BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (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
-Buncombe County	361	57	16.8	12.7-21.9	304	83.2	78.1-87.3
GENDER
Male	139	24	17.5	11.6-25.7	115	82.5	74.3-88.4
Female	222	33	16.2	11.0-23.1	189	83.8	76.9-89.0
RACE
White	321	46	16.2	11.8-21.7	275	83.8	78.3-88.2
Other	38	10	21.0	10.8-36.9	28	79.0	63.1-89.2
AGE
18-44	131	23	17.9	11.7-26.3	108	82.1	73.7-88.3
45+	230	34	16.1	11.0-23.0	196	83.9	77.0-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	19	14.6	8.9-23.0	109	85.4	77.0-91.1
Some College +	233	38	18.1	12.8-24.9	195	81.9	75.1-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	37	19.0	13.4-26.2	170	81.0	73.8-86.6
$50,000+	88	8	8.8	4.3-17.3	80	91.2	82.7-95.7

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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
-Buncombe County	361	57	16.8	12.7-21.9	304	83.2	78.1-87.3
GENDER
Male	139	24	17.5	11.6-25.7	115	82.5	74.3-88.4
Female	222	33	16.2	11.0-23.1	189	83.8	76.9-89.0
RACE
White	321	46	16.2	11.8-21.7	275	83.8	78.3-88.2
Other	38	10	21.0	10.8-36.9	28	79.0	63.1-89.2
AGE
18-44	131	23	17.9	11.7-26.3	108	82.1	73.7-88.3
45+	230	34	16.1	11.0-23.0	196	83.9	77.0-89.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	128	19	14.6	8.9-23.0	109	85.4	77.0-91.1
Some College +	233	38	18.1	12.8-24.9	195	81.9	75.1-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	207	37	19.0	13.4-26.2	170	81.0	73.8-86.6
$50,000+	88	8	8.8	4.3-17.3	80	91.2	82.7-95.7

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

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?