BRFSS 2010 - North Carolina Counties and Regions: (In the past 12 months, did any doctor, dentist, nurse, or other health professional advise you to quit<br> smoking cigarettes or using any other tobacco products?*)

2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Smoking Cessation

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
North Carolina	1,893	1,229	57.6	53.4-61.6	664	42.4	38.4-46.6
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance	66	34	42.2	27.4-58.5	32	57.8	41.5-72.6
Buncombe	32	22	68.1	44.9-84.8	10	31.9	15.2-55.1
Cabarrus	42	27	62.1	43.4-77.7	15	37.9	22.3-56.6
Catawba	43	23	44.6	25.0-66.0	20	55.4	34.0-75.0
Cumberland	49	35	68.2	46.6-84.1	14	31.8	15.9-53.4
Davidson	66	41	56.3	36.5-74.3	25	43.7	25.7-63.5
Durham	70	43	54.4	37.8-70.1	27	45.6	29.9-62.2
Forsyth	52	38	74.5	57.7-86.3	14	25.5	13.7-42.3
Gaston	55	38	63.4	39.6-82.1	17	36.6	17.9-60.4
Guilford	110	67	52.2	40.3-63.9	43	47.8	36.1-59.7
Iredell	44	33	73.4	52.7-87.2	11	26.6	12.8-47.3
Johnston	49	35	64.6	42.3-81.9	14	35.4	18.1-57.7
Mecklenburg	72	43	58.8	41.1-74.5	29	41.2	25.5-58.9
New Hanover	40	25	59.2	37.8-77.6	15	40.8	22.4-62.2
Onslow	72	44	66.4	51.6-78.6	28	33.6	21.4-48.4
Orange	34	27	68.2	38.4-88.1	7	31.8	11.9-61.6
Pitt	47	29	47.4	26.8-68.9	18	52.6	31.1-73.2
Randolph	67	43	53.2	36.3-69.4	24	46.8	30.6-63.7
Robeson	62	45	60.8	41.2-77.4	17	39.2	22.6-58.8
Rowan	57	30	45.5	29.0-63.0	27	54.5	37.0-71.0
Union	45	29	51.6	24.8-77.5	16	48.4	22.5-75.2
Wake	76	51	49.2	32.1-66.5	25	50.8	33.5-67.9
Wayne	65	44	51.3	31.8-70.5	21	48.7	29.5-68.2
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC	538	355	57.7	49.5-65.6	183	42.3	34.4-50.5
Piedmont	1,020	646	55.7	50.0-61.2	374	44.3	38.8-50.0
Western NC	335	228	64.8	56.9-71.9	107	35.2	28.1-43.1
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC	211	138	59.1	48.5-68.8	73	40.9	31.2-51.5
Northwest	406	269	62.7	53.9-70.8	137	37.3	29.2-46.1
Charlotte	243	153	54.7	43.4-65.5	90	45.3	34.5-56.6
Greensboro	298	187	51.6	42.6-60.5	111	48.4	39.5-57.4
Southern Regional	188	129	57.9	43.9-70.7	59	42.1	29.3-56.1
Coastal	67	44	60.9	40.0-78.5	23	39.1	21.5-60.0
Wake	229	150	55.7	44.4-66.4	79	44.3	33.6-55.6
Area L	20	15	82.1	59.9-93.4	5	17.9	6.6-40.1
Eastern	231	144	52.1	38.5-65.4	87	47.9	34.6-61.5

Total
Respond.^

Yes

C.I.(95%)

North Carolina

1,893

1,229

57.6

53.4-61.6

664

42.4

38.4-46.6

COUNTY/REGIONS

Alamance

42.2

27.4-58.5

57.8

41.5-72.6

Buncombe

68.1

44.9-84.8

31.9

15.2-55.1

Cabarrus

62.1

43.4-77.7

37.9

22.3-56.6

Catawba

44.6

25.0-66.0

55.4

34.0-75.0

Cumberland

68.2

46.6-84.1

31.8

15.9-53.4

Davidson

56.3

36.5-74.3

43.7

25.7-63.5

Durham

54.4

37.8-70.1

45.6

29.9-62.2

Forsyth

74.5

57.7-86.3

25.5

13.7-42.3

Gaston

63.4

39.6-82.1

36.6

17.9-60.4

Guilford

110

52.2

40.3-63.9

47.8

36.1-59.7

Iredell

73.4

52.7-87.2

26.6

12.8-47.3

Johnston

64.6

42.3-81.9

35.4

18.1-57.7

Mecklenburg

58.8

41.1-74.5

41.2

25.5-58.9

New Hanover

59.2

37.8-77.6

40.8

22.4-62.2

Onslow

66.4

51.6-78.6

33.6

21.4-48.4

Orange

68.2

38.4-88.1

31.8

11.9-61.6

Pitt

47.4

26.8-68.9

52.6

31.1-73.2

Randolph

53.2

36.3-69.4

46.8

30.6-63.7

Robeson

60.8

41.2-77.4

39.2

22.6-58.8

Rowan

45.5

29.0-63.0

54.5

37.0-71.0

Union

51.6

24.8-77.5

48.4

22.5-75.2

Wake

49.2

32.1-66.5

50.8

33.5-67.9

Wayne

51.3

31.8-70.5

48.7

29.5-68.2

NC REGIONS

Eastern NC

538

355

57.7

49.5-65.6

183

42.3

34.4-50.5

Piedmont

1,020

646

55.7

50.0-61.2

374

44.3

38.8-50.0

Western NC

335

228

64.8

56.9-71.9

107

35.2

28.1-43.1

AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)

Mountain AHEC

211

138

59.1

48.5-68.8

40.9

31.2-51.5

Northwest

406

269

62.7

53.9-70.8

137

37.3

29.2-46.1

Charlotte

243

153

54.7

43.4-65.5

45.3

34.5-56.6

Greensboro

298

187

51.6

42.6-60.5

111

48.4

39.5-57.4

Southern Regional

188

129

57.9

43.9-70.7

42.1

29.3-56.1

Coastal

60.9

40.0-78.5

39.1

21.5-60.0

Wake

229

150

55.7

44.4-66.4

44.3

33.6-55.6

Area L

82.1

59.9-93.4

17.9

6.6-40.1

Eastern

231

144

52.1

38.5-65.4

47.9

34.6-61.5

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*Asked only of current smokers.

NOTE: For AHEC Regions, results for Area L are least reliable due to small sample size.

^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.

This page was generated on 11AUG11.

2010 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Smoking Cessation

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?*

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?*