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

Tobacco Use Prevention

If someone were smoking near you in the nonsmoking area of a restaurant, you would:

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Respond.^
Ask them to stop smoking Ask to be moved to another table Ask to have a smokefree policy Do nothing/not return to restaurant Smoking doesn't bother me
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,969 2,832 21.5 20.6-22.4 5,102 35.9 34.8-36.9 1,291 9.5 8.9-10.1 1,058 7.2 6.7- 7.7 3,686 26.1 25.2-27.0
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 335 59 18.4 13.9-24.0 109 29.6 24.4-35.5 26 11.0 6.1-19.1 33 8.8 6.1-12.5 108 32.2 26.5-38.4
GENDER
Male 125 26 20.5 13.3-30.1 32 22.5 15.5-31.4 8 12.9 5.0-29.6 14 8.8 5.0-15.0 45 35.4 26.0-46.0
Female 210 33 16.3 11.3-23.0 77 36.7 30.0-44.1 18 9.2 5.7-14.5 19 8.7 5.5-13.6 63 29.0 23.0-35.9
RACE
White 319 54 18.4 13.8-24.0 104 30.5 25.3-36.3 24 8.0 5.2-12.2 31 8.6 6.0-12.2 106 34.5 28.8-40.8
Other 15 4 16.2 3.8-48.9 5 21.7 6.9-50.9 2 42.1 11.4-80.4 2 10.8 2.3-38.5 2 9.3 1.8-35.8
AGE
18-44 125 26 22.7 14.9-33.2 42 30.2 22.2-39.6 11 8.5 4.6-15.0 14 9.9 5.8-16.5 32 28.6 20.2-39.0
45+ 210 33 15.6 10.7-22.2 67 29.3 22.7-36.9 15 12.7 5.7-25.7 19 8.0 4.9-12.9 76 34.4 27.1-42.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 178 28 15.4 10.0-22.9 55 27.8 20.9-35.9 11 12.8 5.4-27.3 15 7.3 4.2-12.3 69 36.7 28.4-45.8
Some College + 157 31 22.2 15.3-31.1 54 32.0 24.6-40.5 15 8.8 5.2-14.5 18 10.6 6.5-16.8 39 26.4 19.2-35.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 209 39 17.4 12.2-24.4 60 26.1 19.9-33.4 17 13.6 6.7-25.8 19 8.5 5.3-13.5 74 34.3 27.1-42.3
$50,000+ 61 12 21.7 12.4-35.1 27 43.5 30.9-56.9 5 7.4 3.0-17.0 5 8.1 3.3-18.4 12 19.4 11.0-32.0

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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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