2013 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 1,343 842 58.3 54.7-61.9 501 41.7 38.1-45.3
-FEMALES 739 478 61.4 56.5-66.1 261 38.6 33.9-43.5
RACE
White 552 354 61.6 56.0-66.9 198 38.4 33.1-44.0
African American 131 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other Minorities 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 122 60 46.3 36.2-56.7 62 53.7 43.3-63.8
35-44 111 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 177 112 60.3 50.1-69.6 65 39.7 30.4-49.9
55-64 176 129 78.7 70.1-85.3 47 21.3 14.7-29.9
65-74 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 39 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 104 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 270 169 58.6 50.5-66.2 101 41.4 33.8-49.5
Some Post-H.S. 246 156 59.7 51.3-67.5 90 40.3 32.5-48.7
College Graduate 119 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 149 105 70.8 59.6-79.9 44 29.2 20.1-40.4
$15,000- 24,999 200 133 60.8 51.1-69.7 67 39.2 30.3-48.9
$25,000- 34,999 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 51 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 306 223 74.6 67.3-80.7 83 25.4 19.3-32.7
No 429 252 54.0 47.7-60.2 177 46.0 39.8-52.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 714 464 61.6 56.6-66.4 250 38.4 33.6-43.4
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 412 257 60.6 54.0-66.9 155 39.4 33.1-46.0
No 327 221 62.4 55.0-69.3 106 37.6 30.7-45.0

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*Asked of current smokers.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2013 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2013 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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