BRFSS 2008 - Mecklenburg County: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

2008 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	2,871	1,623	58.3	55.5-61.1	1,248	41.7	38.9-44.5
-Mecklenburg County	90	65	78.2	67.5-86.0	25	21.8	14.0-32.5
GENDER
Male	45	31	77.1	62.5-87.2	14	22.9	12.8-37.5
Female	45	34	80.3	64.8-90.0	11	19.7	10.0-35.2
RACE
White	61	44	78.2	65.1-87.4	17	21.8	12.6-34.9
Other	29	21	78.0	58.2-90.1	8	22.0	9.9-41.8
AGE
18-44	21	18	91.5	74.8-97.5	3	8.5	2.5-25.2
45+	68	46	67.1	53.3-78.5	22	32.9	21.5-46.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	33	24	82.7	66.1-92.1	9	17.3	7.9-33.9
Some College +	57	41	74.2	59.4-84.9	16	25.8	15.1-40.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	51	38	79.8	64.9-89.4	13	20.2	10.6-35.1
$50,000+	28	18	73.1	53.2-86.7	10	26.9	13.3-46.8

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life and currently smoking daily or occasionally.

^Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50, % = 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.

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