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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 369 205 53.0 47.1-58.8 121 36.3 30.7-42.3 27 6.6 4.3-10.0 5 1.6 0.6- 4.0 11 2.5 1.3- 4.7
GENDER
Male 143 67 45.7 36.9-54.9 54 41.1 32.2-50.6 13 7.5 4.2-13.1 2 1.5 0.3- 6.8 7 4.1 1.9- 8.7
Female 226 138 59.8 52.4-66.9 67 31.8 25.3-39.2 14 5.7 2.9-10.7 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2 4 1.0 0.4- 2.6
RACE
White 302 165 51.8 45.5-58.1 99 36.3 30.3-42.7 24 7.3 4.6-11.3 5 2.0 0.8- 4.9 9 2.7 1.3- 5.4
Other 64 39 59.1 43.2-73.2 21 36.5 22.7-52.9 2 2.7 0.6-11.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.7 0.4- 6.9
AGE
18-44 140 82 54.2 44.4-63.7 39 33.1 24.2-43.4 13 8.2 4.3-15.1 4 2.8 1.0- 7.9 2 1.7 0.4- 6.4
45+ 228 122 51.9 44.7-59.1 82 39.0 32.1-46.3 14 5.3 3.0- 9.1 1 0.7 0.1- 4.5 9 3.2 1.5- 6.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 115 60 50.7 40.1-61.2 42 37.1 27.3-48.2 8 7.5 3.4-15.8 1 1.6 0.2-10.4 4 3.0 1.1- 8.4
Some College + 253 144 54.2 47.2-61.0 79 36.0 29.4-43.1 19 6.1 3.7- 9.9 4 1.6 0.6- 4.3 7 2.2 1.0- 4.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 176 113 62.5 53.7-70.6 47 29.0 21.6-37.9 14 7.2 4.0-12.6 0 0.0 . - . 2 1.2 0.3- 5.1
$50,000+ 103 61 58.3 47.9-68.0 32 32.3 23.5-42.5 6 5.9 2.3-14.7 4 3.4 1.3- 9.1 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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