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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-WHITES

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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 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
GENDER
Male 1,628 72 6.9 5.2- 9.1 32 2.5 1.5- 4.4 197 18.3 15.2-21.8 135 8.9 7.2-10.9 1,192 63.5 59.8-67.0
Female 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
HISPANIC
Hispanic 32 4 25.5 7.8-58.1 2 4.1 0.9-17.5 4 11.5 3.6-31.3 3 16.2 4.6-43.5 19 42.7 22.7-65.4
-English Speaking 32 4 25.5 7.8-58.1 2 4.1 0.9-17.5 4 11.5 3.6-31.3 3 16.2 4.6-43.5 19 42.7 22.7-65.4
Non-Hispanic 3,471 171 6.7 5.5- 8.2 89 3.3 2.5- 4.5 465 17.8 15.8-20.0 341 10.3 9.0-11.8 2,405 61.9 59.4-64.2
AGE
18-24 30 12 36.7 19.2-58.7 3 7.9 1.8-28.2 14 54.7 33.5-74.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.6 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 193 34 14.4 9.4-21.3 16 7.0 3.4-13.9 83 45.3 36.2-54.6 35 16.1 10.9-23.2 25 17.2 10.7-26.6
35-44 329 27 8.7 5.6-13.2 15 4.9 2.6- 8.9 81 22.9 17.8-28.9 65 17.1 12.9-22.4 141 46.5 39.7-53.4
45-54 563 41 6.2 4.3- 9.0 22 4.1 2.5- 6.5 85 16.1 12.5-20.4 72 12.4 9.4-16.1 343 61.3 56.1-66.2
55-64 872 34 4.4 2.8- 7.0 18 1.9 1.1- 3.3 101 10.6 8.4-13.4 87 10.5 8.1-13.6 632 72.5 68.5-76.2
65-74 886 22 3.6 2.2- 5.9 12 1.2 0.6- 2.2 71 6.5 5.0- 8.5 62 5.8 4.3- 7.7 719 83.0 79.8-85.7
75+ 625 5 0.6 0.2- 1.6 5 1.1 0.4- 3.0 34 4.0 2.8- 5.9 21 2.6 1.6- 4.2 560 91.7 89.1-93.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 423 12 6.2 2.9-12.9 14 3.6 2.0- 6.6 57 16.9 11.2-24.8 40 10.5 7.1-15.3 300 62.8 55.0-69.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 999 58 6.9 4.9- 9.8 27 3.2 2.0- 5.2 145 18.5 15.1-22.4 87 7.2 5.5- 9.3 682 64.2 59.9-68.3
Some Post-H.S. 954 54 6.8 4.9- 9.5 29 4.7 2.6- 8.2 130 18.5 14.5-23.3 115 14.6 11.6-18.3 626 55.4 50.5-60.1
College Graduate 1,127 51 7.5 5.2-10.5 21 2.2 1.3- 3.8 137 16.8 13.6-20.5 102 9.3 7.3-11.7 816 64.2 60.1-68.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 277 24 11.9 6.8-20.1 11 4.9 2.6- 9.2 37 14.4 8.9-22.3 27 9.1 5.9-13.7 178 59.7 51.3-67.5
$15,000- 24,999 536 25 5.9 3.5- 9.6 15 4.0 1.9- 8.2 65 15.9 11.0-22.5 51 9.9 6.7-14.2 380 64.3 57.7-70.5
$25,000- 34,999 371 15 5.2 2.7- 9.8 12 5.8 2.7-12.1 65 27.1 20.1-35.4 37 9.8 6.5-14.6 242 52.0 44.6-59.3
$35,000- 49,999 521 19 4.4 2.5- 7.7 16 4.5 1.9-10.4 93 24.6 18.9-31.3 59 11.5 8.2-15.8 334 55.0 48.6-61.2
$50,000-74,999 578 33 6.3 4.2- 9.2 14 2.7 1.4- 5.0 73 17.1 12.9-22.3 62 11.5 8.3-15.7 396 62.5 56.8-67.9
$75,000+ 816 45 8.5 5.9-12.2 17 2.2 1.3- 3.9 95 14.6 11.2-18.9 78 10.9 8.4-14.1 581 63.7 58.9-68.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,425 65 5.7 4.0- 8.0 40 4.0 2.7- 6.0 179 15.2 12.5-18.3 135 10.3 8.4-12.7 1,006 64.8 61.2-68.2
No 2,060 109 7.7 6.1- 9.8 51 3.0 2.0- 4.5 288 19.1 16.4-22.1 205 10.3 8.7-12.3 1,407 59.8 56.6-62.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 869 25 4.3 2.7- 6.9 12 2.4 0.8- 6.5 82 11.9 8.9-15.8 56 7.0 4.9-10.0 694 74.4 69.6-78.6
Non-Veteran 2,638 150 7.9 6.3- 9.7 79 3.6 2.7- 4.8 387 19.5 17.1-22.2 288 11.4 9.8-13.2 1,734 57.6 54.8-60.3

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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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