2013 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-Whites

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
-Whites 956 605 59.1 54.9-63.2 351 40.9 36.8-45.1
GENDER
Male 404 251 56.8 50.5-62.9 153 43.2 37.1-49.5
Female 552 354 61.6 56.0-66.9 198 38.4 33.1-44.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 15 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 939 600 60.2 55.9-64.3 339 39.8 35.7-44.1
AGE
18-34 161 76 45.2 36.6-54.0 85 54.8 46.0-63.4
35-44 142 94 66.7 57.1-75.2 48 33.3 24.8-42.9
45-54 247 146 53.9 45.7-61.9 101 46.1 38.1-54.3
55-64 199 141 77.7 70.3-83.7 58 22.3 16.3-29.7
65-74 155 111 74.0 65.1-81.3 44 26.0 18.7-34.9
75+ 48 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 138 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 364 221 54.7 48.0-61.3 143 45.3 38.7-52.0
Some Post-H.S. 280 184 63.0 55.6-69.8 96 37.0 30.2-44.4
College Graduate 172 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 167 111 61.2 50.6-70.8 56 38.8 29.2-49.4
$15,000- 24,999 221 149 64.7 55.7-72.7 72 35.3 27.3-44.3
$25,000- 34,999 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 100 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 406 291 69.5 63.1-75.3 115 30.5 24.7-36.9
No 543 309 52.2 46.7-57.7 234 47.8 42.3-53.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 126 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 830 521 58.6 54.1-63.0 309 41.4 37.0-45.9
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 529 324 59.4 53.9-64.8 205 40.6 35.2-46.1
No 427 281 58.7 52.1-65.0 146 41.3 35.0-47.9

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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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