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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 364 203 54.3 48.5-60.1 117 33.3 28.0-39.0 22 6.4 4.0-10.1 9 2.7 1.3- 5.6 13 3.3 1.7- 6.2
GENDER
Male 133 57 42.6 33.7-52.0 50 38.2 29.5-47.6 14 10.9 6.2-18.3 6 5.1 2.2-11.4 6 3.3 1.4- 8.0
Female 231 146 64.1 56.8-70.8 67 29.2 23.0-36.3 8 2.7 1.2- 6.0 3 0.7 0.2- 2.6 7 3.3 1.3- 8.1
RACE
White 303 170 53.6 47.2-60.0 91 31.9 26.1-38.3 20 7.1 4.4-11.4 9 3.3 1.6- 6.9 13 4.1 2.1- 7.7
Other 61 33 57.4 43.5-70.2 26 39.2 26.9-53.1 2 3.4 0.7-15.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 134 75 53.4 44.0-62.6 42 32.5 24.3-41.9 10 9.2 4.7-16.9 2 0.4 0.1- 1.9 5 4.6 1.7-11.8
45+ 228 127 55.0 47.5-62.3 74 33.8 27.0-41.2 12 4.5 2.4- 8.3 7 4.4 2.0- 9.4 8 2.4 1.2- 4.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 195 108 51.8 43.8-59.6 64 35.0 27.8-43.0 11 7.4 3.9-13.6 5 2.1 0.7- 6.3 7 3.7 1.5- 8.8
Some College + 168 95 57.4 48.8-65.7 52 31.0 23.6-39.6 11 5.3 2.7-10.2 4 3.3 1.2- 8.8 6 2.9 1.2- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 218 117 50.4 42.8-58.0 71 35.5 28.4-43.3 17 7.9 4.6-13.3 6 3.1 1.3- 7.5 7 3.0 1.2- 7.5
$50,000+ 75 53 64.7 51.9-75.6 14 21.5 12.9-33.6 4 6.6 2.3-17.2 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 2 3.6 0.9-13.6

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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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