2015 BRFSS Survey Results: Local Health Director Region 5 Demographics

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 1,088 669 62.8 59.2-66.3 419 37.2 33.7-40.8
Region 5 118 75 63.6 53.2-72.9 43 36.4 27.1-46.8
GENDER
Male 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 34 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 14 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-44 54 *** *** *** *** *** ***
44-64 45 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65+ 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 62 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some College + 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 67 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000+ 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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.

See Technical Notes for counties in Local Health Director, State and AHEC regions.

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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