BRFSS 2004 - Buncombe County: (If someone were smoking near you in the nonsmoking area of a restaurant, you would:)

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe County

Tobacco Use Prevention

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	Total 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
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
-Buncombe County	344	84	24.1	19.3-29.6	107	31.6	26.3-37.4	40	11.1	7.9-15.3	30	8.3	5.7-12.0	83	24.9	20.1-30.4
GENDER
Male	132	38	29.3	21.5-38.5	32	25.5	18.2-34.5	15	11.2	6.5-18.4	9	6.2	3.1-12.0	38	27.9	20.4-36.9
Female	212	46	19.1	14.2-25.3	75	37.5	30.4-45.1	25	11.0	7.3-16.4	21	10.3	6.5-15.9	45	22.1	16.5-28.9
RACE
White	306	77	25.7	20.5-31.7	88	29.2	23.7-35.3	40	12.6	9.1-17.4	27	8.3	5.5-12.2	74	24.2	19.3-29.8
Other	37	7	12.7	5.5-26.7	18	47.1	30.1-64.8	0	0.0	. - .	3	8.9	2.7-25.1	9	31.3	16.2-51.8
AGE
18-44	125	30	26.4	18.3-36.3	39	28.2	20.6-37.3	16	12.4	7.3-20.3	10	6.8	3.5-12.8	30	26.2	18.4-35.7
45+	219	54	22.6	17.1-29.1	68	33.9	27.0-41.5	24	10.2	6.6-15.5	20	9.3	5.8-14.6	53	24.1	18.4-31.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	123	21	19.0	12.1-28.6	43	33.2	24.6-43.0	6	4.2	1.8- 9.4	14	9.6	5.4-16.6	39	34.0	25.1-44.1
Some College +	221	63	27.0	21.0-34.0	64	30.7	24.2-38.1	34	15.1	10.5-21.1	16	7.5	4.5-12.3	44	19.7	14.6-26.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	192	44	21.8	15.9-29.1	55	29.7	22.8-37.7	21	9.3	5.8-14.4	17	7.8	4.7-12.8	55	31.5	24.4-39.5
$50,000+	86	26	30.2	20.9-41.6	26	27.3	18.6-38.1	15	19.0	11.2-30.4	7	9.8	4.6-19.6	12	13.6	7.5-23.6

Total
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

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

-Buncombe County

344

24.1

19.3-29.6

107

31.6

26.3-37.4

11.1

7.9-15.3

8.3

5.7-12.0

24.9

20.1-30.4

GENDER

Male

132

29.3

21.5-38.5

25.5

18.2-34.5

11.2

6.5-18.4

6.2

3.1-12.0

27.9

20.4-36.9

Female

212

19.1

14.2-25.3

37.5

30.4-45.1

11.0

7.3-16.4

10.3

6.5-15.9

22.1

16.5-28.9

RACE

White

306

25.7

20.5-31.7

29.2

23.7-35.3

12.6

9.1-17.4

8.3

5.5-12.2

24.2

19.3-29.8

Other

12.7

5.5-26.7

47.1

30.1-64.8

0.0

. - .

8.9

2.7-25.1

31.3

16.2-51.8

AGE

18-44

125

26.4

18.3-36.3

28.2

20.6-37.3

12.4

7.3-20.3

6.8

3.5-12.8

26.2

18.4-35.7

45+

219

22.6

17.1-29.1

33.9

27.0-41.5

10.2

6.6-15.5

9.3

5.8-14.6

24.1

18.4-31.0

EDUCATION

H.S. or Less

123

19.0

12.1-28.6

33.2

24.6-43.0

4.2

1.8- 9.4

9.6

5.4-16.6

34.0

25.1-44.1

Some College +

221

27.0

21.0-34.0

30.7

24.2-38.1

15.1

10.5-21.1

7.5

4.5-12.3

19.7

14.6-26.1

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $50,000

192

21.8

15.9-29.1

29.7

22.8-37.7

9.3

5.8-14.4

7.8

4.7-12.8

31.5

24.4-39.5

$50,000+

30.2

20.9-41.6

27.3

18.6-38.1

19.0

11.2-30.4

9.8

4.6-19.6

13.6

7.5-23.6

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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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