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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-FEMALES

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 9,307 5,260 58.0 56.7-59.2 2,903 30.5 29.3-31.7 665 7.0 6.3- 7.6 150 1.5 1.3- 1.9 329 3.0 2.7- 3.5
RACE
White 6,926 3,859 56.8 55.3-58.2 2,227 31.7 30.4-33.1 490 6.8 6.1- 7.6 102 1.5 1.1- 1.9 248 3.2 2.8- 3.7
African American 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
Asian 47 33 79.1 63.9-89.0 8 13.7 6.1-28.1 4 6.2 2.2-16.7 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3
Native American 199 101 54.0 44.9-62.9 52 25.0 18.3-33.1 26 12.3 7.8-18.9 8 3.6 1.5- 8.2 12 5.1 2.2-11.0
Other Minorities 313 211 68.7 62.2-74.5 88 27.2 21.8-33.5 6 2.0 0.8- 5.0 3 0.8 0.3- 2.5 5 1.3 0.4- 4.1
HISPANIC
Hispanic 357 238 67.6 61.4-73.3 100 27.6 22.3-33.7 10 2.5 1.2- 5.2 2 0.5 0.1- 1.9 7 1.8 0.7- 4.4
-English Speaking 174 105 59.1 49.8-67.8 58 34.8 26.5-44.2 6 3.4 1.2- 8.7 0 0.0 . - . 5 2.8 1.0- 7.1
-Spanish Speaking 183 133 73.6 65.4-80.5 42 22.5 16.2-30.5 4 1.8 0.6- 5.6 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 2 1.2 0.2- 6.7
Non-Hispanic 8,941 5,016 57.5 56.2-58.8 2,801 30.6 29.5-31.8 655 7.2 6.5- 7.9 148 1.6 1.3- 1.9 321 3.1 2.7- 3.5
AGE
18-24 493 272 52.2 46.7-57.6 149 32.8 27.9-38.2 57 12.2 9.1-16.3 8 1.5 0.7- 3.6 7 1.3 0.6- 2.8
25-34 1,471 910 62.8 59.8-65.8 421 29.2 26.4-32.1 98 5.8 4.7- 7.3 13 0.8 0.4- 1.4 29 1.4 0.9- 2.1
35-44 1,694 990 58.3 55.3-61.2 489 29.0 26.4-31.7 136 8.5 6.8-10.5 33 1.7 1.1- 2.6 46 2.6 1.9- 3.7
45-54 1,718 988 59.3 56.4-62.1 502 28.7 26.1-31.5 136 6.9 5.7- 8.5 32 1.9 1.2- 3.0 60 3.1 2.3- 4.2
55-64 1,537 867 58.3 55.3-61.2 506 32.1 29.3-34.9 92 5.5 4.3- 7.1 30 1.7 1.1- 2.6 42 2.4 1.7- 3.4
65-74 1,284 694 56.2 52.9-59.5 431 31.1 28.1-34.2 80 6.1 4.5- 8.1 18 1.8 1.0- 3.1 61 4.8 3.6- 6.4
75+ 1,061 514 51.3 47.7-55.0 386 34.4 31.1-37.9 63 5.6 4.1- 7.6 16 1.2 0.7- 2.1 82 7.4 5.8- 9.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,486 742 52.1 48.9-55.3 534 35.3 32.4-38.4 107 6.1 4.8- 7.6 30 2.1 1.4- 3.3 73 4.4 3.3- 5.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,770 1,485 54.5 52.1-56.8 908 32.4 30.2-34.6 236 8.6 7.4-10.0 47 1.6 1.1- 2.3 94 3.0 2.4- 3.8
Some Post-H.S. 2,432 1,376 57.8 55.3-60.3 748 29.6 27.4-31.9 175 7.8 6.4- 9.4 42 1.7 1.1- 2.5 91 3.1 2.5- 3.9
College Graduate 2,606 1,651 64.7 62.4-66.9 709 27.0 25.0-29.2 145 4.9 4.0- 5.9 31 1.1 0.7- 1.6 70 2.3 1.8- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,206 607 50.0 46.4-53.6 406 34.1 30.8-37.6 108 8.7 6.9-10.9 24 2.5 1.6- 4.1 61 4.7 3.5- 6.2
$15,000- 24,999 1,681 923 55.9 52.9-58.9 535 32.5 29.8-35.4 124 6.2 5.1- 7.6 37 2.1 1.4- 3.1 62 3.2 2.4- 4.3
$25,000- 34,999 1,052 626 59.7 55.9-63.3 302 27.8 24.7-31.3 78 8.0 6.1-10.6 20 2.2 1.2- 3.9 26 2.2 1.4- 3.6
$35,000- 49,999 1,130 689 61.1 57.6-64.4 329 29.1 26.0-32.5 67 6.1 4.6- 8.1 13 0.9 0.5- 1.7 32 2.8 1.8- 4.1
$50,000-74,999 1,002 632 63.0 59.2-66.6 270 26.7 23.6-30.1 63 7.3 5.3-10.1 14 1.1 0.6- 2.1 23 1.9 1.2- 2.9
$75,000+ 1,112 729 67.9 64.6-71.0 267 22.6 19.8-25.5 67 5.6 4.2- 7.3 19 1.6 0.9- 2.6 30 2.4 1.6- 3.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,113 1,666 54.7 52.5-56.9 1,010 32.0 30.0-34.1 241 7.4 6.3- 8.7 64 2.2 1.6- 3.0 132 3.7 3.0- 4.5
No 6,084 3,536 59.5 57.9-61.0 1,864 29.9 28.5-31.3 417 6.8 6.0- 7.6 83 1.2 0.9- 1.5 184 2.7 2.3- 3.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 166 97 58.5 48.6-67.7 49 27.5 20.0-36.4 11 9.6 4.0-21.3 5 2.5 1.0- 6.0 4 2.0 0.6- 6.4
Non-Veteran 9,107 5,142 58.0 56.7-59.2 2,846 30.6 29.4-31.7 650 6.9 6.3- 7.6 145 1.5 1.2- 1.9 324 3.1 2.7- 3.5
Currently Serving 34 21 66.1 47.0-81.0 8 22.4 10.7-40.9 4 9.8 3.2-26.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.5

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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.

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