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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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Respond.^
Ask them to stop smoking Ask to be moved to another table Ask to have a smokefree policy Do nothing/not return to restaurant Smoking doesn't bother me
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 2,501 426 17.1 15.4-19.1 1,233 48.8 46.4-51.3 213 8.2 7.0- 9.6 146 5.3 4.4- 6.4 483 20.6 18.6-22.7
GENDER
Male 813 153 18.6 15.6-22.0 359 44.5 40.4-48.7 61 7.8 5.9-10.3 49 5.2 3.8- 7.0 191 23.9 20.5-27.7
Female 1,688 273 16.0 14.0-18.3 874 52.1 49.1-55.0 152 8.4 7.0-10.2 97 5.4 4.2- 6.9 292 18.0 15.8-20.6
AGE
18-24 161 52 34.2 25.5-44.1 78 47.6 37.8-57.6 14 8.6 4.2-16.8 2 1.0 0.2- 4.3 15 8.5 4.7-14.8
25-34 439 92 19.2 15.2-24.0 207 51.1 45.3-56.8 48 8.9 6.3-12.4 25 4.5 2.9- 6.9 67 16.3 12.6-20.8
35-44 502 80 15.5 12.0-19.7 259 52.7 47.3-58.0 50 9.1 6.7-12.4 28 4.4 2.8- 6.8 85 18.3 14.3-23.2
45-54 493 95 20.6 16.4-25.6 220 42.2 37.0-47.6 47 9.3 6.7-12.7 32 7.0 4.5-10.5 99 20.9 16.7-25.8
55-64 394 42 10.0 6.9-14.2 202 48.4 42.5-54.4 31 7.2 4.7-11.0 24 5.8 3.7- 9.0 95 28.6 23.2-34.7
65-74 306 38 11.3 7.8-16.1 160 49.6 42.5-56.7 15 6.2 3.2-11.6 21 7.3 4.5-11.7 72 25.6 20.0-32.3
75+ 190 27 13.2 8.5-20.0 98 51.8 43.2-60.4 7 4.9 2.1-10.9 11 5.8 2.8-11.4 47 24.3 17.4-32.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 561 92 17.9 14.0-22.5 294 48.4 43.1-53.6 22 4.3 2.6- 6.8 33 6.3 4.2- 9.3 120 23.2 19.0-28.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 846 118 13.5 10.9-16.6 405 47.1 42.9-51.2 73 9.3 7.1-12.1 59 6.4 4.7- 8.6 191 23.7 20.4-27.5
Some Post-H.S. 624 109 17.8 14.5-21.7 301 47.7 42.8-52.6 64 9.8 7.3-13.2 37 5.5 3.8- 7.9 113 19.2 15.5-23.5
College Graduate 464 106 22.0 17.6-27.1 232 54.6 48.8-60.4 54 8.3 6.1-11.2 16 2.0 1.2- 3.5 56 13.1 9.2-18.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 496 71 14.2 11.0-18.2 255 48.2 42.8-53.7 30 7.3 4.6-11.3 23 4.2 2.6- 6.9 117 26.1 21.4-31.4
$15,000- 24,999 570 90 15.3 12.0-19.3 266 48.7 43.5-53.9 58 8.6 6.4-11.4 40 7.3 4.9-10.6 116 20.2 16.5-24.6
$25,000- 34,999 324 54 16.2 11.9-21.6 164 49.4 42.9-55.9 32 8.9 5.8-13.5 21 7.7 4.8-12.1 53 17.9 13.1-23.9
$35,000- 49,999 285 47 17.1 12.5-23.0 145 48.9 42.1-55.8 29 11.5 7.7-16.9 11 3.2 1.6- 6.2 53 19.3 14.4-25.3
$50,000-74,999 180 26 11.8 7.6-17.9 94 53.5 44.9-61.9 19 8.9 5.4-14.2 11 3.9 2.1- 7.2 30 21.9 15.0-30.9
$75,000+ 138 38 28.2 20.0-38.2 63 44.3 34.3-54.7 9 4.6 2.1- 9.7 6 3.2 1.3- 7.5 22 19.8 11.5-31.8
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 898 153 15.8 13.2-18.7 417 44.5 40.6-48.5 72 8.0 6.1-10.5 56 6.1 4.5- 8.2 200 25.6 22.1-29.5
No 1,565 268 17.9 15.6-20.4 797 50.7 47.6-53.8 140 8.4 6.8-10.2 86 4.9 3.8- 6.3 274 18.1 15.8-20.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 290 52 15.9 11.6-21.5 131 49.6 42.6-56.5 26 8.3 5.3-12.8 16 4.8 2.8- 8.2 65 21.4 16.2-27.5
Non-Veteran 2,175 364 17.2 15.3-19.3 1,086 48.8 46.1-51.4 185 8.2 6.9- 9.8 128 5.4 4.4- 6.6 412 20.4 18.3-22.7
Currently Serving 36 10 22.7 10.5-42.6 16 45.3 27.2-64.7 2 4.1 0.9-16.7 2 4.6 1.1-17.3 6 23.3 9.4-47.0

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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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