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

Tobacco Use Prevention

In the following locations, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, some areas , or not allowed at all
a.Public Buildings

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  Total
Respond.^
Allowed in all areas Allowed in some areas Not allowed at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,142 186 1.3 1.1- 1.5 4,569 32.1 31.2-33.1 9,387 66.6 65.6-67.6
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 342 5 1.4 0.6- 3.5 119 34.5 28.7-40.7 218 64.1 57.8-70.0
GENDER
Male 130 3 1.9 0.6- 5.8 57 39.9 30.2-50.4 70 58.3 47.7-68.1
Female 212 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 62 28.7 22.6-35.7 148 70.3 63.3-76.5
RACE
White 324 5 1.6 0.7- 3.9 114 36.2 30.4-42.3 205 62.2 56.0-68.0
Other 17 0 0.0 . - . 5 20.5 6.1-50.3 12 79.5 49.7-93.9
AGE
18-44 128 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 48 41.5 32.1-51.6 79 57.8 47.7-67.3
45+ 214 4 1.9 0.7- 5.1 71 30.2 23.3-38.0 139 67.9 59.9-75.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2 71 37.9 29.5-47.1 108 60.4 51.2-69.0
Some College + 160 2 1.1 0.3- 4.4 48 29.9 22.7-38.2 110 69.0 60.6-76.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 214 3 1.3 0.4- 4.2 80 37.0 29.4-45.2 131 61.7 53.4-69.4
$50,000+ 62 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 16 28.3 17.7-41.9 45 70.3 56.7-81.1

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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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