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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

Tobacco Use Prevention

In the following locations, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, some areas , or not allowed at all
a.Public Buildings

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Respond.^
Allowed in all areas Allowed in some areas Not allowed at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,142 186 1.3 1.1- 1.5 4,569 32.1 31.2-33.1 9,387 66.6 65.6-67.6
-Mountain AHEC 895 13 1.5 0.7- 2.9 270 29.4 25.8-33.2 612 69.1 65.3-72.8
GENDER
Male 321 8 2.2 0.9- 5.2 107 30.1 24.5-36.5 206 67.6 61.2-73.4
Female 574 5 0.8 0.3- 2.4 163 28.7 24.3-33.6 406 70.4 65.5-74.9
RACE
White 767 12 1.7 0.8- 3.3 231 29.7 25.9-33.8 524 68.6 64.5-72.5
African American 49 0 0.0 . - . 17 34.6 20.8-51.4 32 65.4 48.6-79.2
Other Minorities 3 0 0.0 . - . 1 31.6 3.9-84.1 2 68.4 15.9-96.1
AGE
18-24 48 0 0.0 . - . 16 28.3 16.4-44.4 32 71.7 55.6-83.6
25-34 122 0 0.0 . - . 43 32.8 22.9-44.4 79 67.2 55.6-77.1
35-44 149 4 2.3 0.6- 8.3 46 30.8 22.6-40.6 99 66.8 57.1-75.4
45-54 172 2 2.4 0.5-10.4 45 28.2 20.2-38.0 125 69.4 59.5-77.7
55-64 151 4 2.7 1.0- 7.5 48 32.8 24.1-42.8 99 64.5 54.5-73.3
65-74 135 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 33 21.6 14.6-30.8 101 77.6 68.3-84.7
75+ 113 2 0.6 0.1- 2.4 38 30.5 21.1-41.9 73 68.9 57.6-78.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 121 3 2.3 0.6- 9.0 41 34.1 23.8-46.1 77 63.6 51.5-74.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 248 3 1.0 0.3- 3.8 93 35.6 28.6-43.4 152 63.4 55.6-70.5
Some Post-H.S. 246 3 1.9 0.5- 7.1 66 25.7 19.6-33.0 177 72.5 65.0-78.8
College Graduate 276 4 1.2 0.4- 3.6 69 25.1 19.4-31.9 203 73.7 66.9-79.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 109 6 4.9 1.7-13.3 39 35.1 24.0-48.1 64 60.0 47.0-71.7
$15,000- 24,999 157 2 1.5 0.4- 6.1 58 34.9 26.2-44.8 97 63.5 53.7-72.4
$25,000- 34,999 123 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 37 33.4 23.8-44.7 85 65.7 54.5-75.4
$35,000- 49,999 126 2 2.9 0.5-13.9 35 25.9 17.9-35.9 89 71.2 60.8-79.8
$50,000-74,999 113 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 26 23.2 15.1-34.0 86 76.6 65.9-84.8
$75,000+ 92 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3 19 19.2 11.8-29.8 72 79.4 68.6-87.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 297 4 1.4 0.5- 3.9 103 36.7 29.9-44.1 190 61.9 54.5-68.8
No 589 8 1.4 0.5- 3.5 166 26.4 22.3-31.0 415 72.2 67.5-76.4
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 135 4 2.3 0.8- 6.6 45 26.3 18.7-35.5 86 71.5 62.1-79.3
Non-Veteran 756 9 1.3 0.6- 3.1 222 29.8 25.8-34.1 525 68.9 64.6-72.9
Currently Serving 4 0 0.0 . - . 3 88.4 40.2-98.9 1 11.6 1.1-59.8

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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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