BRFSS 2004 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties: (In the past 12 months, have you ever asked a stranger not to smoke around you, in order to avoid exposure to their tobacco smoke?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	402	66	16.4	12.7-20.8	336	83.6	79.2-87.3
GENDER
Male	153	27	17.6	12.0-25.1	126	82.4	74.9-88.0
Female	249	39	15.1	10.9-20.7	210	84.9	79.3-89.1
RACE
White	308	46	15.0	11.0-20.1	262	85.0	79.9-89.0
Other	92	20	21.2	13.3-31.9	72	78.8	68.1-86.7
AGE
18-44	138	31	20.6	14.3-28.8	107	79.4	71.2-85.7
45+	262	35	13.9	9.7-19.5	227	86.1	80.5-90.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	200	33	15.4	10.6-21.8	167	84.6	78.2-89.4
Some College +	201	33	17.4	12.2-24.1	168	82.6	75.9-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	228	35	15.1	10.5-21.1	193	84.9	78.9-89.5
$50,000+	79	15	19.5	11.5-31.0	64	80.5	69.0-88.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	402	66	16.4	12.7-20.8	336	83.6	79.2-87.3
GENDER
Male	153	27	17.6	12.0-25.1	126	82.4	74.9-88.0
Female	249	39	15.1	10.9-20.7	210	84.9	79.3-89.1
RACE
White	308	46	15.0	11.0-20.1	262	85.0	79.9-89.0
Other	92	20	21.2	13.3-31.9	72	78.8	68.1-86.7
AGE
18-44	138	31	20.6	14.3-28.8	107	79.4	71.2-85.7
45+	262	35	13.9	9.7-19.5	227	86.1	80.5-90.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	200	33	15.4	10.6-21.8	167	84.6	78.2-89.4
Some College +	201	33	17.4	12.2-24.1	168	82.6	75.9-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	228	35	15.1	10.5-21.1	193	84.9	78.9-89.5
$50,000+	79	15	19.5	11.5-31.0	64	80.5	69.0-88.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender Counties

Tobacco Use Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you ever asked a stranger not to smoke around you, in order to avoid exposure to their tobacco smoke?