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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, how many times have you seen a doctor, nurse
or other health professional to get any kind of care for yourself?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Once Twice Three times 4 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 3,084 553 19.7 17.6-22.1 466 15.2 13.2-17.5 333 10.1 8.6-11.8 1,191 32.8 30.3-35.3 541 22.2 19.7-24.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 76 18 18.5 10.5-30.7 10 13.6 6.8-25.4 8 11.5 5.3-23.0 28 31.4 20.6-44.5 12 25.0 13.9-40.8
Buncombe 82 18 22.5 12.0-38.3 16 20.5 10.2-37.0 7 7.1 2.7-17.2 25 25.4 14.6-40.4 16 24.5 13.5-40.2
Cabarrus 63 12 16.1 7.8-30.2 9 9.5 4.4-19.5 8 17.2 7.8-33.6 21 25.6 14.6-40.9 13 31.6 16.6-51.7
Catawba 75 12 28.3 14.0-49.0 11 14.5 5.9-31.2 8 11.4 5.5-22.3 32 28.0 17.8-41.1 12 17.8 8.8-32.6
Cumberland 84 12 15.5 7.7-28.9 9 7.5 3.7-14.8 11 10.0 5.0-19.1 36 37.2 25.2-51.1 16 29.7 16.9-46.7
Davidson 86 13 11.7 6.1-21.2 17 17.6 9.7-29.8 11 13.9 6.9-25.9 35 45.1 31.6-59.3 10 11.7 5.9-21.9
Durham 46 10 18.4 9.0-33.9 4 8.0 2.8-20.9 7 18.3 7.0-40.3 19 36.7 21.6-54.9 6 18.6 7.6-38.8
Forsyth 80 13 21.9 10.5-40.0 15 18.0 10.1-30.1 13 10.2 5.3-18.8 28 36.5 23.1-52.4 11 13.4 6.6-25.2
Gaston 85 16 14.9 8.1-25.8 11 11.8 6.1-21.6 9 17.3 7.3-35.7 37 43.8 30.1-58.5 12 12.2 4.9-27.2
Guilford 76 15 15.8 8.2-28.3 9 29.1 13.3-52.5 11 12.7 6.3-24.0 32 29.8 18.2-44.7 9 12.6 5.6-25.9
Iredell 86 11 17.1 9.3-29.4 17 21.9 11.4-37.8 9 5.7 2.7-11.6 36 40.4 28.2-54.0 13 14.9 7.6-27.0
Johnston 98 16 10.5 5.4-19.3 16 26.7 10.0-54.6 11 12.2 5.2-26.3 39 30.5 17.6-47.5 16 20.0 10.7-34.3
Mecklenburg 121 21 26.1 15.8-39.9 12 7.4 3.8-14.0 15 9.2 4.9-16.6 56 44.1 32.4-56.4 17 13.2 7.6-22.1
New Hanover 67 11 12.2 5.5-25.1 9 21.4 8.4-44.7 13 19.0 8.3-37.8 26 38.5 17.8-64.5 8 8.9 3.4-21.2
Onslow 102 17 12.4 6.9-21.3 17 19.0 10.4-32.0 7 5.2 2.1-12.1 41 41.1 28.3-55.2 20 22.3 12.5-36.6
Orange 41 3 4.6 1.1-17.2 7 10.9 4.2-25.7 4 6.1 1.7-19.6 21 31.3 14.9-54.3 6 47.2 22.3-73.5
Pitt 57 9 8.8 4.2-17.7 8 16.1 6.9-33.1 9 8.0 3.9-15.8 19 38.3 23.3-55.8 12 28.9 16.4-45.7
Randolph 99 15 16.2 8.8-28.0 13 11.5 5.9-21.1 11 9.3 4.8-17.4 33 27.0 16.7-40.5 27 36.0 23.0-51.5
Robeson 102 21 23.0 14.1-35.1 11 8.6 4.4-16.3 4 7.0 2.4-18.8 50 38.8 28.1-50.7 16 22.7 12.9-36.8
Rowan 103 20 19.3 11.7-30.1 19 18.3 9.9-31.1 4 2.9 0.9- 8.6 44 42.9 31.1-55.6 16 16.7 8.9-29.1
Union 68 10 25.7 13.1-44.3 10 12.8 6.1-25.0 4 2.3 0.8- 6.8 28 32.5 21.0-46.6 16 26.6 14.5-43.5
Wake 102 21 21.5 12.6-34.2 13 12.4 5.9-24.4 15 15.4 6.8-31.4 32 21.8 13.9-32.6 21 28.8 16.6-45.3
Wayne 92 23 31.9 19.0-48.3 11 10.5 5.3-19.6 11 9.1 4.6-16.9 40 36.4 24.0-51.0 7 12.1 4.3-29.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 1,079 189 17.3 14.3-20.8 150 14.0 11.0-17.6 120 10.6 8.4-13.3 433 35.6 31.4-40.0 187 22.6 18.8-26.8
Piedmont 1,404 249 20.6 17.4-24.3 210 14.9 12.0-18.4 153 10.4 8.1-13.2 550 32.0 28.5-35.8 242 22.1 18.4-26.3
Western NC 601 115 21.2 16.8-26.5 106 19.4 15.1-24.7 60 7.8 5.6-10.7 208 29.5 24.8-34.6 112 22.1 17.6-27.3
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 399 78 20.5 15.1-27.2 67 18.1 12.9-24.9 44 9.2 6.2-13.4 136 28.9 23.0-35.7 74 23.3 17.4-30.3
Northwest 663 106 18.2 14.0-23.4 123 18.9 15.0-23.6 64 7.7 5.6-10.4 263 38.3 32.7-44.1 107 16.9 13.2-21.3
Charlotte 375 65 21.4 15.4-28.9 49 11.5 7.1-18.1 39 10.5 7.0-15.5 157 36.7 29.8-44.2 65 19.9 13.9-27.7
Greensboro 339 64 19.5 13.8-27.0 43 17.3 10.1-28.1 39 10.9 7.2-16.1 126 27.5 21.3-34.6 67 24.8 18.4-32.7
Southern Regional 321 55 19.0 13.7-25.8 43 13.5 9.3-19.3 27 7.6 4.9-11.6 133 34.3 27.8-41.3 63 25.6 19.2-33.2
Coastal 154 25 12.0 7.4-18.9 20 13.8 7.3-24.7 22 12.5 7.0-21.2 63 38.5 26.3-52.2 24 23.2 13.6-36.7
Wake 300 61 22.5 15.9-30.8 44 14.2 8.9-22.1 38 12.5 7.2-20.9 103 22.5 17.0-29.2 54 28.2 19.6-38.9
Area L 91 14 15.2 8.2-26.5 17 20.4 11.9-32.9 10 9.5 4.8-17.9 36 37.0 26.1-49.5 14 17.8 9.2-31.6
Eastern 442 85 20.9 15.6-27.4 60 11.7 8.6-15.7 50 10.8 7.3-15.9 174 37.2 30.9-44.0 73 19.4 14.3-25.7

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*Asked of respondents who stopped smoking within the past year or now smoke every day or some days.

^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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