BRFSS 2004 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	587	99	18.6	14.8-23.2	488	81.4	76.8-85.2
GENDER
Male	206	34	19.3	13.1-27.4	172	80.7	72.6-86.9
Female	381	65	18.1	13.7-23.5	316	81.9	76.5-86.3
RACE
White	493	84	17.3	13.5-22.0	409	82.7	78.0-86.5
Other	91	15	29.9	16.2-48.4	76	70.1	51.6-83.8
AGE
18-44	199	49	25.9	18.7-34.8	150	74.1	65.2-81.3
45+	383	48	13.8	9.9-18.9	335	86.2	81.1-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	42	16.3	11.2-23.0	235	83.7	77.0-88.8
Some College +	306	57	20.9	15.6-27.6	249	79.1	72.4-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	339	54	16.4	11.8-22.4	285	83.6	77.6-88.2
$50,000+	121	25	18.8	12.0-28.3	96	81.2	71.7-88.0

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)	587	99	18.6	14.8-23.2	488	81.4	76.8-85.2
GENDER
Male	206	34	19.3	13.1-27.4	172	80.7	72.6-86.9
Female	381	65	18.1	13.7-23.5	316	81.9	76.5-86.3
RACE
White	493	84	17.3	13.5-22.0	409	82.7	78.0-86.5
Other	91	15	29.9	16.2-48.4	76	70.1	51.6-83.8
AGE
18-44	199	49	25.9	18.7-34.8	150	74.1	65.2-81.3
45+	383	48	13.8	9.9-18.9	335	86.2	81.1-90.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	42	16.3	11.2-23.0	235	83.7	77.0-88.8
Some College +	306	57	20.9	15.6-27.6	249	79.1	72.4-84.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	339	54	16.4	11.8-22.4	285	83.6	77.6-88.2
$50,000+	121	25	18.8	12.0-28.3	96	81.2	71.7-88.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe 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?