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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

Tobacco Use Prevention

If someone were smoking near you in the nonsmoking area of a restaurant, you would:

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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
-Durham County 386 94 26.8 21.8-32.5 148 37.8 32.3-43.6 34 8.8 6.1-12.5 24 6.2 3.8-10.0 86 20.4 16.4-25.2
GENDER
Male 140 44 31.9 23.7-41.3 46 34.6 25.9-44.5 13 9.1 5.1-15.9 6 5.0 1.8-13.3 31 19.3 13.4-27.1
Female 246 50 22.2 16.5-29.2 102 40.7 34.1-47.6 21 8.4 5.4-13.0 18 7.2 4.4-11.7 55 21.5 16.5-27.5
RACE
White 219 63 31.1 24.7-38.4 73 33.1 26.7-40.2 17 6.5 3.8-10.8 12 4.6 2.5- 8.3 54 24.7 19.0-31.3
Other 161 28 20.9 13.7-30.5 75 44.3 35.1-53.9 17 11.6 7.0-18.6 12 8.2 4.0-16.1 29 15.1 10.0-22.0
AGE
18-44 192 51 31.4 23.9-40.1 74 35.8 28.2-44.2 18 9.4 5.7-15.2 14 6.8 3.4-13.2 35 16.5 11.6-23.0
45+ 192 43 21.5 15.8-28.7 72 39.1 31.6-47.1 16 8.1 4.7-13.6 10 5.5 2.8-10.6 51 25.8 19.6-33.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 100 14 18.3 10.2-30.8 39 37.4 26.6-49.7 8 7.4 3.5-15.3 9 10.5 4.6-22.2 30 26.3 18.1-36.6
Some College + 286 80 30.3 24.4-36.9 109 37.9 31.7-44.6 26 9.3 6.1-13.9 15 4.4 2.5- 7.7 56 18.0 13.7-23.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 171 28 15.7 10.1-23.6 70 42.1 33.2-51.6 17 9.6 5.6-16.0 15 10.5 5.7-18.8 41 22.1 15.8-29.9
$50,000+ 140 51 39.8 31.2-49.2 47 30.5 23.1-39.1 11 9.2 5.0-16.5 5 2.1 0.8- 5.1 26 18.4 12.5-26.1

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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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