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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Tobacco Use Prevention

How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement.
Tobacco use by adults should not be allowed on school grounds or at any school events.

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  Total
Respond.^
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree No Opinion
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,691 7,817 53.9 52.9-54.9 4,742 31.4 30.4-32.3 1,299 9.2 8.6- 9.8 278 2.1 1.8- 2.4 555 3.5 3.2- 3.9
-Durham County 403 228 56.8 51.0-62.4 127 29.3 24.5-34.6 30 9.6 6.4-14.1 7 1.6 0.7- 3.7 11 2.6 1.4- 4.9
GENDER
Male 147 84 58.4 48.9-67.2 43 25.2 18.3-33.6 15 13.0 7.5-21.6 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4
Female 256 144 55.3 48.4-62.1 84 33.2 26.9-40.0 15 6.4 3.8-10.8 5 1.6 0.6- 4.0 8 3.5 1.7- 7.2
RACE
White 229 136 57.8 50.5-64.6 69 29.4 23.4-36.2 16 9.1 5.4-15.0 4 2.3 0.8- 6.4 4 1.5 0.5- 4.2
Other 168 89 56.1 46.7-65.1 57 29.8 22.4-38.6 13 9.5 5.0-17.3 3 0.9 0.3- 3.2 6 3.7 1.6- 8.2
AGE
18-44 195 116 60.0 51.5-67.9 58 27.4 20.8-35.2 14 9.4 5.2-16.5 4 2.1 0.7- 6.2 3 1.2 0.4- 3.6
45+ 206 110 52.3 44.6-59.9 69 32.1 25.4-39.6 16 10.1 5.9-16.6 3 1.1 0.3- 3.5 8 4.4 2.1- 9.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 111 55 55.4 44.1-66.2 38 27.1 19.1-37.0 13 12.9 7.0-22.4 1 0.8 0.1- 5.2 4 3.9 1.4-10.2
Some College + 292 173 57.5 50.8-63.9 89 30.3 24.6-36.8 17 8.1 4.7-13.7 6 2.0 0.8- 5.1 7 2.1 0.9- 4.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 183 105 54.8 45.7-63.6 56 28.7 21.5-37.0 15 12.4 7.0-21.1 4 2.0 0.6- 6.5 3 2.1 0.7- 6.4
$50,000+ 142 82 59.7 50.7-68.1 45 28.8 21.5-37.5 10 8.0 4.2-14.8 2 1.5 0.4- 6.0 3 2.0 0.6- 6.2

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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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