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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Smoking Cessation

On how many visits did your doctor or health provider recommend or discuss methods and strategies
other than medication to assist you with quitting smoking?*

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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 2,551 309 11.2 9.6-13.0 183 8.6 6.9-10.8 82 2.7 2.0- 3.6 163 6.7 5.2- 8.5 1,814 70.8 68.0-73.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 64 8 12.1 4.9-27.0 3 6.3 2.0-17.9 3 6.3 1.7-21.0 3 3.1 0.9-10.1 47 72.2 56.9-83.6
Buncombe 67 7 17.0 6.1-39.2 4 14.1 4.5-36.3 2 3.9 0.9-16.2 3 1.8 0.5- 6.2 51 63.2 43.5-79.2
Cabarrus 50 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 2 2.2 0.5- 9.1 6 16.6 6.7-35.6 3 5.1 1.5-15.8 38 74.5 56.7-86.7
Catawba 64 10 20.2 9.0-39.1 7 7.7 3.3-16.8 0 0.0 . - . 3 2.9 0.8-10.3 44 69.2 51.5-82.7
Cumberland 70 8 13.7 5.5-30.2 4 5.8 1.9-16.7 0 0.0 . - . 8 16.4 7.8-31.5 50 64.0 48.3-77.2
Davidson 77 12 11.3 5.8-20.9 2 2.8 0.7-10.5 2 3.2 0.6-14.5 5 9.3 2.9-26.3 56 73.4 58.7-84.3
Durham 41 6 11.1 4.5-24.7 2 4.9 1.2-18.5 2 2.9 0.6-12.9 3 3.8 1.1-12.5 28 77.2 61.3-87.9
Forsyth 70 10 13.8 6.5-26.9 8 7.2 3.3-14.9 4 4.6 1.5-13.3 4 10.2 2.7-31.4 44 64.3 47.9-77.9
Gaston 72 7 15.6 6.0-34.8 4 3.1 1.0- 9.0 1 4.6 0.7-26.1 9 14.1 6.7-27.2 51 62.7 46.2-76.6
Guilford 67 10 7.4 3.5-15.0 7 24.2 8.8-51.4 2 3.4 0.6-15.7 3 2.8 0.8- 9.1 45 62.3 41.1-79.6
Iredell 70 9 11.8 5.2-24.6 5 4.7 1.6-13.0 3 2.9 0.9- 9.3 5 11.9 4.5-28.1 48 68.7 53.5-80.8
Johnston 81 6 6.1 2.3-15.2 5 3.3 1.2- 8.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.7 6 4.6 1.8-11.1 63 85.0 73.2-92.2
Mecklenburg 104 15 13.3 6.7-24.8 9 6.4 2.9-13.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7 5 3.4 1.3- 8.4 74 76.4 64.7-85.2
New Hanover 58 8 8.1 3.3-18.6 2 4.0 0.9-16.8 2 2.7 0.6-11.6 5 23.6 5.1-63.9 41 61.6 33.1-83.8
Onslow 81 8 11.4 4.8-24.5 7 6.0 2.6-13.2 2 3.1 0.7-13.1 7 13.5 4.3-35.1 57 66.0 49.4-79.5
Orange 36 4 10.7 3.3-29.5 2 7.1 1.7-25.2 1 1.2 0.2- 8.0 2 6.2 1.4-22.9 27 74.9 54.8-88.0
Pitt 46 6 9.5 3.5-23.5 2 2.4 0.5- 9.7 1 1.5 0.2-10.4 2 4.9 0.9-22.8 35 81.7 65.4-91.4
Randolph 73 7 7.6 3.4-16.2 3 6.8 2.1-20.2 3 2.8 0.8- 9.7 4 2.7 0.8- 8.4 56 80.0 67.4-88.6
Robeson 85 11 16.7 8.6-29.9 5 5.2 1.4-17.1 3 3.7 1.0-12.6 12 11.2 6.0-20.2 54 63.2 49.8-74.8
Rowan 86 10 9.6 4.6-19.0 7 14.4 5.8-31.6 1 0.6 0.1- 4.1 8 9.0 3.6-20.4 60 66.4 51.6-78.5
Union 53 7 9.1 3.9-19.6 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 3 3.1 0.8-10.9 0 0.0 . - . 41 86.1 74.5-93.0
Wake 81 9 9.0 4.4-17.6 7 9.6 3.7-22.8 3 3.9 1.0-14.6 6 6.3 2.2-16.7 56 71.2 57.0-82.2
Wayne 87 11 14.7 6.6-29.5 6 6.8 2.7-15.9 3 2.4 0.7- 8.2 0 0.0 . - . 67 76.1 61.7-86.2
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 905 100 10.9 8.4-14.0 58 6.8 5.0- 9.3 27 2.2 1.4- 3.4 62 8.1 5.1-12.6 658 72.0 67.2-76.3
Piedmont 1,165 141 10.3 8.2-12.9 90 9.7 7.0-13.3 37 2.6 1.6- 4.1 75 6.5 4.7- 8.7 822 70.9 66.7-74.8
Western NC 481 68 15.3 10.7-21.4 35 8.3 4.8-13.8 18 4.1 2.2- 7.5 26 4.4 2.7- 7.0 334 67.9 61.2-74.0
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 318 45 14.1 8.5-22.3 26 10.3 5.5-18.7 9 4.1 1.7- 9.5 17 4.0 2.3- 7.0 221 67.6 58.6-75.4
Northwest 553 75 12.6 9.4-16.7 41 7.8 5.1-11.8 18 2.6 1.5- 4.4 36 8.3 5.1-13.2 383 68.7 62.7-74.1
Charlotte 310 32 10.9 6.7-17.1 19 4.2 2.3- 7.5 13 3.1 1.5- 6.3 17 4.5 2.6- 7.6 229 77.3 70.4-83.0
Greensboro 275 34 8.9 5.7-13.6 19 15.3 7.4-29.1 9 2.7 1.0- 7.0 13 2.8 1.4- 5.5 200 70.3 59.1-79.5
Southern Regional 264 32 13.1 8.2-20.4 20 9.1 5.3-15.1 9 2.2 1.0- 4.8 31 13.1 8.4-19.8 172 62.5 54.2-70.1
Coastal 132 13 7.6 3.9-14.3 5 4.6 1.8-11.2 7 4.2 1.9- 9.1 10 14.6 4.3-39.8 97 69.0 51.8-82.1
Wake 246 27 9.4 5.8-14.9 20 9.3 5.1-16.4 6 2.4 0.7- 7.4 19 6.1 3.2-11.3 174 72.8 64.1-80.0
Area L 79 7 10.9 4.7-23.3 5 8.6 3.0-22.4 2 1.1 0.3- 4.6 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 64 78.0 64.1-87.6
Eastern 374 44 11.6 7.6-17.5 28 8.4 5.3-13.0 9 1.6 0.8- 3.4 19 6.2 3.4-11.0 274 72.1 65.1-78.2

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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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