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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan 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
-Rowan County 93 53 60.4 45.0-74.0 40 39.6 26.0-55.0
GENDER
Male 35 16 53.6 27.8-77.6 19 46.4 22.4-72.2
Female 58 37 65.8 48.5-79.7 21 34.2 20.3-51.5
RACE
White 80 46 64.2 50.6-75.8 34 35.8 24.2-49.4
Other 13 7 51.1 16.7-84.5 6 48.9 15.5-83.3
AGE
18-44 34 20 60.6 38.0-79.4 14 39.4 20.6-62.0
45+ 59 33 60.1 46.3-72.5 26 39.9 27.5-53.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 33 61.3 42.2-77.5 27 38.7 22.5-57.8
Some College + 33 20 57.6 36.8-76.1 13 42.4 23.9-63.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 40 68.3 52.1-81.0 23 31.7 19.0-47.9
$50,000+ 16 9 58.2 31.7-80.7 7 41.8 19.3-68.3

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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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