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BRFSS Survey Results 2004 for South Carolina

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Smoking Cessation

In the past 12 months, did you do any of the following to help you stop smoking? Called a help line or quit line*

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  Total
Respond.#		 Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,440 28 2.0 1.2- 3.4 1,412 98.0 96.6-98.8
GENDER
Male 620 14 2.4 1.1- 5.0 606 97.6 95.0-98.9
Female 820 14 1.6 0.9- 2.7 806 98.4 97.3-99.1
RACE
White 1,142 20 1.5 1.0- 2.4 1,122 98.5 97.6-99.0
African American 242 7 3.8 1.2-11.0 235 96.2 89.0-98.8
Other 44 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 43 98.7 91.3-99.8
HISPANIC
Yes 31 0 0.0 . - . 31 100 . - .
No 1,399 28 2.1 1.2- 3.6 1,371 97.9 96.4-98.8
AGE
18-24 110 2 3.0 0.5-16.0 108 97.0 84.0-99.5
25-34 251 7 2.5 1.1- 5.2 244 97.5 94.8-98.9
35-44 335 4 1.0 0.4- 2.7 331 99.0 97.3-99.6
45-54 371 8 2.0 1.0- 4.2 363 98.0 95.8-99.0
55-64 221 5 2.4 1.0- 5.6 216 97.6 94.4-99.0
65+ 148 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 146 98.9 95.8-99.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 227 5 2.2 0.9- 5.3 222 97.8 94.7-99.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 542 13 2.9 1.3- 6.5 529 97.1 93.5-98.7
Some Post-H.S. 422 5 0.7 0.3- 1.8 417 99.3 98.2-99.7
College Graduate 248 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1 243 98.3 95.9-99.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 206 4 2.5 0.9- 6.6 202 97.5 93.4-99.1
$15,000- $24,999 298 9 3.8 1.3-10.7 289 96.2 89.3-98.7
$25,000- $34,999 219 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 218 99.3 95.3-99.9
$35,000- $49,999 235 6 2.2 1.0- 5.0 229 97.8 95.0-99.0
$50,000+ 350 6 1.3 0.6- 3.0 344 98.7 97.0-99.4
Health District**
Appalachia I 94 0 0.0 . - . 94 100 . - .
Appalachia II 167 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 162 97.0 92.7-98.8
Appalachia III 116 4 2.9 1.0- 8.1 112 97.1 91.9-99.0
Catawba 112 0 0.0 . - . 112 100 . - .
Edisto Savannah 103 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 101 98.3 93.2-99.6
Low Country 75 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 74 99.4 96.1-99.9
Palmetto 188 7 3.6 1.6- 7.9 181 96.4 92.1-98.4
Pee Dee 126 1 0.5 0.1- 3.7 125 99.5 96.3-99.9
Trident 170 4 1.8 0.7- 4.8 166 98.2 95.2-99.3
Upper Savannah 76 0 0.0 . - . 76 100 . - .
Waccamaw 124 0 0.0 . - . 124 100 . - .
Wateree 77 4 9.9 2.4-33.4 73 90.1 66.6-97.6
Region***
Region I 170 0 0.0 . - . 170 100 . - .
Region II 283 9 3.0 1.5- 5.8 274 97.0 94.2-98.5
Region III 300 7 2.2 1.0- 4.8 293 97.8 95.2-99.0
Region IV 203 5 4.3 1.1-15.3 198 95.7 84.7-98.9
Region V 103 2 1.7 0.4- 6.8 101 98.3 93.2-99.6
Region VI 124 0 0.0 . - . 124 100 . - .
Region VII 170 4 1.8 0.7- 4.8 166 98.2 95.2-99.3
Region VIII 75 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 74 99.4 96.1-99.9

*This question was asked only of current smokers.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** Appalachia I: Anderson, Oconee
Appalachia II: Greenville, Pickens
Appalachia III: Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Catawba: Chester, Lancaster, York
Edisto Savannah: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Low Country: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper
Palmetto: Fairfield, Lexington, Newberry, Richland
Pee Dee: Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Trident: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Upper Savannah: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Saluda
Waccamaw: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Wateree: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter

*** Region I: Anderson, Oconee, Abbeville, Laurens, McCormick, Greenwood, Saluda, Edgefield
Region II: Greenville, Pickens, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union
Region III: Chester, Lancaster, York, Newberry, Fairfield, Lexington, Richland
Region IV: Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee, Sumter, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Marion, Marlboro
Region V: Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Orangeburg
Region VI: Georgetown, Horry, Williamsburg
Region VII: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester
Region VIII: Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper

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