2018 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Regions

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 754 428 56.6 52.1-61.1 326 43.4 38.9-47.9
NC ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL HEALTH DIRECTOR REGIONS
Region 1 & 2 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 115 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 76 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 6 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 7 78 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 8 108 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 9 & 10 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
STATE REGIONS
Eastern NC 292 165 57.8 50.4-64.8 127 42.2 35.2-49.6
Piedmont 306 171 55.7 49.1-62.1 135 44.3 37.9-50.9
Western NC 156 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTERS (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 113 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Northwest 102 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Charlotte 93 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Greensboro 70 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southern Regional 97 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Southeast 59 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Wake 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Area L & Eastern 140 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC MEDICAID MANAGED CARE REGIONS
Region 1 135 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 2 96 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 3 118 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 4 106 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Region 5 160 86 58.5 48.9-67.5 74 41.5 32.5-51.1
Region 6 139 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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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 2018 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2018 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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