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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Smoking Cessation

In the last 12 months, on how many visits were you advised to quit smoking by a doctor or other health provider?*

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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 2,567 589 22.5 20.3-25.0 421 16.7 14.3-19.4 238 8.3 6.9- 9.8 637 24.0 21.5-26.6 682 28.5 25.8-31.5
-Piedmont NC 1,173 260 20.6 17.5-24.1 193 16.7 13.2-21.0 113 8.9 6.9-11.4 297 23.7 20.3-27.4 310 30.1 26.0-34.6
GENDER
Male 427 97 21.1 16.0-27.2 74 16.5 11.0-24.1 42 9.3 6.2-13.7 95 17.5 13.2-22.7 119 35.6 28.6-43.3
Female 746 163 20.2 16.6-24.3 119 16.8 12.8-21.8 71 8.5 6.2-11.6 202 29.2 24.5-34.5 191 25.3 20.9-30.1
RACE
White 958 216 19.1 16.1-22.6 153 17.8 13.4-23.2 100 9.4 7.3-12.1 242 25.1 21.2-29.6 247 28.5 24.0-33.5
African American 166 34 26.9 18.1-38.1 34 17.3 11.3-25.6 11 8.6 3.8-18.0 43 16.8 11.4-24.0 44 30.4 21.1-41.6
Other Minorities 46 8 18.9 7.6-39.8 5 3.2 1.2- 8.4 2 4.8 1.1-18.5 12 26.9 13.5-46.5 19 46.2 28.1-65.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic 28 7 27.2 10.7-53.9 6 11.7 3.3-33.8 2 3.3 0.8-13.3 7 23.8 9.9-47.3 6 34.0 14.3-61.3
Non-Hispanic 1,144 252 20.1 17.0-23.6 187 17.0 13.3-21.4 111 9.2 7.1-11.8 290 23.7 20.3-27.5 304 30.0 25.8-34.5
AGE
18-24 52 9 10.0 4.4-21.3 8 24.9 11.6-45.7 5 4.3 1.5-12.0 15 24.6 13.7-40.1 15 36.1 21.8-53.4
25-34 150 35 22.7 15.0-32.9 23 15.2 9.3-23.8 12 7.5 3.3-16.2 29 13.8 8.9-20.6 51 40.8 30.5-52.0
35-44 220 54 26.2 19.3-34.6 35 14.8 9.9-21.5 18 9.3 5.5-15.3 50 21.9 15.8-29.6 63 27.8 21.2-35.5
45-54 314 66 19.2 14.2-25.5 56 15.3 11.2-20.4 33 12.8 8.4-19.0 80 27.8 21.5-35.0 79 24.9 19.0-32.0
55-64 260 55 24.5 18.1-32.3 39 13.7 9.4-19.5 32 10.6 7.0-15.9 72 28.4 21.6-36.2 62 22.8 17.1-29.8
65-74 131 34 25.5 17.2-36.2 26 18.0 11.4-27.4 10 9.0 4.1-18.6 38 32.9 23.0-44.6 23 14.5 8.7-23.2
75+ 41 7 17.4 6.3-39.8 5 10.8 3.8-27.1 2 1.5 0.3- 6.1 12 26.0 13.5-44.0 15 44.3 26.3-64.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 211 43 23.6 15.4-34.3 26 8.1 4.9-13.1 19 7.2 3.9-12.8 76 33.4 25.0-43.1 47 27.8 19.1-38.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 395 102 20.7 15.9-26.5 71 20.4 13.2-30.1 42 10.9 7.3-16.0 86 21.3 15.5-28.6 94 26.6 19.9-34.6
Some Post-H.S. 336 65 20.7 15.0-28.0 64 20.0 13.7-28.3 32 7.8 5.1-11.8 84 21.9 16.6-28.4 91 29.5 22.2-38.0
College Graduate 230 50 17.5 12.3-24.4 31 13.3 8.2-20.7 20 8.6 4.2-16.8 51 21.1 14.7-29.4 78 39.5 30.3-49.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 183 38 26.0 16.8-37.8 26 11.3 6.7-18.3 11 3.0 1.3- 6.6 60 25.2 17.1-35.6 48 34.5 23.8-46.9
$15,000- 24,999 200 45 19.2 12.6-28.2 35 13.7 8.2-22.1 26 11.4 6.9-18.2 49 25.4 17.5-35.4 45 30.3 19.7-43.5
$25,000- 34,999 131 32 31.1 20.7-43.8 25 14.6 9.0-22.7 14 7.3 4.0-12.7 26 20.7 12.4-32.5 34 26.4 16.9-38.7
$35,000- 49,999 168 39 23.0 14.5-34.4 34 16.2 9.6-26.1 14 7.4 3.7-14.4 45 27.8 18.5-39.5 36 25.6 16.1-38.3
$50,000-74,999 158 41 22.0 14.2-32.5 24 25.4 14.2-41.3 17 8.9 5.0-15.3 30 14.9 9.2-23.2 46 28.8 18.6-41.7
$75,000+ 194 36 13.9 9.2-20.4 35 21.2 12.4-33.7 20 11.1 5.9-19.9 42 21.6 14.3-31.2 61 32.3 23.5-42.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 535 86 16.3 12.2-21.4 75 10.9 8.0-14.8 50 10.8 7.2-15.8 202 37.6 31.6-43.9 122 24.5 18.9-31.0
No 635 174 23.8 19.4-28.9 118 20.9 15.5-27.5 62 7.6 5.6-10.3 94 13.5 10.2-17.7 187 34.2 28.5-40.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 159 30 22.0 13.5-33.7 26 19.3 8.6-37.7 14 8.4 4.2-16.0 46 23.4 15.7-33.4 43 26.9 17.5-39.0
Non-Veteran 1,014 230 20.4 17.1-24.1 167 16.3 12.8-20.6 99 9.0 6.8-11.7 251 23.7 20.0-27.8 267 30.6 26.2-35.5

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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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