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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

Quit Now NC

A telephone quitline is a free telephone-based service that connects people who smoke cigarettes
or use tobacco products with trained quit coaches who can help them quit.

Have you heard of the North Carolina Tobacco Use Quitline at 1-800-QuitNow or the website, QuitlineNC.org?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 11,935 4,171 39.4 37.8-41.0 7,764 60.6 59.0-62.2
-Eastern NC 3,234 1,203 39.1 35.8-42.5 2,031 60.9 57.5-64.2
GENDER
Male 1,176 416 38.8 33.4-44.5 760 61.2 55.5-66.6
Female 2,058 787 39.5 35.7-43.3 1,271 60.5 56.7-64.3
RACE
White 2,204 833 41.0 37.1-45.0 1,371 59.0 55.0-62.9
African American 718 254 33.5 27.5-40.2 464 66.5 59.8-72.5
Other Minorities 296 115 41.4 29.0-55.0 181 58.6 45.0-71.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 124 53 43.4 25.4-63.4 71 56.6 36.6-74.6
Non-Hispanic 3,105 1,150 38.9 35.6-42.2 1,955 61.1 57.8-64.4
AGE
18-24 113 55 45.0 31.1-59.7 58 55.0 40.3-68.9
25-34 349 180 45.2 36.1-54.6 169 54.8 45.4-63.9
35-44 491 201 42.5 34.8-50.6 290 57.5 49.4-65.2
45-54 632 253 41.6 35.8-47.8 379 58.4 52.2-64.2
55-64 667 257 35.0 29.7-40.6 410 65.0 59.4-70.3
65+ 962 250 25.3 21.3-29.8 712 74.7 70.2-78.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 423 140 42.5 33.4-52.0 283 57.5 48.0-66.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,015 376 32.0 27.0-37.5 639 68.0 62.5-73.0
Some Post-H.S. 908 348 44.1 37.4-51.1 560 55.9 48.9-62.6
College Graduate 883 337 40.5 35.3-45.9 546 59.5 54.1-64.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 407 156 38.0 28.6-48.4 251 62.0 51.6-71.4
$15,000- 24,999 558 219 44.5 36.2-53.1 339 55.5 46.9-63.8
$25,000- 34,999 330 119 33.1 24.6-42.9 211 66.9 57.1-75.4
$35,000- 49,999 448 170 39.4 31.7-47.7 278 60.6 52.3-68.3
$50,000-74,999 446 175 43.8 36.4-51.6 271 56.2 48.4-63.6
$75,000+ 618 245 42.9 35.0-51.1 373 57.1 48.9-65.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,233 448 42.2 36.5-48.1 785 57.8 51.9-63.5
No 1,978 749 37.9 33.9-42.1 1,229 62.1 57.9-66.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 518 190 40.5 32.7-48.8 328 59.5 51.2-67.3
Non-Veteran 2,444 915 38.8 34.9-42.8 1,529 61.2 57.2-65.1

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*This question was asked of all respondents regardless of smoking status.

^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.

**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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