BRFSS 2009 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*)

2009 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

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
North Carolina	2,385	1,340	59.3	55.8-62.7	1,045	40.7	37.3-44.2
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	51	30	64.1	46.9-78.4	21	35.9	21.6-53.1
Buncombe	61	35	65.3	49.5-78.3	26	34.7	21.7-50.5
Cabarrus	65	35	66.4	51.1-78.9	30	33.6	21.1-48.9
Catawba	61	38	55.7	34.2-75.2	23	44.3	24.8-65.8
Cumberland	83	55	59.6	44.3-73.2	28	40.4	26.8-55.7
Davidson	91	40	43.4	31.2-56.5	51	56.6	43.5-68.8
Durham	41	23	66.3	46.7-81.5	18	33.7	18.5-53.3
Forsyth	65	35	54.1	38.2-69.2	30	45.9	30.8-61.8
Gaston	68	40	51.4	35.5-67.0	28	48.6	33.0-64.5
Guilford	69	40	61.5	46.2-74.9	29	38.5	25.1-53.8
Iredell	72	47	63.7	47.1-77.5	25	36.3	22.5-52.9
Johnston	80	44	68.5	53.3-80.5	36	31.5	19.5-46.7
Mecklenburg	95	50	48.8	35.6-62.1	45	51.2	37.9-64.4
New Hanover	72	41	60.9	44.1-75.5	31	39.1	24.5-55.9
Onslow	81	44	65.0	52.1-76.1	37	35.0	23.9-47.9
Orange	38	21	62.4	43.3-78.3	17	37.6	21.7-56.7
Pitt	58	38	57.1	34.3-77.2	20	42.9	22.8-65.7
Randolph	76	40	58.1	41.7-72.8	36	41.9	27.2-58.3
Robeson	88	52	64.9	51.4-76.4	36	35.1	23.6-48.6
Rowan	93	53	60.4	45.0-74.0	40	39.6	26.0-55.0
Union	49	28	67.5	51.0-80.6	21	32.5	19.4-49.0
Wake	77	45	65.3	48.7-78.9	32	34.7	21.1-51.3
Wayne	77	32	51.1	36.1-65.8	45	48.9	34.2-63.9
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	727	411	58.6	52.1-64.8	316	41.4	35.2-47.9
Piedmont	1,112	625	60.1	55.3-64.7	487	39.9	35.3-44.7
Western NC	546	304	58.0	49.9-65.7	242	42.0	34.3-50.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	349	191	60.2	53.1-66.9	158	39.8	33.1-46.9
Northwest	596	332	53.2	46.0-60.3	264	46.8	39.7-54.0
Charlotte	300	167	55.6	47.1-63.7	133	44.4	36.3-52.9
Greensboro	256	145	62.1	51.2-71.8	111	37.9	28.2-48.8
Southern Regional	262	160	61.9	52.7-70.3	102	38.1	29.7-47.3
Coastal	103	58	55.2	38.6-70.8	45	44.8	29.2-61.4
Wake	223	129	70.5	60.8-78.6	94	29.5	21.4-39.2
Area L	22	14	65.0	38.2-84.8	8	35.0	15.2-61.8
Eastern	274	144	55.0	43.5-66.1	130	45.0	33.9-56.5

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

2,385

1,340

59.3

55.8-62.7

1,045

40.7

37.3-44.2

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

64.1

46.9-78.4

35.9

21.6-53.1

Buncombe

65.3

49.5-78.3

34.7

21.7-50.5

Cabarrus

66.4

51.1-78.9

33.6

21.1-48.9

Catawba

55.7

34.2-75.2

44.3

24.8-65.8

Cumberland

59.6

44.3-73.2

40.4

26.8-55.7

Davidson

43.4

31.2-56.5

56.6

43.5-68.8

Durham

66.3

46.7-81.5

33.7

18.5-53.3

Forsyth

54.1

38.2-69.2

45.9

30.8-61.8

Gaston

51.4

35.5-67.0

48.6

33.0-64.5

Guilford

61.5

46.2-74.9

38.5

25.1-53.8

Iredell

63.7

47.1-77.5

36.3

22.5-52.9

Johnston

68.5

53.3-80.5

31.5

19.5-46.7

Mecklenburg

48.8

35.6-62.1

51.2

37.9-64.4

New Hanover

60.9

44.1-75.5

39.1

24.5-55.9

Onslow

65.0

52.1-76.1

35.0

23.9-47.9

Orange

62.4

43.3-78.3

37.6

21.7-56.7

Pitt

57.1

34.3-77.2

42.9

22.8-65.7

Randolph

58.1

41.7-72.8

41.9

27.2-58.3

Robeson

64.9

51.4-76.4

35.1

23.6-48.6

Rowan

60.4

45.0-74.0

39.6

26.0-55.0

Union

67.5

51.0-80.6

32.5

19.4-49.0

Wake

65.3

48.7-78.9

34.7

21.1-51.3

Wayne

51.1

36.1-65.8

48.9

34.2-63.9

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

727

411

58.6

52.1-64.8

316

41.4

35.2-47.9

Piedmont

1,112

625

60.1

55.3-64.7

487

39.9

35.3-44.7

Western NC

546

304

58.0

49.9-65.7

242

42.0

34.3-50.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

349

191

60.2

53.1-66.9

158

39.8

33.1-46.9

Northwest

596

332

53.2

46.0-60.3

264

46.8

39.7-54.0

Charlotte

300

167

55.6

47.1-63.7

133

44.4

36.3-52.9

Greensboro

256

145

62.1

51.2-71.8

111

37.9

28.2-48.8

Southern Regional

262

160

61.9

52.7-70.3

102

38.1

29.7-47.3

Coastal

103

55.2

38.6-70.8

44.8

29.2-61.4

Wake

223

129

70.5

60.8-78.6

29.5

21.4-39.2

Area L

65.0

38.2-84.8

35.0

15.2-61.8

Eastern

274

144

55.0

43.5-66.1

130

45.0

33.9-56.5

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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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