2014 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 1,049 676 61.4 57.7-64.9 373 38.6 35.1-42.3
-MALES 516 316 56.5 51.3-61.5 200 43.5 38.5-48.7
RACE
White 347 221 59.3 52.9-65.3 126 40.7 34.7-47.1
African American 112 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other Minorities 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 119 52 42.9 33.4-53.1 67 57.1 46.9-66.6
35-44 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 143 98 71.9 63.0-79.3 45 28.1 20.7-37.0
65-74 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 117 71 55.6 45.0-65.8 *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 170 109 59.5 50.3-68.1 61 40.5 31.9-49.7
Some Post-H.S. 134 81 56.5 46.5-65.9 53 43.5 34.1-53.5
College Graduate 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 120 75 58.8 48.0-68.8 *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 65 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 171 121 66.4 57.6-74.2 50 33.6 25.8-42.4
No 337 190 52.3 45.9-58.6 147 47.7 41.4-54.1
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 133 92 62.3 51.6-71.9 41 37.7 28.1-48.4
Non-Veteran 382 224 54.8 48.8-60.6 158 45.2 39.4-51.2
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 301 189 60.8 54.1-67.1 112 39.2 32.9-45.9
No 215 127 51.3 43.4-59.1 88 48.7 40.9-56.6

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*Asked of current smokers.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2014 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2014 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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