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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
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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 13,904 591 4.4 4.0- 4.9 1,359 10.0 9.4-10.6 11,954 85.6 84.9-86.3
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 331 17 4.9 2.9- 8.1 31 10.7 7.2-15.7 283 84.4 79.1-88.5
GENDER
Male 124 11 6.8 3.6-12.7 18 15.1 9.0-24.1 95 78.1 68.6-85.3
Female 207 6 2.8 1.2- 6.5 13 6.2 3.5-10.6 188 91.0 86.0-94.3
RACE
White 313 17 5.5 3.3- 9.0 30 11.6 7.8-16.9 266 82.9 77.3-87.4
Other 17 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.0 0.5-25.4 16 96.0 74.6-99.5
AGE
18-44 124 6 4.5 2.0-10.1 16 14.2 8.4-23.2 102 81.2 72.0-87.9
45+ 207 11 5.1 2.6- 9.6 15 8.6 4.8-15.0 181 86.3 79.4-91.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 180 9 4.4 2.1- 8.8 22 13.5 8.3-21.1 149 82.1 74.2-88.0
Some College + 151 8 5.6 2.7-11.4 9 6.9 3.5-13.2 134 87.5 80.2-92.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 205 10 4.8 2.5- 9.1 23 12.6 8.0-19.3 172 82.6 75.4-88.0
$50,000+ 61 3 5.6 1.6-17.7 3 4.9 1.5-14.4 55 89.5 77.5-95.5

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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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