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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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/Z yban/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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 429 79 15.2 10.9-20.7 44 10.6 6.3-17.3 22 3.7 2.2- 6.3 29 4.5 2.9- 7.0 255 66.0 58.8-72.5
Female 741 149 18.9 15.2-23.2 70 8.8 6.5-11.9 36 4.2 2.7- 6.5 73 8.3 6.1-11.2 413 59.8 54.6-64.8
RACE
White 952 205 19.4 16.0-23.4 95 9.9 7.0-13.9 49 4.3 3.0- 6.1 91 7.4 5.7- 9.6 512 59.0 54.0-63.7
African American 168 14 8.9 4.4-17.1 17 12.2 6.4-22.0 8 2.4 1.0- 5.5 8 3.5 1.4- 8.5 121 73.1 62.7-81.5
Other Minorities 47 6 12.9 4.3-32.7 2 1.7 0.4- 7.1 1 4.6 0.7-26.4 3 5.9 1.6-19.8 35 74.8 55.4-87.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 29 3 5.8 1.5-19.7 2 3.1 0.7-12.3 2 9.0 1.8-34.6 0 0.0 . - . 22 82.2 60.6-93.2
Non-Hispanic 1,140 224 17.5 14.5-21.0 112 10.1 7.4-13.6 56 3.7 2.7- 5.1 102 6.9 5.3- 8.8 646 61.8 57.4-66.1
AGE
18-24 54 6 8.3 3.2-19.9 4 9.6 2.5-30.1 1 0.9 0.1- 6.1 1 0.8 0.1- 5.3 42 80.5 63.3-90.8
25-34 151 23 15.6 8.8-26.2 12 8.3 3.7-17.6 6 2.2 1.0- 5.1 12 5.6 2.9-10.5 98 68.3 57.4-77.6
35-44 220 47 21.5 15.1-29.6 24 9.6 6.0-15.0 10 5.2 2.5-10.4 14 7.1 3.8-13.1 125 56.6 48.2-64.7
45-54 314 63 16.2 11.8-21.8 34 12.3 8.3-17.7 19 6.0 3.1-11.2 28 7.6 4.8-11.9 170 57.9 50.6-64.9
55-64 257 58 23.4 17.2-31.0 26 9.8 6.2-15.1 17 6.0 3.4-10.4 25 10.5 6.5-16.7 131 50.3 42.5-58.1
65-74 128 23 22.9 14.5-34.2 12 7.3 3.8-13.4 5 4.5 1.4-13.4 18 11.5 6.6-19.2 70 53.8 42.6-64.6
75+ 41 7 20.8 9.0-41.1 1 4.0 0.6-23.3 0 0.0 . - . 4 12.6 4.5-30.7 29 62.7 42.8-79.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 35 11.3 7.4-16.8 16 5.7 3.1-10.3 9 2.8 1.1- 6.5 28 9.4 5.6-15.1 117 70.9 62.5-78.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 397 81 18.3 13.6-24.3 44 10.6 5.6-19.1 20 2.9 1.7- 5.0 26 5.2 3.2- 8.3 226 63.0 54.9-70.4
Some Post-H.S. 340 61 17.6 11.7-25.6 35 10.0 6.8-14.6 19 6.3 3.5-11.0 31 6.8 4.3-10.7 194 59.3 51.1-66.9
College Graduate 227 50 19.2 13.2-27.1 19 11.5 6.2-20.5 10 3.5 1.5- 7.8 17 5.8 3.1-10.6 131 60.0 50.4-68.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 33 15.5 9.6-23.9 16 8.1 4.5-14.3 7 1.9 0.8- 4.4 33 12.6 7.6-20.0 94 61.9 51.3-71.6
$15,000- 24,999 203 28 11.8 6.4-20.8 20 6.3 3.8-10.3 14 4.1 2.2- 7.5 13 8.4 4.4-15.7 128 69.4 59.4-77.8
$25,000- 34,999 136 23 24.3 14.6-37.6 10 5.0 2.3-10.4 2 1.1 0.2- 5.0 9 5.0 2.3-10.3 92 64.7 52.4-75.3
$35,000- 49,999 168 35 13.4 8.8-19.9 18 6.9 3.9-12.0 9 4.2 1.8- 9.1 14 6.7 3.5-12.5 92 68.8 59.1-77.0
$50,000-74,999 155 42 24.0 14.8-36.4 17 20.2 9.7-37.5 9 5.2 2.4-10.8 7 3.4 1.2- 9.4 80 47.3 35.0-59.9
$75,000+ 194 37 15.1 9.8-22.6 24 14.3 8.5-23.0 13 6.3 2.9-13.0 14 5.5 3.0-10.0 106 58.9 48.6-68.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 530 96 16.6 12.4-21.8 54 11.1 7.7-15.9 24 2.7 1.7- 4.4 75 11.9 8.8-15.9 281 57.7 51.3-63.8
No 637 132 17.6 13.8-22.2 60 8.8 5.5-13.8 33 4.3 2.8- 6.4 27 2.9 1.8- 4.6 385 66.5 60.6-71.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 162 36 21.6 13.5-32.8 12 14.2 4.7-35.6 10 5.8 2.6-12.4 17 8.8 4.6-15.9 87 49.6 37.0-62.3
Non-Veteran 1,008 192 16.4 13.4-20.0 102 9.0 6.9-11.7 48 3.7 2.5- 5.4 85 6.2 4.7- 8.1 581 64.7 60.3-68.9

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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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