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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina**

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
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 2,385 1,340 59.3 55.8-62.7 1,045 40.7 37.3-44.2
-Eastern NC 727 411 58.6 52.1-64.8 316 41.4 35.2-47.9
GENDER
Male 287 159 54.1 44.1-63.8 128 45.9 36.2-55.9
Female 440 252 64.3 57.4-70.7 188 35.7 29.3-42.6
RACE
White 467 235 50.9 43.6-58.2 232 49.1 41.8-56.4
African American 174 122 81.8 72.7-88.4 52 18.2 11.6-27.3
Other Minorities 81 51 52.3 30.6-73.1 30 47.7 26.9-69.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic 21 12 46.4 14.8-81.2 9 53.6 18.8-85.2
Non-Hispanic 706 399 59.8 53.7-65.5 307 40.2 34.5-46.3
AGE
18-24 43 32 72.9 52.8-86.6 11 27.1 13.4-47.2
25-34 96 64 53.1 36.9-68.7 32 46.9 31.3-63.1
35-44 135 76 63.8 48.9-76.4 59 36.2 23.6-51.1
45-54 209 100 49.1 38.4-59.8 109 50.9 40.2-61.6
55-64 145 89 64.6 52.0-75.4 56 35.4 24.6-48.0
65+ 98 50 46.5 32.9-60.7 48 53.5 39.3-67.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 126 76 56.2 40.1-71.1 50 43.8 28.9-59.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 272 151 62.1 52.1-71.2 121 37.9 28.8-47.9
Some Post-H.S. 218 121 61.4 49.6-71.9 97 38.6 28.1-50.4
College Graduate 110 62 47.1 32.2-62.6 48 52.9 37.4-67.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 134 79 64.2 50.5-75.9 55 35.8 24.1-49.5
$15,000- 24,999 155 102 71.5 54.4-84.0 53 28.5 16.0-45.6
$25,000- 34,999 83 50 68.4 50.6-82.0 33 31.6 18.0-49.4
$35,000- 49,999 97 51 54.0 39.0-68.3 46 46.0 31.7-61.0
$50,000-74,999 86 46 49.7 33.5-66.1 40 50.3 33.9-66.5
$75,000+ 84 40 40.3 26.3-56.1 44 59.7 43.9-73.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 328 197 60.5 50.7-69.6 131 39.5 30.4-49.3
No 348 190 58.2 48.7-67.0 158 41.8 33.0-51.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 110 61 55.6 38.2-71.7 49 44.4 28.3-61.8
Non-Veteran 566 320 60.8 53.6-67.5 246 39.2 32.5-46.4

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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.

**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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