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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 403 191 46.8 41.3-52.3 132 31.9 27.0-37.2 45 12.2 9.0-16.3 8 2.3 1.1- 4.6 27 6.8 4.5-10.3
GENDER
Male 153 59 40.8 32.4-49.8 54 33.2 25.6-41.7 26 16.8 11.4-24.1 3 2.0 0.7- 6.2 11 7.1 3.7-13.3
Female 250 132 52.6 45.9-59.3 78 30.6 24.8-37.1 19 7.7 4.8-12.1 5 2.5 1.0- 6.2 16 6.6 3.9-10.8
RACE
White 309 146 46.6 40.5-52.8 106 33.0 27.5-39.0 37 13.8 9.9-18.8 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 16 5.2 3.1- 8.6
Other 92 45 48.2 36.2-60.5 25 28.1 18.7-39.9 8 7.1 3.4-14.5 4 5.1 1.8-13.5 10 11.5 5.5-22.4
AGE
18-44 138 67 47.8 38.4-57.3 41 30.0 22.1-39.2 18 11.7 7.3-18.3 2 1.8 0.5- 6.9 10 8.7 4.4-16.4
45+ 263 122 45.9 39.3-52.7 91 33.2 27.3-39.7 27 12.6 8.5-18.2 6 2.6 1.1- 5.8 17 5.8 3.5- 9.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 201 90 45.0 37.2-53.1 72 35.2 28.2-43.0 18 8.5 5.2-13.4 4 2.4 0.9- 6.4 17 8.8 5.2-14.6
Some College + 201 101 48.7 41.1-56.4 59 28.3 22.0-35.6 27 16.0 10.9-22.9 4 2.1 0.7- 5.9 10 4.9 2.5- 9.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 104 44.5 37.2-52.0 74 30.8 24.5-37.9 26 12.5 8.4-18.3 7 3.4 1.6- 7.1 18 8.8 5.3-14.2
$50,000+ 79 44 55.7 43.5-67.1 22 26.5 17.4-38.1 9 13.1 6.7-23.9 0 0.0 . - . 4 4.7 1.5-14.1

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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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