BRFSS 2004 - NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.): (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
North Carolina	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
-NE Partnership II	472	78	20.4	16.1-25.4	394	79.6	74.6-83.9
GENDER
Male	154	29	24.5	17.1-33.7	125	75.5	66.3-82.9
Female	318	49	17.1	12.8-22.6	269	82.9	77.4-87.2
RACE
White	305	44	17.7	12.9-23.7	261	82.3	76.3-87.1
Other	166	34	24.5	17.2-33.7	132	75.5	66.3-82.8
AGE
18-44	135	33	30.5	21.7-41.1	102	69.5	58.9-78.3
45+	336	45	14.8	10.9-19.8	291	85.2	80.2-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	261	37	16.9	11.7-23.8	224	83.1	76.2-88.3
Some College +	211	41	24.6	18.1-32.4	170	75.4	67.6-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	41	17.4	12.6-23.6	245	82.6	76.4-87.4
$50,000+	87	23	30.0	20.5-41.5	64	70.0	58.5-79.5

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
-NE Partnership II	472	78	20.4	16.1-25.4	394	79.6	74.6-83.9
GENDER
Male	154	29	24.5	17.1-33.7	125	75.5	66.3-82.9
Female	318	49	17.1	12.8-22.6	269	82.9	77.4-87.2
RACE
White	305	44	17.7	12.9-23.7	261	82.3	76.3-87.1
Other	166	34	24.5	17.2-33.7	132	75.5	66.3-82.8
AGE
18-44	135	33	30.5	21.7-41.1	102	69.5	58.9-78.3
45+	336	45	14.8	10.9-19.8	291	85.2	80.2-89.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	261	37	16.9	11.7-23.8	224	83.1	76.2-88.3
Some College +	211	41	24.6	18.1-32.4	170	75.4	67.6-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	286	41	17.4	12.6-23.6	245	82.6	76.4-87.4
$50,000+	87	23	30.0	20.5-41.5	64	70.0	58.5-79.5

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

Tobacco Use Prevention

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?