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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg County

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
-Mecklenburg County 556 179 36.9 31.3-42.9 377 63.1 57.1-68.7
GENDER
Male 204 55 28.2 21.0-36.8 149 71.8 63.2-79.0
Female 352 124 44.5 36.8-52.5 228 55.5 47.5-63.2
RACE
White 391 113 33.1 27.1-39.6 278 66.9 60.4-72.9
Other 156 64 44.1 33.5-55.4 92 55.9 44.6-66.5
AGE
18-44 173 71 45.2 35.9-54.9 102 54.8 45.1-64.1
45+ 377 106 27.8 22.8-33.5 271 72.2 66.5-77.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 130 37 36.4 24.6-50.2 93 63.6 49.8-75.4
Some College + 425 142 37.1 31.0-43.7 283 62.9 56.3-69.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 203 73 44.0 33.6-55.0 130 56.0 45.0-66.4
$50,000+ 263 77 32.9 26.1-40.5 186 67.1 59.5-73.9

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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.

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