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

Tobacco Use Prevention

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 383 67 17.6 13.7-22.3 150 38.8 33.6-44.4 29 7.5 5.0-11.1 30 9.2 6.4-13.3 107 26.8 22.0-32.2
GENDER
Male 146 27 19.7 13.5-27.8 48 31.4 23.9-40.0 10 7.3 3.9-13.5 18 13.5 8.5-20.8 43 28.1 20.6-37.1
Female 237 40 15.5 11.3-21.1 102 46.1 39.3-53.1 19 7.7 4.7-12.3 12 5.1 2.8- 9.1 64 25.5 20.1-31.9
RACE
White 295 53 18.3 13.8-23.8 109 37.3 31.4-43.6 21 6.5 4.1-10.2 26 11.0 7.4-16.1 86 26.9 21.8-32.7
Other 86 14 15.7 8.9-26.1 41 44.6 32.8-57.1 8 11.0 5.2-21.7 4 3.5 1.3- 9.4 19 25.2 14.8-39.7
AGE
18-44 132 28 19.0 12.8-27.2 54 41.4 32.4-51.0 11 8.1 4.3-14.8 9 6.4 3.2-12.6 30 25.1 16.9-35.6
45+ 249 39 16.8 12.1-23.0 95 37.1 30.7-44.0 18 7.2 4.3-11.8 20 10.8 6.9-16.5 77 28.0 22.4-34.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 189 28 13.6 9.1-19.8 69 36.4 29.1-44.4 13 7.8 4.3-13.8 14 7.4 4.2-12.6 65 34.8 27.3-43.1
Some College + 194 39 21.5 15.6-28.9 81 41.3 33.9-49.1 16 7.2 4.2-12.0 16 11.1 6.7-17.7 42 18.9 13.6-25.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 215 34 15.5 10.8-21.8 82 37.3 30.3-44.8 18 8.8 5.3-14.3 14 8.1 4.6-13.8 67 30.3 23.6-37.9
$50,000+ 77 14 23.0 13.6-36.2 34 40.3 29.2-52.5 8 8.2 3.8-16.7 8 12.1 6.1-22.6 13 16.4 9.3-27.4

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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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