2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-MALES

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
-MALES 604 364 55.8 50.6-60.9 240 44.2 39.1-49.4
RACE
White 404 251 56.8 50.5-62.9 153 43.2 37.1-49.5
African American 132 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other Minorities 64 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 123 48 39.4 29.9-49.7 75 60.6 50.3-70.1
35-44 91 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 152 88 54.6 44.6-64.3 64 45.4 35.7-55.4
55-64 127 96 78.7 69.5-85.6 31 21.3 14.4-30.5
65-74 84 66 83.1 71.6-90.5 18 16.9 9.5-28.4
75+ 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 127 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 228 128 51.4 43.2-59.6 100 48.6 40.4-56.8
Some Post-H.S. 154 105 66.3 56.5-74.9 49 33.7 25.1-43.5
College Graduate 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 134 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 66 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 241 178 69.9 61.5-77.1 63 30.1 22.9-38.5
No 358 182 47.6 41.0-54.3 176 52.4 45.7-59.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 158 *** *** *** 46 34.4 25.0-45.2
Non-Veteran 446 252 53.4 47.5-59.2 194 46.6 40.8-52.5
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 321 198 59.3 52.1-66.1 123 40.7 33.9-47.9
No 283 166 52.2 44.7-59.6 117 47.8 40.4-55.3

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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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