24.1 244 52.7 44.7-60.5
$25,000- 34,999 239 19 11.6 6.4-20.3 11 7.4 3.2-16.4 41 20.5 13.9-29.1 29 8.8 5.6-13.6 139 51.7 42.6-60.7
$35,000- 49,999 326 13 4.2 2.1- 8.2 13 4.4 2.4- 7.9 62 20.8 15.6-27.1 44 14.3 9.8-20.4 194 56.3 49.3-63.2
$50,000-74,999 337 24 6.5 4.0-10.4 9 2.8 1.4- 5.6 51 18.9 13.9-25.2 40 13.2 8.8-19.2 213 58.6 51.5-65.4
$75,000+ 404 25 9.3 5.5-15.3 11 4.0 2.0- 7.6 54 15.2 11.0-20.7 43 13.6 9.6-18.9 271 58.0 51.4-64.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 902 45 6.9 4.2-10.9 32 5.3 3.3- 8.3 116 13.1 10.3-16.6 110 13.7 10.7-17.3 599 61.1 56.3-65.7
No 1,345 93 9.7 7.3-12.8 45 3.7 2.7- 5.2 212 19.1 16.4-22.3 146 12.1 9.8-14.8 849 55.4 51.7-59.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 41 1 3.5 0.5-21.0 0 0.0 . - . 9 21.3 10.2-39.2 2 6.7 1.1-30.7 29 68.6 49.4-83.0
Non-Veteran 2,219 137 8.7 6.8-11.1 77 4.3 3.3- 5.7 321 16.9 14.8-19.3 257 12.8 10.9-14.9 1,427 57.3 54.3-60.2

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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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