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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 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
GENDER
Male 564 118 24.7 19.5-30.8 87 14.3 10.2-19.6 54 9.9 6.5-14.9 169 21.4 17.1-26.5 136 29.7 23.5-36.6
Female 840 131 16.2 12.9-20.0 123 15.5 11.7-20.3 99 10.8 8.4-13.9 381 43.8 38.9-48.8 106 13.7 10.6-17.5
RACE
White 1,128 195 18.7 15.4-22.6 170 15.5 12.0-19.9 129 11.8 9.0-15.3 455 36.0 31.7-40.4 179 18.0 14.3-22.3
African American 199 39 26.0 17.7-36.3 33 17.8 11.4-26.8 21 9.0 4.8-16.1 71 21.0 15.2-28.2 35 26.3 16.6-39.1
Other Minorities 74 13 23.3 12.3-39.7 6 4.1 1.5-10.9 3 3.3 0.9-11.1 24 26.8 16.1-41.2 28 42.4 28.8-57.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 51 7 19.7 8.2-40.2 5 5.0 1.7-14.1 4 4.5 1.4-14.0 12 21.3 10.6-38.1 23 49.5 32.7-66.4
Non-Hispanic 1,351 241 20.6 17.3-24.3 205 15.7 12.6-19.4 149 10.9 8.5-13.9 538 33.0 29.3-36.8 218 19.8 16.1-24.1
AGE
18-24 68 15 20.7 11.7-34.1 9 17.8 8.4-34.0 7 8.8 3.0-23.5 20 25.9 15.5-39.8 17 26.8 15.4-42.4
25-34 190 41 25.9 18.0-35.6 21 12.2 6.8-21.0 19 8.5 4.6-15.4 68 25.2 18.7-33.0 41 28.2 19.1-39.6
35-44 277 48 17.6 12.5-24.3 46 14.3 10.0-19.8 30 10.3 6.8-15.4 94 31.8 25.4-39.0 59 26.0 19.5-33.8
45-54 372 74 22.3 16.7-29.1 60 15.5 11.6-20.4 41 12.9 8.9-18.3 139 34.8 28.7-41.4 58 14.5 10.6-19.5
55-64 289 44 17.6 12.5-24.3 44 15.1 10.3-21.5 35 11.9 8.0-17.2 135 42.4 35.4-49.8 31 13.0 8.6-19.2
65-74 154 22 13.3 8.2-20.9 25 16.5 10.2-25.6 16 12.4 6.8-21.7 66 42.6 32.8-53.0 25 15.1 9.4-23.4
75+ 46 5 17.5 6.1-41.1 4 10.4 3.8-25.5 4 4.4 1.5-12.6 25 52.0 34.0-69.5 8 15.6 6.1-34.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 274 44 20.8 13.9-30.1 32 10.7 6.2-17.9 23 6.0 3.6- 9.9 107 31.3 23.9-39.8 68 31.1 22.2-41.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 484 92 18.6 14.1-24.2 76 14.8 9.9-21.4 62 13.4 8.7-19.8 167 28.8 22.8-35.6 87 24.5 18.4-31.8
Some Post-H.S. 391 65 19.6 13.9-27.0 62 17.4 11.4-25.6 38 9.1 6.0-13.5 166 33.8 27.4-40.8 60 20.1 13.2-29.3
College Graduate 254 48 26.4 18.3-36.5 39 15.7 10.5-22.7 30 11.5 6.8-18.8 110 37.0 29.1-45.5 27 9.5 6.0-14.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 207 27 24.5 14.9-37.5 23 10.1 5.9-16.7 20 7.0 3.7-12.7 110 40.9 31.3-51.3 27 17.5 10.3-28.2
$15,000- 24,999 269 49 16.0 10.2-24.0 38 9.0 5.5-14.6 26 5.8 3.5- 9.5 89 30.0 21.6-40.0 67 39.2 28.4-51.1
$25,000- 34,999 160 41 32.6 22.6-44.4 19 12.2 7.1-20.0 17 9.2 5.1-16.1 55 29.1 20.6-39.3 28 16.9 10.4-26.4
$35,000- 49,999 210 37 26.3 17.3-37.8 34 15.0 9.0-23.7 17 6.6 3.5-12.1 81 31.6 23.1-41.5 41 20.6 13.7-29.8
$50,000-74,999 181 35 18.5 11.3-28.7 37 26.9 16.2-41.3 27 13.7 8.6-21.2 57 22.6 15.8-31.2 25 18.3 10.2-30.6
$75,000+ 217 35 18.8 12.2-27.9 33 11.4 7.5-16.9 34 19.2 11.1-31.3 88 37.2 28.5-46.7 27 13.4 8.2-21.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 582 65 13.8 9.6-19.3 63 9.1 6.5-12.5 51 9.9 6.6-14.4 345 52.2 45.5-58.9 58 15.1 9.8-22.5
No 814 184 24.9 20.5-29.8 147 18.4 14.2-23.6 101 10.7 7.8-14.4 203 19.8 16.4-23.7 179 26.2 21.5-31.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 194 36 24.9 15.9-36.8 27 18.6 8.9-34.7 17 9.1 4.8-16.6 79 33.0 24.4-42.9 35 14.5 9.4-21.7
Non-Veteran 1,210 213 20.1 16.7-23.9 183 14.4 11.5-17.8 136 10.5 8.1-13.6 471 31.9 28.1-35.9 207 23.1 19.0-27.8

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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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