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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 481 68 15.3 10.7-21.4 35 8.3 4.8-13.8 18 4.1 2.2- 7.5 26 4.4 2.7- 7.0 334 67.9 61.2-74.0
GENDER
Male 165 24 17.5 9.8-29.3 17 11.4 5.3-22.8 7 3.5 1.3- 9.2 10 4.7 2.2- 9.6 107 63.0 51.2-73.4
Female 316 44 13.3 9.0-19.2 18 5.6 3.0-10.0 11 4.6 2.1- 9.9 16 4.1 2.3- 7.5 227 72.4 65.4-78.4
RACE
White 443 60 14.3 9.9-20.3 34 9.0 5.3-15.0 16 4.2 2.2- 7.9 26 4.8 3.0- 7.7 307 67.7 60.8-73.8
African American 14 2 25.3 6.8-61.2 1 2.8 0.4-18.0 1 4.3 0.6-26.1 0 0.0 . - . 10 67.6 35.6-88.7
Other Minorities 22 6 25.8 5.4-67.9 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-19.9 0 0.0 . - . 15 71.3 31.4-93.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 9 1 1.1 0.1- 9.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 8 98.9 90.2-99.9
Non-Hispanic 472 67 15.8 11.1-22.1 35 8.6 5.0-14.3 18 4.2 2.3- 7.8 26 4.6 2.8- 7.3 326 66.8 60.0-72.9
AGE
18-24 18 4 34.0 12.3-65.3 2 17.6 3.6-55.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 12 48.4 22.5-75.1
25-34 55 5 9.9 3.5-24.8 3 6.4 1.6-22.5 3 7.3 2.2-21.4 2 1.6 0.4- 6.6 42 74.8 58.4-86.2
35-44 92 12 9.1 4.7-16.7 5 4.8 1.7-13.0 1 3.1 0.4-18.9 6 8.7 3.7-19.3 68 74.3 62.3-83.5
45-54 106 22 19.9 12.5-30.1 7 9.2 4.1-19.6 4 3.2 1.1- 8.6 5 4.5 1.7-11.5 68 63.2 51.8-73.3
55-64 110 21 17.6 10.9-27.1 7 6.1 2.8-12.7 7 6.2 2.6-13.8 6 4.2 1.6-10.6 69 66.0 55.4-75.2
65-74 72 3 7.7 2.4-22.4 9 10.9 5.3-21.1 2 4.1 1.0-15.3 5 6.2 2.4-14.7 53 71.1 57.5-81.8
75+ 28 1 3.6 0.5-21.7 2 4.7 0.9-22.2 1 2.0 0.3-13.3 2 6.9 1.7-24.1 22 82.8 64.3-92.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 91 8 12.7 4.4-31.5 12 15.2 5.1-37.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0 65 68.2 49.4-82.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 172 23 17.1 8.9-30.3 10 4.6 2.2- 9.4 12 8.1 3.8-16.4 9 3.9 1.5- 9.5 118 66.4 54.3-76.6
Some Post-H.S. 135 25 14.8 9.3-22.7 8 7.6 3.3-16.5 3 2.9 0.6-12.1 11 7.8 3.9-14.9 88 66.9 56.5-75.9
College Graduate 82 12 15.5 7.5-29.4 5 8.8 2.4-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 3 3.3 0.9-11.1 62 72.4 56.5-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 11 11.6 5.5-22.9 7 5.8 2.6-12.7 3 4.4 1.2-14.4 7 5.9 2.5-13.2 66 72.3 59.8-82.1
$15,000- 24,999 122 16 16.8 8.5-30.6 10 11.0 3.5-29.8 9 9.2 3.9-19.8 8 7.6 3.3-16.2 79 55.4 42.2-68.0
$25,000- 34,999 51 4 5.3 1.6-16.3 5 5.8 1.6-18.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 1 1.5 0.2-10.4 40 86.6 72.5-94.1
$35,000- 49,999 79 14 11.1 6.1-19.6 7 9.1 3.8-20.3 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 4 3.8 1.3-10.8 51 74.7 62.7-83.8
$50,000-74,999 55 8 9.4 4.2-19.7 5 14.7 4.8-37.0 2 5.8 1.1-25.3 0 0.0 . - . 40 70.1 51.2-83.9
$75,000+ 37 7 19.0 8.5-36.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 4 6.7 2.1-19.2 26 74.3 56.2-86.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 229 29 14.8 8.1-25.5 22 11.4 5.3-22.7 11 5.2 2.4-10.9 18 7.1 4.1-12.0 149 61.5 51.0-71.0
No 248 39 15.7 10.1-23.7 13 6.0 2.9-12.0 7 3.3 1.2- 8.7 8 2.4 0.9- 6.1 181 72.6 63.9-79.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 63 10 17.0 8.5-31.1 8 15.2 6.9-30.2 4 5.1 1.6-14.9 4 8.3 3.0-20.8 37 54.4 40.0-68.1
Non-Veteran 418 58 15.1 10.2-21.8 27 7.4 3.9-13.8 14 4.0 2.0- 7.8 22 3.9 2.3- 6.7 297 69.6 62.2-76.1

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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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