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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

Tobacco Use Prevention

If someone were smoking near you in the nonsmoking area of a restaurant, you would:

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Respond.^
Ask them to stop smoking Ask to be moved to another table Ask to have a smokefree policy Do nothing/not return to restaurant Smoking doesn't bother me
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 13,969 2,832 21.5 20.6-22.4 5,102 35.9 34.8-36.9 1,291 9.5 8.9-10.1 1,058 7.2 6.7- 7.7 3,686 26.1 25.2-27.0
-New Hanover County 353 85 25.9 20.8-31.7 127 34.3 29.0-40.1 47 12.0 8.9-16.1 23 6.9 4.0-11.6 71 20.9 16.4-26.2
GENDER
Male 136 33 24.6 17.3-33.6 44 31.0 23.2-40.1 14 10.1 5.8-16.9 10 8.4 3.7-18.0 35 25.9 18.5-35.0
Female 217 52 27.1 20.6-34.8 83 37.4 30.5-44.8 33 13.8 9.7-19.2 13 5.5 3.1- 9.7 36 16.2 11.5-22.3
RACE
White 290 73 28.3 22.5-34.8 95 31.4 25.8-37.5 41 13.0 9.5-17.6 21 6.6 4.1-10.3 60 20.8 16.0-26.5
Other 60 11 15.6 8.0-28.1 32 47.6 32.9-62.8 5 7.5 2.7-19.1 2 8.5 1.5-36.6 10 20.7 10.7-36.4
AGE
18-44 134 44 34.3 25.4-44.3 46 31.6 23.7-40.8 13 8.5 4.7-14.9 8 7.8 3.1-18.6 23 17.8 11.5-26.4
45+ 218 41 19.4 14.2-26.0 80 36.2 29.3-43.6 34 14.8 10.5-20.6 15 6.2 3.6-10.5 48 23.4 17.5-30.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 106 20 23.0 14.8-33.9 44 35.1 25.8-45.6 10 7.0 3.6-13.3 5 8.0 2.5-22.7 27 26.9 18.2-37.9
Some College + 246 65 27.4 21.3-34.4 82 33.8 27.5-40.8 37 14.5 10.4-20.0 18 6.4 3.8-10.4 44 17.9 13.1-23.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 169 44 31.0 23.1-40.2 60 30.3 23.3-38.3 22 11.6 7.4-17.7 11 5.5 2.9-10.1 32 21.6 14.9-30.2
$50,000+ 100 27 26.8 18.4-37.3 35 37.4 27.9-48.1 18 16.4 10.3-25.2 3 1.7 0.5- 5.2 17 17.6 11.1-26.9

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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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