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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor, nurse or other health professional recommend or discuss medication
to assist you with quitting smoking, such as nicotine gum, patch, nasal spray, inhaler, lozenge, or prescription medication
such as Wellbutrin- Zyban-Buproprion?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1 visit 2 visits 3 visits 4+ visits None
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,573 511 17.6 15.6-19.8 248 9.4 7.7-11.5 118 4.1 3.2- 5.4 221 7.3 5.9- 8.9 1,475 61.6 58.6-64.4
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 66 10 17.4 8.5-32.3 10 15.8 8.2-28.4 7 10.8 4.5-23.9 5 6.9 2.4-18.1 34 49.1 35.3-63.1
Buncombe 67 10 7.0 3.3-14.3 5 17.0 6.3-38.3 2 3.9 0.9-16.2 4 3.8 1.1-11.7 46 68.4 50.3-82.2
Cabarrus 52 13 18.5 9.9-31.9 2 2.0 0.5- 8.1 6 16.4 6.7-35.1 6 7.8 3.3-17.2 25 55.3 38.4-71.1
Catawba 63 8 11.8 5.3-24.3 8 10.1 4.5-21.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 8 7.3 3.1-15.9 38 69.9 54.4-81.9
Cumberland 70 14 23.8 12.8-39.8 6 8.6 3.7-18.7 6 6.5 2.6-15.5 6 9.2 3.9-20.3 38 51.8 37.3-66.0
Davidson 79 18 14.9 8.6-24.7 5 4.1 1.5-10.8 3 5.8 1.8-17.0 8 12.3 5.0-27.3 45 62.8 48.4-75.3
Durham 39 8 14.0 6.3-28.2 4 7.0 2.2-19.6 2 3.0 0.6-13.3 3 4.0 1.1-13.0 22 72.0 55.2-84.3
Forsyth 69 14 24.7 12.4-43.4 6 4.9 1.9-12.0 6 6.8 2.7-15.8 3 3.6 1.1-11.1 40 60.0 43.2-74.7
Gaston 71 15 25.3 13.5-42.5 7 9.4 4.0-20.6 4 3.2 1.1- 9.5 3 2.2 0.7- 6.8 42 59.8 44.0-73.8
Guilford 68 10 11.4 5.1-23.3 7 20.5 6.6-48.5 5 5.8 1.9-16.3 6 3.6 1.3- 9.8 40 58.7 38.9-76.0
Iredell 72 15 18.0 9.5-31.5 7 10.1 4.6-20.9 6 4.3 1.7-10.3 6 6.4 2.6-14.9 38 61.2 46.7-73.9
Johnston 83 13 10.8 5.2-21.1 14 9.7 4.7-18.9 3 5.2 1.2-19.2 9 5.8 2.6-12.4 44 68.6 50.9-82.1
Mecklenburg 104 23 17.1 9.8-28.0 7 5.7 2.5-12.3 2 1.2 0.3- 4.9 6 4.1 1.4-11.3 66 72.0 60.1-81.4
New Hanover 60 12 14.2 6.7-27.7 5 3.9 1.3-10.8 1 0.8 0.1- 6.1 8 24.9 6.5-61.2 34 56.1 31.3-78.2
Onslow 83 22 20.8 12.1-33.4 10 14.3 6.4-29.1 2 3.1 0.7-13.0 6 11.2 3.2-32.2 43 50.7 35.9-65.3
Orange 35 3 10.0 2.8-30.4 4 11.5 3.4-32.6 2 5.5 1.1-23.1 3 8.5 2.5-25.0 23 64.5 43.0-81.4
Pitt 46 7 10.5 4.5-22.6 4 4.2 1.4-11.6 2 2.9 0.7-11.2 2 5.5 1.1-22.6 31 77.0 61.1-87.7
Randolph 73 14 21.3 10.2-39.2 4 5.7 1.7-17.5 2 2.3 0.5- 9.8 6 4.6 1.8-11.4 47 66.2 50.0-79.3
Robeson 85 20 27.3 17.0-40.6 4 2.7 0.8- 8.5 1 1.9 0.3-12.4 16 15.8 9.2-25.8 44 52.4 39.3-65.1
Rowan 87 17 16.9 9.9-27.4 9 15.2 6.7-31.1 2 2.5 0.5-11.1 11 15.4 7.6-28.8 48 50.0 36.7-63.3
Union 53 14 15.6 8.3-27.6 8 23.3 8.8-48.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 2 2.5 0.5-11.1 28 57.6 37.5-75.4
Wake 85 17 19.1 9.9-33.6 12 13.1 6.3-25.4 3 3.5 0.8-14.3 5 2.4 0.9- 6.1 48 61.9 47.0-75.0
Wayne 85 17 19.6 10.4-34.1 6 6.5 2.6-15.6 6 4.6 1.9-10.7 3 2.7 0.7- 9.8 53 66.5 52.1-78.4
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 910 182 18.8 15.6-22.4 89 8.4 6.5-11.0 39 5.0 3.1- 8.0 82 8.7 5.7-12.9 518 59.1 54.2-63.9
Piedmont 1,170 228 17.1 14.2-20.5 114 9.7 7.1-13.0 58 4.0 2.8- 5.6 102 6.5 5.1- 8.4 668 62.7 58.4-66.8
Western NC 493 101 17.1 13.4-21.4 45 10.4 6.6-15.9 21 3.0 1.7- 5.4 37 7.2 4.8-10.7 289 62.3 56.2-68.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 326 63 14.0 10.2-19.0 32 12.2 7.0-20.4 12 2.6 1.1- 6.3 26 7.9 4.8-12.5 193 63.3 55.2-70.7
Northwest 561 115 18.4 14.2-23.4 48 6.7 4.7- 9.4 27 4.2 2.6- 6.7 50 7.6 5.3-10.9 321 63.1 57.2-68.6
Charlotte 308 70 19.4 14.1-26.3 28 8.2 5.0-13.1 14 2.9 1.5- 5.4 19 3.8 2.1- 6.9 177 65.7 57.9-72.7
Greensboro 276 47 16.4 11.1-23.4 26 13.1 5.9-26.5 18 5.9 3.2-10.8 23 4.7 2.8- 7.9 162 59.9 49.6-69.4
Southern Regional 264 50 18.9 13.3-26.0 21 6.6 3.8-11.1 11 3.9 2.0- 7.3 40 15.3 10.3-22.0 142 55.4 47.3-63.2
Coastal 134 31 18.7 12.1-27.9 11 5.2 2.6-10.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 13 15.8 5.2-38.9 75 58.3 43.5-71.7
Wake 249 45 16.3 10.4-24.5 37 11.9 7.3-18.8 9 3.4 1.3- 8.2 23 5.2 3.1- 8.7 135 63.3 53.9-71.8
Area L 78 15 22.1 12.8-35.3 11 18.7 9.7-32.9 5 4.2 1.6-10.6 4 3.0 1.0- 8.7 43 52.0 38.8-64.9
Eastern 377 75 16.9 12.5-22.4 34 8.3 5.4-12.5 18 7.1 3.3-14.6 23 6.7 3.9-11.2 227 61.2 53.7-68.1

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days AND who saw a doctor, nurse, or other health professional in the past 12 months.

^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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