2011 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use-WHITES

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 2,014 1,155 61.7 58.4-64.9 859 38.3 35.1-41.6
-WHITES 1,498 820 58.9 54.9-62.7 678 41.1 37.3-45.1
GENDER
Male 591 306 56.4 50.3-62.3 285 43.6 37.7-49.7
Female 907 514 61.5 56.5-66.2 393 38.5 33.8-43.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 1,480 808 58.8 54.8-62.7 672 41.2 37.3-45.2
AGE
18-34 226 145 65.7 57.6-73.0 81 34.3 27.0-42.4
35-44 224 133 64.1 55.0-72.3 91 35.9 27.7-45.0
45-54 371 202 51.2 43.7-58.6 169 48.8 41.4-56.3
55-64 357 186 52.5 44.6-60.3 171 47.5 39.7-55.4
65-74 219 112 52.3 42.0-62.5 *** *** ***
75+ 90 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 269 149 60.7 51.9-68.9 120 39.3 31.1-48.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 527 283 56.3 49.5-62.9 244 43.7 37.1-50.5
Some Post-H.S. 426 243 63.3 56.2-69.9 183 36.7 30.1-43.8
College Graduate 276 145 49.5 40.3-58.6 131 50.5 41.4-59.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 301 167 57.3 48.5-65.7 134 42.7 34.3-51.5
$15,000- 24,999 324 175 60.4 51.7-68.5 149 39.6 31.5-48.3
$25,000- 34,999 149 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 183 101 57.8 47.5-67.5 82 42.2 32.5-52.5
$50,000- 74,999 166 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 178 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 572 339 62.7 56.4-68.6 233 37.3 31.4-43.6
No 850 441 57.4 52.1-62.5 409 42.6 37.5-47.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 200 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 1,298 728 60.0 55.8-64.1 570 40.0 35.9-44.2

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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 every day or on some days.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2011 are NOT comparable to previous years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2011 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

^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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