2015 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Smoking Cessation-Non-Hispanic White

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 941 554 57.6 53.6-61.4 387 42.4 38.6-46.4
-Non-Hispanic White 622 379 60.6 55.8-65.1 243 39.4 34.9-44.2
GENDER
Male 286 162 56.9 49.9-63.7 124 43.1 36.3-50.1
Female 336 217 64.2 57.7-70.1 119 35.8 29.9-42.3
AGE
18-34 113 *** *** *** 50 42.9 33.0-53.5
35-44 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 149 84 58.9 49.3-67.9 65 41.1 32.1-50.7
55-64 145 96 66.4 57.1-74.6 49 33.6 25.4-42.9
65-74 90 73 84.0 74.2-90.6 17 16.0 9.4-25.8
75+ 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 214 120 52.4 44.4-60.2 94 47.6 39.8-55.6
Some Post-H.S. 221 144 62.8 55.2-69.8 77 37.2 30.2-44.8
College Graduate 99 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 86 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 123 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 63 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 77 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 75 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 230 163 69.2 61.7-75.9 67 30.8 24.1-38.3
No 391 215 56.1 50.0-62.0 176 43.9 38.0-50.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 548 325 59.2 54.1-64.1 223 40.8 35.9-45.9
RURAL-URBAN CATEGORY
Urban 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban 156 98 63.0 54.2-70.9 58 37.0 29.1-45.8
Rural 364 225 61.3 54.7-67.5 139 38.7 32.5-45.3

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*Asked of current smokers.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2015 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2015 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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