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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 2,588 747 32.3 29.2-35.5 1,841 67.7 64.5-70.8
GENDER
Male 995 293 31.5 27.2-36.2 702 68.5 63.8-72.8
Female 1,593 454 33.0 28.8-37.5 1,139 67.0 62.5-71.2
RACE
White 2,387 685 32.0 28.9-35.4 1,702 68.0 64.6-71.1
African American 70 28 49.3 31.9-66.9 42 50.7 33.1-68.1
Other Minorities 120 31 26.9 16.2-41.1 89 73.1 58.9-83.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 49 9 22.4 10.1-42.8 40 77.6 57.2-89.9
Non-Hispanic 2,533 736 32.7 29.6-35.9 1,797 67.3 64.1-70.4
AGE
18-24 78 34 47.1 31.2-63.6 44 52.9 36.4-68.8
25-34 176 76 42.0 32.3-52.3 100 58.0 47.7-67.7
35-44 318 117 35.8 29.4-42.8 201 64.2 57.2-70.6
45-54 460 143 31.4 25.9-37.5 317 68.6 62.5-74.1
55-64 606 173 27.0 23.1-31.3 433 73.0 68.7-76.9
65+ 931 199 20.8 17.7-24.3 732 79.2 75.7-82.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 341 109 32.2 25.1-40.3 232 67.8 59.7-74.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 828 242 30.1 25.7-34.8 586 69.9 65.2-74.3
Some Post-H.S. 655 202 36.0 29.0-43.7 453 64.0 56.3-71.0
College Graduate 761 194 31.7 26.3-37.8 567 68.3 62.2-73.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 335 101 28.4 21.4-36.6 234 71.6 63.4-78.6
$15,000- 24,999 476 149 31.5 25.9-37.7 327 68.5 62.3-74.1
$25,000- 34,999 322 98 32.0 25.8-38.9 224 68.0 61.1-74.2
$35,000- 49,999 349 110 33.2 27.1-39.9 239 66.8 60.1-72.9
$50,000-74,999 341 97 35.9 27.4-45.4 244 64.1 54.6-72.6
$75,000+ 384 103 34.2 24.7-45.1 281 65.8 54.9-75.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 987 277 28.9 24.9-33.2 710 71.1 66.8-75.1
No 1,586 468 34.0 30.0-38.2 1,118 66.0 61.8-70.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 325 80 24.9 19.4-31.2 245 75.1 68.8-80.6
Non-Veteran 2,043 610 33.6 30.0-37.4 1,433 66.4 62.6-70.0

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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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