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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Johnston 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
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
-Johnston County 80 44 68.5 53.3-80.5 36 31.5 19.5-46.7
GENDER
Male 30 19 74.3 52.4-88.4 11 25.7 11.6-47.6
Female 50 25 62.7 41.9-79.6 25 37.3 20.4-58.1
RACE
White 67 32 62.4 45.4-76.8 35 37.6 23.2-54.6
Other 13 12 97.2 79.3-99.7 1 2.8 0.3-20.7
AGE
18-44 31 19 73.6 50.3-88.5 12 26.4 11.5-49.7
45+ 48 25 62.5 46.2-76.4 23 37.5 23.6-53.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 23 72.0 52.4-85.7 15 28.0 14.3-47.6
Some College + 42 21 66.1 44.0-82.9 21 33.9 17.1-56.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 45 23 59.6 39.1-77.2 22 40.4 22.8-60.9
$50,000+ 27 18 82.3 62.4-92.8 9 17.7 7.2-37.6

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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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