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2009 BRFSS Survey Results: Western 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
-Western NC 546 304 58.0 49.9-65.7 242 42.0 34.3-50.1
GENDER
Male 242 124 53.1 41.0-64.9 118 46.9 35.1-59.0
Female 304 180 63.9 55.8-71.4 124 36.1 28.6-44.2
RACE
White 480 259 56.5 47.7-64.8 221 43.5 35.2-52.3
African American 25 20 70.5 43.7-88.1 5 29.5 11.9-56.3
Other Minorities 38 23 72.5 51.0-87.0 15 27.5 13.0-49.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 8 6 80.9 38.2-96.7 2 19.1 3.3-61.8
Non-Hispanic 537 297 57.5 49.3-65.3 240 42.5 34.7-50.7
AGE
18-24 27 19 49.2 19.6-79.4 8 50.8 20.6-80.4
25-34 53 40 78.5 63.7-88.3 13 21.5 11.7-36.3
35-44 86 48 55.5 42.8-67.5 38 44.5 32.5-57.2
45-54 141 72 50.9 38.5-63.3 69 49.1 36.7-61.5
55-64 123 71 63.6 52.6-73.3 52 36.4 26.7-47.4
65+ 114 53 48.0 36.8-59.5 61 52.0 40.5-63.2
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 123 65 51.0 30.1-71.6 58 49.0 28.4-69.9
H.S. or G.E.D. 209 114 56.7 46.9-65.9 95 43.3 34.1-53.1
Some Post-H.S. 134 76 65.7 54.3-75.5 58 34.3 24.5-45.7
College Graduate 79 48 60.1 46.8-72.0 31 39.9 28.0-53.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 106 63 62.7 48.2-75.3 43 37.3 24.7-51.8
$15,000- 24,999 147 87 65.8 55.7-74.7 60 34.2 25.3-44.3
$25,000- 34,999 60 36 66.5 51.1-79.0 24 33.5 21.0-48.9
$35,000- 49,999 63 34 51.1 34.5-67.5 29 48.9 32.5-65.5
$50,000-74,999 56 29 50.9 36.3-65.2 27 49.1 34.8-63.7
$75,000+ 41 20 50.7 30.8-70.4 21 49.3 29.6-69.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 241 134 63.4 54.4-71.5 107 36.6 28.5-45.6
No 270 153 60.8 53.1-68.0 117 39.2 32.0-46.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 56 28 53.8 38.0-68.8 28 46.2 31.2-62.0
Non-Veteran 442 244 57.5 48.1-66.4 198 42.5 33.6-51.9

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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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