2023 BRFSS Survey Results: Eastern North Carolina

Smoking Cessation

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 387 193 50.4 42.7-58.1 194 49.6 41.9-57.3
Eastern NC 179 *** *** *** *** *** ***
GENDER
Male 94 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Female 85 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RACE
Non-Hispanic White 84 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Hispanic Black 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other 53 *** *** *** *** *** ***
AGE
18-34 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
35-44 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
45-54 33 *** *** *** *** *** ***
55-64 42 *** *** *** *** *** ***
65-74 28 *** *** *** *** *** ***
75+ 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 24 *** *** *** *** *** ***
H.S. or G.E.D. 52 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Some Post-H.S. 71 *** *** *** *** *** ***
College Graduate 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
FUNCTIONAL DISABILITY
Yes 80 *** *** *** *** *** ***
No 98 *** *** *** *** *** ***
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Non-Veteran 147 *** *** *** *** *** ***
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Employed or Self-Employed 95 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unemployed 12 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Retired 31 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Unable to Work 30 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other not in Labor Force 9 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$15,000- 24,999 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$25,000- 34,999 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$35,000- 49,999 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$50,000- 74,999 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
$75,000+ 35 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
POVERTY LEVEL2
Less than 50% 6 *** *** *** *** *** ***
50% to 100% 32 *** *** *** *** *** ***
101% to 150% 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
151% to 200% 18 *** *** *** *** *** ***
More than 200% 74 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Don't know/Not sure or Refused 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
HOUSING
Own 105 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rent 55 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Other arrangement 16 *** *** *** *** *** ***
RURAL-URBAN RESIDENT1
Urban 7 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Regional City or Suburban County 47 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Rural 125 *** *** *** *** *** ***
NC DEPT OF COMMERCE COUNTY TIER3
Most Distressed Counties (Tier 1) 129 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Less Distressed Counties (Tier 2) 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
Least Distressed Counties (Tier 3) 29 *** *** *** *** *** ***
CDC SOCIAL VULNERABILITY INDEX4
1st Quartile - Least Vulnerable 21 *** *** *** *** *** ***
2nd Quartile 19 *** *** *** *** *** ***
3rd Quartile 56 *** *** *** *** *** ***
4th Quartile - Most Vulnerable 83 *** *** *** *** *** ***

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*Asked of current smokers.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to changes in the weighting methodology and other factors, results from 2023 are NOT comparable to 2010
and earlier years.

***The estimate was suppressed because it did not meet statistical reliability standards. See BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for more details.

1Based on U.S Census Bureau population estimates at the county level. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

2Based on 2023 U.S Census Bureau poverty threshold incomes. Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

3NC Dept. of Commerce County Tier Classification, based on respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for details.

4Quartile of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Social Vulnerability Index
(https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/placeandhealth/svi/index.html) for respondent’s county of residence.
Please see the BRFSS 2023 Annual Results Technical Notes for 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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