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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 1,112 625 60.1 55.3-64.7 487 39.9 35.3-44.7
GENDER
Male 460 245 59.4 52.1-66.2 215 40.6 33.8-47.9
Female 652 380 60.9 54.9-66.7 272 39.1 33.3-45.1
RACE
White 884 474 55.5 50.3-60.7 410 44.5 39.3-49.7
African American 170 117 70.6 60.0-79.4 53 29.4 20.6-40.0
Other Minorities 53 32 69.7 48.5-84.9 21 30.3 15.1-51.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 26 20 88.2 70.8-95.9 6 11.8 4.1-29.2
Non-Hispanic 1,082 603 58.1 53.2-62.8 479 41.9 37.2-46.8
AGE
18-24 50 34 68.4 50.6-82.1 16 31.6 17.9-49.4
25-34 141 92 65.6 53.6-75.9 49 34.4 24.1-46.4
35-44 199 112 57.4 47.7-66.5 87 42.6 33.5-52.3
45-54 272 141 54.0 44.3-63.4 131 46.0 36.6-55.7
55-64 248 132 58.3 49.6-66.5 116 41.7 33.5-50.4
65+ 197 112 54.2 43.7-64.2 85 45.8 35.8-56.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 217 128 69.8 58.5-79.1 89 30.2 20.9-41.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 401 215 57.1 49.1-64.8 186 42.9 35.2-50.9
Some Post-H.S. 296 166 55.7 47.0-64.0 130 44.3 36.0-53.0
College Graduate 197 115 60.2 49.4-70.1 82 39.8 29.9-50.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 180 116 70.7 59.4-80.0 64 29.3 20.0-40.6
$15,000- 24,999 222 130 64.1 53.3-73.6 92 35.9 26.4-46.7
$25,000- 34,999 135 73 62.0 46.6-75.3 62 38.0 24.7-53.4
$35,000- 49,999 148 85 61.0 49.7-71.2 63 39.0 28.8-50.3
$50,000-74,999 136 77 58.7 45.2-71.1 59 41.3 28.9-54.8
$75,000+ 133 65 48.9 36.1-61.8 68 51.1 38.2-63.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 469 284 68.4 61.7-74.4 185 31.6 25.6-38.3
No 578 302 54.8 48.0-61.4 276 45.2 38.6-52.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 115 62 53.4 37.2-69.0 53 46.6 31.0-62.8
Non-Veteran 898 502 61.6 56.5-66.5 396 38.4 33.5-43.5

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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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