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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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- Zyban-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
-Western NC 493 101 17.1 13.4-21.4 45 10.4 6.6-15.9 21 3.0 1.7- 5.4 37 7.2 4.8-10.7 289 62.3 56.2-68.1
GENDER
Male 170 38 17.9 12.1-25.7 22 15.4 8.4-26.4 8 2.4 1.1- 5.2 12 6.8 3.4-13.4 90 57.4 46.6-67.6
Female 323 63 16.3 12.1-21.5 23 5.9 3.6- 9.7 13 3.6 1.6- 7.9 25 7.6 4.8-11.8 199 66.6 60.0-72.6
RACE
White 454 95 18.0 14.1-22.6 42 11.1 7.0-17.0 20 3.1 1.7- 5.7 36 7.5 5.0-11.1 261 60.4 54.0-66.4
African American 14 4 25.8 8.9-55.3 2 7.1 1.6-26.5 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 67.1 39.0-86.7
Other Minorities 23 2 1.8 0.4- 8.7 1 1.7 0.2-12.3 1 2.9 0.4-19.6 1 6.2 0.8-35.2 18 87.4 63.3-96.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 2 2.9 0.5-15.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 2 9.7 1.6-41.3 5 87.5 56.3-97.4
Non-Hispanic 484 99 17.6 13.9-22.1 45 10.7 6.9-16.4 21 3.2 1.8- 5.6 35 7.1 4.7-10.7 284 61.4 55.2-67.2
AGE
18-24 18 3 12.6 3.6-35.4 1 14.3 2.1-56.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.2 0.4-20.2 13 70.0 39.2-89.4
25-34 56 8 12.5 6.0-24.2 6 10.5 4.0-24.8 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 3 4.9 1.2-17.9 38 70.8 55.7-82.4
35-44 93 16 15.3 8.9-25.0 5 6.7 2.3-18.0 2 4.0 0.8-17.3 10 14.0 7.3-25.2 60 60.1 47.8-71.2
45-54 109 34 28.9 20.2-39.5 10 11.3 5.6-21.3 4 2.4 0.8- 7.1 5 3.9 1.5- 9.7 56 53.5 42.4-64.2
55-64 113 27 20.8 13.7-30.3 11 12.7 6.9-22.3 8 6.5 2.9-13.9 8 6.8 3.2-14.0 59 53.1 42.5-63.4
65-74 75 9 11.2 5.6-21.2 10 10.4 5.1-19.9 5 6.2 2.5-14.8 7 9.2 4.2-19.1 44 63.0 50.3-74.1
75+ 29 4 8.4 2.9-21.8 2 4.4 0.8-21.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 3 9.0 2.8-25.2 19 76.4 58.5-88.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 93 10 6.7 2.8-15.0 13 16.4 6.0-37.5 5 2.5 1.0- 6.6 7 6.1 2.6-13.8 58 68.2 51.5-81.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 178 40 17.1 11.5-24.7 18 10.1 5.5-17.6 10 5.7 2.5-12.3 16 9.1 4.8-16.8 94 58.0 47.3-68.0
Some Post-H.S. 139 37 23.0 15.8-32.1 7 5.5 2.2-13.0 5 1.5 0.6- 3.8 8 5.2 2.3-11.6 82 64.7 54.7-73.6
College Graduate 82 14 20.6 11.2-34.9 7 11.3 4.0-28.2 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 6 7.9 3.1-18.6 54 59.8 44.8-73.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 98 16 13.2 6.9-23.8 8 7.9 3.6-16.5 4 1.8 0.7- 4.9 12 10.0 5.3-18.3 58 67.0 54.7-77.3
$15,000- 24,999 127 20 14.2 8.1-23.6 15 14.4 6.1-30.6 9 6.2 2.5-14.5 11 11.8 5.9-22.2 72 53.4 40.8-65.5
$25,000- 34,999 51 10 12.8 5.5-27.2 9 12.6 5.0-28.3 2 3.4 0.7-14.0 3 5.1 1.5-15.7 27 66.1 47.2-80.9
$35,000- 49,999 80 20 21.0 12.7-32.7 9 12.7 5.7-25.8 4 2.8 1.0- 7.8 2 2.7 0.7-10.2 45 60.8 47.3-72.8
$50,000-74,999 55 16 22.7 12.4-37.8 3 12.0 3.1-36.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5 4 7.4 2.2-21.8 31 57.0 39.7-72.7
$75,000+ 37 10 30.0 15.8-49.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 3 4.6 1.4-13.7 24 65.5 46.5-80.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 238 43 14.7 10.1-20.8 30 16.8 9.8-27.3 12 4.3 1.9- 9.6 22 8.5 5.1-13.8 131 55.8 46.3-64.9
No 250 57 18.9 13.8-25.4 15 5.5 2.6-11.3 9 2.1 1.0- 4.4 15 6.3 3.4-11.6 154 67.2 59.2-74.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 67 19 33.2 21.2-47.9 7 14.4 6.4-29.2 4 5.4 1.8-15.0 7 9.2 4.1-19.4 30 37.8 25.9-51.3
Non-Veteran 426 82 15.0 11.4-19.5 38 9.9 5.9-16.0 17 2.7 1.4- 5.4 30 7.0 4.5-10.8 259 65.4 58.7-71.5

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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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