BRFSS 2004 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	621	129	19.7	16.4-23.5	492	80.3	76.5-83.6
GENDER
Male	240	43	18.6	13.7-24.7	197	81.4	75.3-86.3
Female	381	86	20.8	16.7-25.5	295	79.2	74.5-83.3
RACE
White	435	74	15.6	12.2-19.6	361	84.4	80.4-87.8
Other	181	54	28.8	21.8-36.9	127	71.2	63.1-78.2
AGE
18-44	307	75	23.8	19.0-29.6	232	76.2	70.4-81.0
45+	312	54	15.2	11.3-20.1	258	84.8	79.9-88.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	173	41	22.4	16.0-30.5	132	77.6	69.5-84.0
Some College +	447	88	18.5	14.9-22.8	359	81.5	77.2-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	257	59	21.6	16.3-27.9	198	78.4	72.1-83.7
$50,000+	237	55	20.5	15.6-26.5	182	79.5	73.5-84.4

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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
-Mecklenburg County	621	129	19.7	16.4-23.5	492	80.3	76.5-83.6
GENDER
Male	240	43	18.6	13.7-24.7	197	81.4	75.3-86.3
Female	381	86	20.8	16.7-25.5	295	79.2	74.5-83.3
RACE
White	435	74	15.6	12.2-19.6	361	84.4	80.4-87.8
Other	181	54	28.8	21.8-36.9	127	71.2	63.1-78.2
AGE
18-44	307	75	23.8	19.0-29.6	232	76.2	70.4-81.0
45+	312	54	15.2	11.3-20.1	258	84.8	79.9-88.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	173	41	22.4	16.0-30.5	132	77.6	69.5-84.0
Some College +	447	88	18.5	14.9-22.8	359	81.5	77.2-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	257	59	21.6	16.3-27.9	198	78.4	72.1-83.7
$50,000+	237	55	20.5	15.6-26.5	182	79.5	73.5-84.4

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?