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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

Tobacco Use Prevention

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%)
North Carolina 14,691 7,817 53.9 52.9-54.9 4,742 31.4 30.4-32.3 1,299 9.2 8.6- 9.8 278 2.1 1.8- 2.4 555 3.5 3.2- 3.9
-Northeastern Partnership 969 510 52.7 49.0-56.4 322 34.1 30.6-37.8 77 7.3 5.7- 9.3 18 2.3 1.3- 3.9 42 3.6 2.5- 5.1
GENDER
Male 331 161 48.8 42.7-55.1 113 35.4 29.5-41.7 34 9.4 6.5-13.3 9 3.5 1.7- 6.9 14 2.9 1.6- 5.2
Female 638 349 56.1 51.7-60.4 209 33.0 29.0-37.2 43 5.5 4.0- 7.6 9 1.3 0.6- 2.4 28 4.2 2.7- 6.4
RACE
White 561 276 48.3 43.6-53.0 198 36.5 32.1-41.3 51 9.0 6.6-12.0 11 2.5 1.3- 4.9 25 3.7 2.3- 5.9
African American 366 208 57.4 51.4-63.1 110 30.5 25.2-36.2 24 5.7 3.6- 8.9 7 2.4 1.0- 5.5 17 4.1 2.4- 6.8
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 35 21 54.5 31.9-75.4 10 35.6 15.9-61.6 4 9.9 3.1-27.3 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 121 79 59.9 49.0-69.9 30 29.5 20.4-40.6 8 6.2 3.0-12.5 3 4.0 1.2-13.1 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
35-44 154 86 55.7 46.6-64.4 53 34.9 26.9-43.9 9 4.4 2.0- 9.3 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 4 3.9 1.4-10.2
45-54 191 94 51.5 43.4-59.5 60 31.5 24.5-39.4 23 9.5 5.8-15.2 8 5.3 2.5-11.1 6 2.2 0.9- 5.2
55-64 195 99 50.8 43.1-58.6 73 37.6 30.3-45.5 13 6.8 3.7-12.1 2 1.0 0.2- 3.9 8 3.8 1.8- 7.7
65-74 161 78 47.7 39.1-56.4 58 36.9 28.8-45.7 13 8.1 4.5-14.0 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 11 6.8 3.5-12.8
75+ 111 52 47.4 37.4-57.7 38 33.9 24.8-44.3 7 8.5 4.1-17.1 2 1.2 0.3- 4.5 12 9.0 4.9-15.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 212 96 46.9 38.6-55.4 75 37.3 29.1-46.3 19 8.1 4.9-13.2 7 3.1 1.3- 7.3 15 4.5 2.6- 7.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 337 184 54.5 48.3-60.6 114 33.4 27.8-39.5 25 8.1 5.2-12.4 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 12 3.6 1.9- 6.8
Some Post-H.S. 228 119 51.2 43.6-58.7 77 35.0 28.1-42.6 17 5.2 3.1- 8.6 7 4.8 2.2-10.4 8 3.7 1.7- 7.9
College Graduate 192 111 58.3 50.3-65.8 56 30.4 23.5-38.2 16 7.7 4.4-12.9 2 1.4 0.3- 5.7 7 2.3 1.1- 5.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 170 97 55.9 47.0-64.4 51 31.5 23.8-40.3 8 4.9 2.2-10.5 2 1.1 0.3- 4.8 12 6.6 3.6-11.8
$15,000- 24,999 191 96 52.9 43.8-61.8 69 36.8 28.2-46.4 14 5.5 3.0- 9.7 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 9 3.9 1.9- 7.6
$25,000- 34,999 99 47 52.2 41.2-63.0 41 38.6 28.6-49.7 7 6.4 2.8-13.9 3 2.4 0.7- 7.6 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
$35,000- 49,999 126 71 57.5 47.5-66.9 35 28.0 20.1-37.6 15 10.8 6.3-17.8 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5
$50,000-74,999 87 44 52.0 40.6-63.3 28 34.0 24.0-45.7 11 9.5 4.9-17.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4 3 3.7 1.0-12.3
$75,000+ 82 54 63.5 51.0-74.4 18 22.5 13.9-34.3 6 6.7 2.5-16.8 4 7.3 2.6-18.8 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 378 179 46.6 40.6-52.8 142 38.9 32.9-45.2 32 8.8 5.9-12.9 9 3.0 1.4- 6.2 16 2.7 1.6- 4.5
No 576 324 56.2 51.5-60.9 176 31.6 27.3-36.2 44 6.5 4.7- 9.0 9 1.9 0.9- 4.1 23 3.7 2.3- 5.9
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 114 51 45.3 35.7-55.4 43 36.3 27.3-46.3 15 14.5 8.5-23.5 1 0.4 0.1- 2.9 4 3.5 1.2- 9.7
Non-Veteran 848 454 53.9 49.9-57.9 277 33.6 29.8-37.6 62 6.2 4.7- 8.2 17 2.6 1.5- 4.5 38 3.7 2.5- 5.3
Currently Serving 7 5 54.5 17.4-87.2 2 45.5 12.8-82.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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