BRFSS 2004 - North Carolina: (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
TOTAL	1,759	414	24.6	22.1-27.3	1,345	75.4	72.7-77.9
AGE
18-24	113	52	48.8	37.5-60.3	61	51.2	39.7-62.5
25-34	318	94	29.7	23.8-36.3	224	70.3	63.7-76.2
35-44	343	91	28.3	22.5-34.9	252	71.7	65.1-77.5
45-54	335	84	22.5	17.8-28.1	251	77.5	71.9-82.2
55-64	258	51	21.2	15.4-28.4	207	78.8	71.6-84.6
65-74	223	27	10.2	6.7-15.2	196	89.8	84.8-93.3
75+	159	13	11.0	5.7-20.0	146	89.0	80.0-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	376	75	23.8	18.8-29.6	301	76.2	70.4-81.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	575	130	23.6	19.5-28.3	445	76.4	71.7-80.5
Some Post-H.S.	459	125	26.4	21.6-31.8	334	73.6	68.2-78.4
College Graduate	347	84	24.8	19.3-31.3	263	75.2	68.7-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	380	107	31.6	25.9-37.9	273	68.4	62.1-74.1
$15,000- 24,999	434	104	24.3	19.6-29.6	330	75.7	70.4-80.4
$25,000- 34,999	227	69	30.7	23.8-38.6	158	69.3	61.4-76.2
$35,000- 49,999	175	33	17.7	12.1-25.2	142	82.3	74.8-87.9
$50,000-74,999	92	16	15.0	8.6-24.7	76	85.0	75.3-91.4
$75,000+	78	18	26.9	16.7-40.1	60	73.1	59.9-83.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	639	162	27.3	23.3-31.8	477	72.7	68.2-76.7
No	1,089	240	22.9	19.8-26.3	849	77.1	73.7-80.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	50	16	28.5	16.3-44.9	34	71.5	55.1-83.7
Non-Veteran	1,699	395	24.4	21.9-27.2	1,304	75.6	72.8-78.1
Currently Serving	10	3	36.0	11.5-70.9	7	64.0	29.1-88.5

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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.

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	1,759	414	24.6	22.1-27.3	1,345	75.4	72.7-77.9
AGE
18-24	113	52	48.8	37.5-60.3	61	51.2	39.7-62.5
25-34	318	94	29.7	23.8-36.3	224	70.3	63.7-76.2
35-44	343	91	28.3	22.5-34.9	252	71.7	65.1-77.5
45-54	335	84	22.5	17.8-28.1	251	77.5	71.9-82.2
55-64	258	51	21.2	15.4-28.4	207	78.8	71.6-84.6
65-74	223	27	10.2	6.7-15.2	196	89.8	84.8-93.3
75+	159	13	11.0	5.7-20.0	146	89.0	80.0-94.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	376	75	23.8	18.8-29.6	301	76.2	70.4-81.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	575	130	23.6	19.5-28.3	445	76.4	71.7-80.5
Some Post-H.S.	459	125	26.4	21.6-31.8	334	73.6	68.2-78.4
College Graduate	347	84	24.8	19.3-31.3	263	75.2	68.7-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	380	107	31.6	25.9-37.9	273	68.4	62.1-74.1
$15,000- 24,999	434	104	24.3	19.6-29.6	330	75.7	70.4-80.4
$25,000- 34,999	227	69	30.7	23.8-38.6	158	69.3	61.4-76.2
$35,000- 49,999	175	33	17.7	12.1-25.2	142	82.3	74.8-87.9
$50,000-74,999	92	16	15.0	8.6-24.7	76	85.0	75.3-91.4
$75,000+	78	18	26.9	16.7-40.1	60	73.1	59.9-83.3
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	639	162	27.3	23.3-31.8	477	72.7	68.2-76.7
No	1,089	240	22.9	19.8-26.3	849	77.1	73.7-80.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	50	16	28.5	16.3-44.9	34	71.5	55.1-83.7
Non-Veteran	1,699	395	24.4	21.9-27.2	1,304	75.6	72.8-78.1
Currently Serving	10	3	36.0	11.5-70.9	7	64.0	29.1-88.5