2014 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 1,049 676 61.4 57.7-64.9 373 38.6 35.1-42.3
-Whites 732 487 63.9 59.5-68.0 245 36.1 32.0-40.5
GENDER
Male 347 221 59.3 52.9-65.3 126 40.7 34.7-47.1
Female 385 266 68.8 63.0-74.1 119 31.2 25.9-37.0
HISPANIC
Hispanic 17 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 713 477 64.1 59.7-68.3 236 35.9 31.7-40.3
AGE
18-34 129 68 55.3 45.9-64.3 61 44.7 35.7-54.1
35-44 113 66 56.7 46.3-66.6 47 43.3 33.4-53.7
45-54 135 90 65.1 55.4-73.6 45 34.9 26.4-44.6
55-64 204 154 77.9 70.9-83.5 50 22.1 16.5-29.1
65-74 119 91 78.6 69.1-85.7 28 21.4 14.3-30.9
75+ 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 259 177 67.6 60.3-74.1 82 32.4 25.9-39.7
Some Post-H.S. 219 151 68.0 60.4-74.7 68 32.0 25.3-39.6
College Graduate 138 86 55.9 45.9-65.5 52 44.1 34.5-54.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 122 83 66.1 55.6-75.2 39 33.9 24.8-44.4
$15,000- 24,999 168 112 65.0 55.8-73.2 56 35.0 26.8-44.2
$25,000- 34,999 92 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 88 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 293 226 75.9 69.6-81.3 67 24.1 18.7-30.4
No 432 256 57.0 51.3-62.6 176 43.0 37.4-48.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 107 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 624 413 64.0 59.3-68.4 211 36.0 31.6-40.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 461 309 65.3 59.8-70.4 152 34.7 29.6-40.2
No 271 178 61.6 54.4-68.3 93 38.4 31.7-45.6

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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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