2014 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont North Carolina**

Tobacco Use

During the past 12 months, have you stopped smoking for one day or longer because you were trying to quit smoking?*

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  Total
Respond.^		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 1,163 692 60.6 57.3-63.9 471 39.4 36.1-42.7
-Piedmont NC 599 370 64.5 59.9-68.8 229 35.5 31.2-40.1
GENDER
Male 308 194 65.7 59.3-71.6 114 34.3 28.4-40.7
Female 291 176 63.0 56.2-69.2 115 37.0 30.8-43.8
RACE
White 403 238 62.1 56.3-67.5 165 37.9 32.5-43.7
African American 152 97 66.7 57.8-74.5 55 33.3 25.5-42.2
Other minorities 38 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HISPANIC
Hispanic 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic 561 342 63.7 58.9-68.2 219 36.3 31.8-41.1
AGE
18-34 132 98 75.9 67.1-83.0 34 24.1 17.0-32.9
35-54 217 135 60.4 53.0-67.4 82 39.6 32.6-47.0
55-64 141 86 60.7 51.3-69.3 55 39.3 30.7-48.7
65-74 81 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 25 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 113 67 61.2 50.7-70.8 46 38.8 29.2-49.3
H.S. or G.E.D. 207 131 63.1 55.0-70.6 76 36.9 29.4-45.0
Some Post-H.S. 168 109 69.7 61.6-76.8 59 30.3 23.2-38.4
College Graduate 109 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 109 77 71.2 60.7-79.9 32 28.8 20.1-39.3
$15,000- 24,999 136 83 66.2 56.5-74.7 53 33.8 25.3-43.5
$25,000- 34,999 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 57 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 133 84 65.3 55.4-74.0 49 34.7 26.0-44.6
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 205 130 64.6 56.6-71.8 75 35.4 28.2-43.4
No 388 240 65.3 59.6-70.6 148 34.7 29.4-40.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 523 330 65.3 60.3-69.9 193 34.7 30.1-39.7
RURAL COUNTY RESIDENT
Yes 245 155 65.0 57.6-71.8 90 35.0 28.2-42.4
No 354 215 64.2 58.2-69.7 139 35.8 30.3-41.8

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*This question was asked only of respondents who reported smoking 100 or more cigarettes in her/his entire life
and currently smoking every day or on some days.

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.

Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
**Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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