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2009 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
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
-Mecklenburg County 95 50 48.8 35.6-62.1 45 51.2 37.9-64.4
GENDER
Male 45 20 51.1 33.6-68.3 25 48.9 31.7-66.4
Female 50 30 45.4 27.5-64.6 20 54.6 35.4-72.5
RACE
White 62 33 49.7 32.7-66.7 29 50.3 33.3-67.3
Other 32 17 47.8 28.1-68.2 15 52.2 31.8-71.9
AGE
18-44 35 18 47.5 28.8-67.0 17 52.5 33.0-71.2
45+ 60 32 50.6 35.5-65.6 28 49.4 34.4-64.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 34 19 49.7 27.1-72.4 15 50.3 27.6-72.9
Some College + 61 31 48.2 33.4-63.3 30 51.8 36.7-66.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 55 33 58.0 40.6-73.6 22 42.0 26.4-59.4
$50,000+ 27 12 49.7 29.3-70.1 15 50.3 29.9-70.7

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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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