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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 2,618 1,448 55.9 53.4-58.3 786 29.1 26.9-31.3 240 10.0 8.6-11.7 50 2.0 1.4- 2.7 94 3.1 2.4- 3.9
GENDER
Male 852 426 51.3 47.2-55.3 274 30.8 27.2-34.7 103 12.3 9.8-15.2 15 2.2 1.2- 3.8 34 3.5 2.3- 5.1
Female 1,766 1,022 59.3 56.5-62.2 512 27.7 25.2-30.4 137 8.3 6.7-10.3 35 1.8 1.2- 2.6 60 2.8 2.1- 3.7
AGE
18-24 170 93 49.6 40.0-59.3 50 32.5 23.8-42.6 20 15.2 9.0-24.6 2 0.6 0.1- 3.0 5 2.0 0.8- 5.0
25-34 454 282 62.8 57.1-68.1 124 26.5 21.7-31.8 36 8.2 5.6-11.9 4 1.7 0.6- 4.8 8 0.9 0.4- 1.9
35-44 510 310 59.1 53.7-64.4 136 27.3 22.7-32.4 44 9.0 6.2-12.9 8 1.7 0.7- 4.0 12 2.8 1.5- 5.2
45-54 509 281 58.2 52.9-63.3 154 26.3 22.2-31.0 44 10.1 7.2-14.0 10 1.8 0.9- 3.6 20 3.6 2.1- 6.2
55-64 418 220 55.0 49.1-60.7 142 31.7 26.7-37.2 33 9.5 6.3-14.1 10 1.7 0.8- 3.4 13 2.1 1.1- 3.8
65-74 324 158 47.4 40.5-54.3 108 31.3 25.5-37.8 37 12.1 8.0-18.0 8 4.1 1.9- 8.6 13 5.1 2.6- 9.5
75+ 217 98 45.8 38.0-53.9 66 32.4 25.2-40.4 24 9.6 5.7-15.8 7 2.4 1.1- 5.3 22 9.7 6.0-15.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 592 274 48.0 42.9-53.1 212 35.4 30.7-40.3 55 8.1 5.6-11.4 16 2.9 1.6- 5.1 35 5.7 3.8- 8.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 889 491 54.5 50.4-58.5 262 29.5 25.9-33.4 96 11.7 9.2-14.7 16 2.1 1.1- 3.7 24 2.2 1.4- 3.7
Some Post-H.S. 646 377 59.9 55.1-64.5 194 26.8 22.9-31.0 44 9.2 6.4-13.1 10 1.3 0.6- 2.6 21 2.8 1.7- 4.5
College Graduate 485 304 61.4 55.6-67.0 116 24.9 19.9-30.6 44 9.8 6.9-13.6 8 1.7 0.7- 4.0 13 2.2 1.2- 4.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 526 258 47.1 41.9-52.4 171 33.1 28.3-38.4 51 10.6 7.5-14.7 15 3.3 1.9- 5.8 31 5.8 3.8- 8.8
$15,000- 24,999 599 321 56.8 51.8-61.7 186 28.2 24.1-32.7 62 10.4 7.8-13.8 13 2.1 1.1- 4.1 17 2.4 1.4- 4.2
$25,000- 34,999 334 205 63.7 57.3-69.6 96 25.7 20.8-31.4 24 8.8 5.4-13.9 5 1.1 0.4- 2.9 4 0.7 0.2- 1.8
$35,000- 49,999 295 190 62.3 55.4-68.7 71 25.4 20.0-31.8 25 9.0 5.6-14.1 3 1.8 0.5- 6.5 6 1.6 0.7- 3.7
$50,000-74,999 187 116 62.5 53.9-70.4 42 21.0 15.1-28.5 17 11.4 6.6-18.9 6 3.0 1.1- 7.9 6 2.1 0.8- 5.1
$75,000+ 143 91 57.7 46.9-67.8 35 30.4 20.8-42.0 13 9.1 4.9-16.5 2 1.4 0.4- 5.7 2 1.4 0.2- 7.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 944 477 49.5 45.6-53.4 316 33.6 30.0-37.4 87 10.5 8.1-13.5 24 2.5 1.6- 3.8 40 3.9 2.7- 5.7
No 1,634 950 58.9 55.8-61.9 464 27.3 24.6-30.1 147 9.6 7.9-11.7 25 1.7 1.1- 2.8 48 2.5 1.8- 3.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 303 155 53.2 46.4-59.9 95 28.9 23.4-35.2 38 13.1 9.0-18.6 5 1.6 0.6- 4.7 10 3.2 1.6- 6.4
Non-Veteran 2,278 1,271 56.3 53.7-58.8 683 29.2 26.9-31.7 197 9.5 8.0-11.3 44 1.9 1.3- 2.7 83 3.1 2.4- 4.0
Currently Serving 37 22 57.7 38.0-75.3 8 21.6 10.0-40.5 5 11.5 4.2-28.1 1 8.2 1.2-39.9 1 0.9 0.1- 6.6

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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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