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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Tobacco Use Prevention

How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
Tobacco use by adults should not be allowed on school grounds or at any school events.

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  Total
Respond.^
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No Opinion
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,691 7,817 53.9 52.9-54.9 4,742 31.4 30.4-32.3 1,299 9.2 8.6- 9.8 278 2.1 1.8- 2.4 555 3.5 3.2- 3.9
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 353 174 50.8 44.3-57.3 122 33.5 27.9-39.6 32 8.4 5.6-12.5 4 1.1 0.3- 3.4 21 6.2 3.9- 9.8
GENDER
Male 132 53 45.4 34.6-56.6 48 34.4 25.5-44.6 18 11.7 6.8-19.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 11 6.9 3.5-12.9
Female 221 121 56.4 49.2-63.3 74 32.6 26.4-39.5 14 5.1 2.9- 8.8 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 10 5.5 2.8-10.5
RACE
White 335 164 48.4 42.3-54.5 116 34.9 29.3-40.9 30 8.6 5.7-12.9 4 1.2 0.4- 3.8 21 6.9 4.3-10.9
Other 17 9 70.8 41.2-89.3 6 22.2 7.4-50.5 2 7.0 1.3-29.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 128 68 49.0 39.3-58.9 39 31.1 22.7-40.9 11 11.3 5.8-20.8 3 2.6 0.7- 8.9 7 6.0 2.7-12.8
45+ 225 106 51.8 43.3-60.2 83 34.9 27.7-42.9 21 6.7 4.2-10.6 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 14 6.3 3.5-11.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 191 87 50.0 40.7-59.3 70 34.5 26.7-43.1 15 6.0 3.4-10.4 4 1.9 0.6- 5.8 15 7.6 4.3-13.2
Some College + 162 87 51.8 43.1-60.4 52 32.2 24.7-40.8 17 11.7 6.7-19.7 0 0.0 . - . 6 4.2 1.8- 9.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 220 105 50.4 41.9-58.8 75 32.6 25.8-40.4 20 8.0 4.9-12.6 4 1.7 0.5- 5.3 16 7.3 4.2-12.4
$50,000+ 62 37 58.0 44.6-70.3 19 31.4 20.6-44.7 5 7.5 3.0-17.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.1 0.4-18.7

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^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = 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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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