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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 395 71 17.2 13.3-21.8 148 36.5 31.1-42.2 47 13.7 10.1-18.2 25 5.7 3.7- 8.8 104 27.0 22.3-32.2
GENDER
Male 159 33 19.7 13.8-27.3 42 27.9 20.3-37.1 25 17.4 11.7-25.1 10 5.9 3.0-11.2 49 29.1 22.1-37.2
Female 236 38 14.6 10.3-20.3 106 45.3 38.2-52.6 22 9.8 6.3-14.8 15 5.6 3.1- 9.7 55 24.8 18.9-31.8
RACE
White 272 54 19.7 14.8-25.7 82 26.4 21.2-32.4 34 14.2 10.0-19.7 19 7.2 4.4-11.5 83 32.6 26.6-39.2
Other 122 17 12.3 7.2-20.2 65 55.8 45.1-65.9 13 12.7 7.1-21.8 6 3.0 1.2- 7.5 21 16.2 10.1-25.0
AGE
18-44 139 25 16.5 10.6-24.7 63 46.7 37.1-56.6 18 14.1 8.6-22.2 7 4.2 1.8- 9.5 26 18.6 12.5-26.6
45+ 252 46 17.9 13.1-23.9 83 28.9 23.2-35.4 29 13.6 9.3-19.4 18 6.9 4.1-11.3 76 32.7 26.4-39.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 125 17 12.6 7.1-21.3 43 35.0 25.1-46.5 12 9.4 5.1-16.5 8 4.2 1.9- 9.2 45 38.8 29.1-49.4
Some College + 269 54 19.5 14.8-25.3 105 37.3 31.1-43.9 35 15.8 11.2-21.8 17 6.5 3.9-10.8 58 20.9 16.1-26.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 180 27 13.1 8.6-19.4 67 37.9 29.5-47.2 23 14.8 9.5-22.3 7 3.0 1.3- 7.0 56 31.2 23.8-39.7
$50,000+ 137 21 16.2 10.3-24.4 52 34.8 26.8-43.7 18 14.6 9.1-22.4 13 9.3 5.2-16.1 33 25.2 18.3-33.6

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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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