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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 429 37 8.6 5.6-12.9 39 11.9 7.3-18.7 8 1.6 0.7- 3.8 22 3.8 2.2- 6.5 323 74.1 67.1-80.1
Female 736 104 11.9 9.3-15.2 51 7.8 5.3-11.3 29 3.4 2.0- 5.8 53 8.8 6.1-12.6 499 68.0 62.9-72.7
RACE
White 948 120 11.2 8.8-14.2 72 9.4 6.3-13.8 32 2.6 1.7- 4.2 60 6.6 4.7- 9.1 664 70.2 65.4-74.6
African American 167 16 9.1 4.7-17.2 16 13.5 7.4-23.5 4 1.6 0.5- 4.9 10 3.4 1.7- 6.9 121 72.3 62.0-80.8
Other Minorities 47 3 4.0 0.9-16.4 2 3.4 0.7-14.2 1 4.6 0.7-26.4 5 13.1 4.4-33.1 36 74.8 55.3-87.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 29 3 5.3 1.3-19.4 1 1.1 0.1- 7.7 2 9.0 1.8-34.6 1 1.1 0.1- 7.8 22 83.5 61.8-94.0
Non-Hispanic 1,135 138 10.6 8.4-13.3 89 10.2 7.3-13.9 35 2.3 1.4- 3.5 74 6.7 4.9- 9.1 799 70.2 65.9-74.2
AGE
18-24 54 5 4.7 1.7-12.6 4 11.7 3.7-31.7 2 2.1 0.5- 8.3 6 8.1 3.1-19.3 37 73.4 56.6-85.3
25-34 150 20 11.0 6.3-18.5 11 8.6 3.8-18.1 5 1.6 0.6- 4.1 8 3.0 1.3- 6.6 106 75.8 66.0-83.5
35-44 220 35 16.0 10.4-23.7 23 12.0 7.4-18.8 6 2.9 1.1- 7.4 12 6.0 3.1-11.2 144 63.2 54.7-71.0
45-54 315 31 8.5 5.5-12.8 27 9.5 6.1-14.4 13 3.5 1.4- 8.6 20 8.8 5.2-14.4 224 69.8 62.6-76.1
55-64 253 33 12.5 8.2-18.6 14 7.1 3.6-13.3 7 3.5 1.5- 8.0 18 6.5 3.8-11.0 181 70.4 62.6-77.1
65-74 127 17 13.3 7.6-22.2 7 5.9 2.6-12.7 4 1.6 0.6- 4.4 10 8.0 3.5-17.3 89 71.2 60.5-80.0
75+ 41 0 0.0 . - . 4 10.5 3.7-26.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.1 0.3-13.8 36 87.4 71.7-95.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 205 17 6.1 3.3-11.2 12 5.5 2.7-10.9 6 2.6 0.8- 7.7 15 9.3 4.8-17.3 155 76.5 67.6-83.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 396 52 10.3 7.1-14.5 29 10.1 5.1-19.0 9 1.1 0.5- 2.4 25 5.8 3.1-10.3 281 72.8 64.7-79.6
Some Post-H.S. 335 39 11.2 7.1-17.3 28 9.5 5.7-15.5 12 3.7 1.6- 8.1 22 6.8 4.0-11.3 234 68.8 61.0-75.7
College Graduate 228 33 13.3 8.4-20.5 21 13.4 7.6-22.5 10 3.6 1.6- 8.0 13 4.5 2.4- 8.4 151 65.1 55.7-73.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 181 16 11.3 5.9-20.3 14 6.2 3.4-11.0 4 0.9 0.3- 2.6 18 10.2 5.2-19.0 129 71.5 60.9-80.1
$15,000- 24,999 196 25 7.0 4.3-11.0 14 8.7 4.1-17.5 6 1.8 0.7- 4.7 9 7.5 2.8-18.3 142 75.1 64.6-83.2
$25,000- 34,999 134 13 9.5 3.6-22.6 10 7.3 3.3-15.3 0 0.0 . - . 6 3.9 1.5- 9.4 105 79.4 67.4-87.8
$35,000- 49,999 168 19 10.9 6.2-18.4 15 9.8 4.4-20.2 5 2.3 0.8- 6.8 12 8.7 4.5-16.3 117 68.3 57.1-77.6
$50,000-74,999 157 22 10.5 5.9-18.1 17 20.4 10.0-37.2 8 3.8 1.7- 8.2 8 2.9 1.3- 6.1 102 62.4 48.7-74.3
$75,000+ 194 30 11.3 7.1-17.4 16 10.9 5.8-19.8 8 4.7 1.8-11.8 15 5.6 3.1- 9.8 125 67.5 57.6-76.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 530 51 8.9 6.1-12.8 43 9.3 6.0-14.1 16 1.9 0.9- 3.7 48 11.1 7.5-16.1 372 68.9 62.6-74.5
No 632 90 11.4 8.6-15.1 47 10.1 6.4-15.6 20 2.5 1.4- 4.3 27 3.3 2.1- 5.1 448 72.7 67.0-77.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 156 16 14.9 7.7-26.9 12 16.0 5.8-37.1 3 1.2 0.3- 4.1 16 7.0 3.6-13.2 109 60.9 46.1-73.9
Non-Veteran 1,009 125 9.7 7.6-12.2 78 8.8 6.5-11.8 34 2.8 1.7- 4.5 59 6.4 4.5- 8.9 713 72.4 68.2-76.2

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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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