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2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-FEMALES

In the past 12 months, did any doctor, dentist, nurse, or other health professional advise you to quit
smoking cigarettes or using any other tobacco products?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,893 1,229 57.6 53.4-61.6 664 42.4 38.4-46.6
-FEMALES 1,109 740 62.3 56.9-67.4 369 37.7 32.6-43.1
RACE
White 841 555 61.1 54.8-67.1 286 38.9 32.9-45.2
African American 215 148 67.8 58.9-75.6 67 32.2 24.4-41.1
Other Minorities 49 34 57.1 28.5-81.6 15 42.9 18.4-71.5
AGE
18-24 28 15 30.7 14.9-53.0 13 69.3 47.0-85.1
25-34 107 62 64.4 52.4-74.9 45 35.6 25.1-47.6
35-44 182 114 64.0 55.1-72.0 68 36.0 28.0-44.9
45-54 315 207 67.7 60.3-74.3 108 32.3 25.7-39.7
55-64 257 177 66.2 57.9-73.6 80 33.8 26.4-42.1
65+ 206 153 73.2 62.9-81.5 53 26.8 18.5-37.1
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 182 136 64.2 46.9-78.5 46 35.8 21.5-53.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 416 271 57.7 48.9-66.0 145 42.3 34.0-51.1
Some Post-H.S. 330 221 67.8 60.7-74.2 109 32.2 25.8-39.3
College Graduate 181 112 62.1 52.8-70.6 69 37.9 29.4-47.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 239 181 74.9 65.8-82.3 58 25.1 17.7-34.2
$15,000- 24,999 260 162 57.8 47.1-67.9 98 42.2 32.1-52.9
$25,000- 34,999 130 79 54.4 38.6-69.3 51 45.6 30.7-61.4
$35,000- 49,999 128 87 66.1 50.0-79.1 41 33.9 20.9-50.0
$50,000- 74,999 108 72 62.1 49.3-73.5 36 37.9 26.5-50.7
$75,000+ 90 58 66.3 52.7-77.6 32 33.7 22.4-47.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 539 394 65.3 56.2-73.4 145 34.7 26.6-43.8
No 565 342 59.5 52.9-65.7 223 40.5 34.3-47.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 39 22 42.6 25.6-61.6 17 57.4 38.4-74.4
Non-Veteran 1,070 718 62.8 57.3-68.0 352 37.2 32.0-42.7

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*Asked only of current smokers.

^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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