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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 447 64 16.9 13.0-21.7 383 83.1 78.3-87.0
GENDER
Male 176 29 18.9 12.9-26.7 147 81.1 73.3-87.1
Female 271 35 14.7 10.2-20.8 236 85.3 79.2-89.8
RACE
White 358 43 14.1 10.3-19.0 315 85.9 81.0-89.7
Other 87 21 24.7 15.2-37.5 66 75.3 62.5-84.8
AGE
18-44 148 27 17.5 11.3-26.1 121 82.5 73.9-88.7
45+ 297 36 15.7 11.1-21.6 261 84.3 78.4-88.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 182 24 17.0 10.9-25.5 158 83.0 74.5-89.1
Some College + 264 40 16.9 12.2-23.0 224 83.1 77.0-87.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 229 37 17.4 12.0-24.7 192 82.6 75.3-88.0
$50,000+ 118 16 17.9 11.0-27.8 102 82.1 72.2-89.0

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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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