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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

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
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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 13,904 591 4.4 4.0- 4.9 1,359 10.0 9.4-10.6 11,954 85.6 84.9-86.3
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 555 20 4.2 2.6- 6.9 62 12.1 9.1-16.0 473 83.7 79.4-87.2
GENDER
Male 193 14 6.7 3.7-12.0 31 16.6 11.3-23.8 148 76.7 68.9-82.9
Female 362 6 2.2 0.9- 5.0 31 8.4 5.5-12.6 325 89.5 84.9-92.8
RACE
White 467 19 4.8 2.9- 7.7 59 13.0 9.7-17.2 389 82.3 77.6-86.1
Other 86 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 3 5.3 1.4-18.7 82 94.5 81.4-98.5
AGE
18-44 197 8 4.0 1.8- 8.8 31 17.2 11.5-24.9 158 78.8 70.8-85.0
45+ 353 12 4.5 2.4- 8.2 30 8.6 5.6-12.9 311 87.0 82.0-90.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 257 9 4.2 2.0- 8.7 31 14.5 9.6-21.1 217 81.3 74.3-86.8
Some College + 294 11 4.3 2.2- 8.2 31 10.3 6.8-15.2 252 85.4 79.9-89.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 327 13 5.0 2.7- 9.2 40 14.1 9.9-19.8 274 80.8 74.7-85.8
$50,000+ 117 3 2.9 0.9- 8.9 10 10.1 5.3-18.4 104 87.0 78.3-92.5

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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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