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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 587 304 52.0 47.0-57.0 191 31.0 26.6-35.8 48 9.5 6.8-13.2 11 2.0 1.0- 4.1 33 5.4 3.6- 8.0
GENDER
Male 206 94 48.6 40.5-56.7 66 28.7 22.1-36.4 19 10.5 6.2-17.2 6 2.6 1.1- 6.3 21 9.6 6.0-15.0
Female 381 210 55.0 48.8-61.1 125 33.0 27.4-39.1 29 8.7 5.6-13.2 5 1.5 0.4- 5.0 12 1.8 0.9- 3.6
RACE
White 493 256 51.4 46.2-56.7 158 31.4 26.7-36.5 42 9.6 6.7-13.5 10 2.3 1.1- 4.6 27 5.4 3.5- 8.1
Other 91 47 58.3 42.1-72.9 32 29.0 17.4-44.3 6 9.3 3.3-23.5 1 0.1 0.0- 0.9 5 3.2 0.6-15.5
AGE
18-44 199 100 52.2 43.5-60.7 64 28.9 22.0-37.0 25 12.1 7.4-19.3 4 2.1 0.6- 6.9 6 4.7 2.1-10.2
45+ 383 201 51.8 45.6-57.9 125 32.2 26.7-38.4 23 8.0 5.0-12.7 7 2.0 0.8- 4.9 27 5.9 3.8- 9.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 277 132 48.5 41.0-56.1 100 34.5 27.8-41.9 19 8.0 4.5-13.9 5 1.7 0.5- 5.7 21 7.2 4.2-12.1
Some College + 306 172 55.8 49.0-62.4 89 28.3 22.7-34.7 28 10.3 6.7-15.6 6 2.3 0.9- 5.6 11 3.3 1.7- 6.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 339 169 50.6 43.9-57.3 114 31.4 25.7-37.7 28 9.6 6.0-15.1 11 3.7 1.8- 7.4 17 4.7 2.6- 8.4
$50,000+ 121 72 59.5 49.1-69.1 36 27.6 19.5-37.4 8 8.2 3.6-17.4 0 0.0 . - . 5 4.7 1.9-11.3

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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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