BRFSS 2004 - Gaston County: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
-Gaston County	364	62	20.4	15.8-25.9	302	79.6	74.1-84.2
GENDER
Male	133	29	25.8	18.0-35.5	104	74.2	64.5-82.0
Female	231	33	15.9	11.2-22.2	198	84.1	77.8-88.8
RACE
White	304	47	18.1	13.4-24.0	257	81.9	76.0-86.6
Other	60	15	30.3	18.4-45.6	45	69.7	54.4-81.6
AGE
18-44	134	34	24.8	17.7-33.6	100	75.2	66.4-82.3
45+	229	28	17.3	11.7-25.0	201	82.7	75.0-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	23	14.2	9.3-21.1	174	85.8	78.9-90.7
Some College +	167	39	27.3	19.9-36.2	128	72.7	63.8-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	35	19.2	13.6-26.5	183	80.8	73.5-86.4
$50,000+	75	16	22.0	13.2-34.3	59	78.0	65.7-86.8

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	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
-Gaston County	364	62	20.4	15.8-25.9	302	79.6	74.1-84.2
GENDER
Male	133	29	25.8	18.0-35.5	104	74.2	64.5-82.0
Female	231	33	15.9	11.2-22.2	198	84.1	77.8-88.8
RACE
White	304	47	18.1	13.4-24.0	257	81.9	76.0-86.6
Other	60	15	30.3	18.4-45.6	45	69.7	54.4-81.6
AGE
18-44	134	34	24.8	17.7-33.6	100	75.2	66.4-82.3
45+	229	28	17.3	11.7-25.0	201	82.7	75.0-88.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	197	23	14.2	9.3-21.1	174	85.8	78.9-90.7
Some College +	167	39	27.3	19.9-36.2	128	72.7	63.8-80.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	218	35	19.2	13.6-26.5	183	80.8	73.5-86.4
$50,000+	75	16	22.0	13.2-34.3	59	78.0	65.7-86.8

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston County

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?