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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 6,113 2,221 41.2 39.1-43.3 3,892 58.8 56.7-60.9
GENDER
Male 2,279 780 38.8 35.6-42.2 1,499 61.2 57.8-64.4
Female 3,834 1,441 43.3 40.7-46.0 2,393 56.7 54.0-59.3
RACE
White 4,955 1,761 40.9 38.7-43.2 3,194 59.1 56.8-61.3
African American 818 346 47.5 42.3-52.8 472 52.5 47.2-57.7
Other Minorities 292 98 30.3 22.3-39.6 194 69.7 60.4-77.7
HISPANIC
Hispanic 211 74 31.6 22.4-42.4 137 68.4 57.6-77.6
Non-Hispanic 5,881 2,143 42.1 40.0-44.2 3,738 57.9 55.8-60.0
AGE
18-24 159 103 61.1 50.9-70.4 56 38.9 29.6-49.1
25-34 572 298 51.8 45.8-57.7 274 48.2 42.3-54.2
35-44 986 426 40.5 36.3-44.8 560 59.5 55.2-63.7
45-54 1,236 443 35.8 32.0-39.9 793 64.2 60.1-68.0
55-64 1,265 451 36.5 32.9-40.4 814 63.5 59.6-67.1
65+ 1,837 484 26.9 23.9-30.1 1,353 73.1 69.9-76.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 701 250 36.8 29.7-44.4 451 63.2 55.6-70.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,642 598 44.4 40.1-48.8 1,044 55.6 51.2-59.9
Some Post-H.S. 1,498 572 45.2 41.0-49.4 926 54.8 50.6-59.0
College Graduate 2,265 798 37.6 34.8-40.6 1,467 62.4 59.4-65.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 546 218 44.8 36.3-53.7 328 55.2 46.3-63.7
$15,000- 24,999 842 321 43.7 37.7-50.0 521 56.3 50.0-62.3
$25,000- 34,999 577 210 42.3 34.9-49.9 367 57.7 50.1-65.1
$35,000- 49,999 773 302 44.3 38.8-50.0 471 55.7 50.0-61.2
$50,000-74,999 898 353 44.6 39.4-50.0 545 55.4 50.0-60.6
$75,000+ 1,586 553 38.5 35.1-42.0 1,033 61.5 58.0-64.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 1,994 682 39.1 35.2-43.1 1,312 60.9 56.9-64.8
No 4,077 1,525 42.1 39.6-44.6 2,552 57.9 55.4-60.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 725 239 34.7 29.4-40.5 486 65.3 59.5-70.6
Non-Veteran 4,885 1,804 42.7 40.4-45.1 3,081 57.3 54.9-59.6

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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.

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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