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	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,477	1,948	16.7	15.9-17.6	10,529	83.3	82.4-84.1
No	2,156	436	21.7	19.4-24.2	1,720	78.3	75.8-80.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight	235	35	16.2	11.1-22.9	200	83.8	77.1-88.9
Recommended Range	4,970	751	16.2	14.9-17.6	4,219	83.8	82.4-85.1
Overweight	5,053	782	17.5	16.1-18.9	4,271	82.5	81.1-83.9
Obese	3,614	697	19.5	18.0-21.2	2,917	80.5	78.8-82.0
Current Smoker
No	11,382	2,075	19.7	18.7-20.7	9,307	80.3	79.3-81.3
Yes	3,224	306	10.2	8.9-11.7	2,918	89.8	88.3-91.1
Binge Drinker
No	13,429	2,196	17.9	17.0-18.7	11,233	82.1	81.3-83.0
Yes	1,038	160	14.9	12.4-17.7	878	85.1	82.3-87.6
Heavy Drinker
No	14,070	2,310	17.8	16.9-18.6	11,760	82.2	81.4-83.1
Yes	460	63	14.6	11.2-19.0	397	85.4	81.0-88.8
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,117	496	17.2	15.5-19.1	2,621	82.8	80.9-84.5
No	11,487	1,881	17.7	16.7-18.6	9,606	82.3	81.4-83.3
Current Asthma
Yes	1,166	277	23.7	20.7-27.0	889	76.3	73.0-79.3
No	13,402	2,093	17.1	16.2-17.9	11,309	82.9	82.1-83.8
Diabetes
Yes	1,523	225	15.2	13.0-17.6	1,298	84.8	82.4-87.0
Yes, During Pregnancy	135	28	21.5	14.4-30.7	107	78.5	69.3-85.6
No	12,813	2,109	17.8	17.0-18.7	10,704	82.2	81.3-83.0
No, Bordeline Diabetes	175	23	13.9	8.8-21.4	152	86.1	78.6-91.2

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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--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
Have Health Insurance
Yes	12,477	1,948	16.7	15.9-17.6	10,529	83.3	82.4-84.1
No	2,156	436	21.7	19.4-24.2	1,720	78.3	75.8-80.6
Body Mass Index
Underweight	235	35	16.2	11.1-22.9	200	83.8	77.1-88.9
Recommended Range	4,970	751	16.2	14.9-17.6	4,219	83.8	82.4-85.1
Overweight	5,053	782	17.5	16.1-18.9	4,271	82.5	81.1-83.9
Obese	3,614	697	19.5	18.0-21.2	2,917	80.5	78.8-82.0
Current Smoker
No	11,382	2,075	19.7	18.7-20.7	9,307	80.3	79.3-81.3
Yes	3,224	306	10.2	8.9-11.7	2,918	89.8	88.3-91.1
Binge Drinker
No	13,429	2,196	17.9	17.0-18.7	11,233	82.1	81.3-83.0
Yes	1,038	160	14.9	12.4-17.7	878	85.1	82.3-87.6
Heavy Drinker
No	14,070	2,310	17.8	16.9-18.6	11,760	82.2	81.4-83.1
Yes	460	63	14.6	11.2-19.0	397	85.4	81.0-88.8
Fair/Poor Health Status
Yes	3,117	496	17.2	15.5-19.1	2,621	82.8	80.9-84.5
No	11,487	1,881	17.7	16.7-18.6	9,606	82.3	81.4-83.3
Current Asthma
Yes	1,166	277	23.7	20.7-27.0	889	76.3	73.0-79.3
No	13,402	2,093	17.1	16.2-17.9	11,309	82.9	82.1-83.8
Diabetes
Yes	1,523	225	15.2	13.0-17.6	1,298	84.8	82.4-87.0
Yes, During Pregnancy	135	28	21.5	14.4-30.7	107	78.5	69.3-85.6
No	12,813	2,109	17.8	17.0-18.7	10,704	82.2	81.3-83.0
No, Bordeline Diabetes	175	23	13.9	8.8-21.4	152	86.1	78.6-91.2