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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 380 209 54.6 48.9-60.2 116 29.8 25.0-35.1 38 11.7 8.2-16.2 8 1.9 0.9- 4.2 9 2.0 1.0- 4.1
GENDER
Male 143 77 55.4 46.4-64.1 41 26.1 19.4-34.3 17 14.2 8.6-22.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.0 5 2.0 0.8- 5.1
Female 237 132 53.9 46.8-60.8 75 33.3 26.9-40.4 21 9.3 5.9-14.2 5 1.6 0.6- 4.2 4 2.0 0.6- 6.0
RACE
White 287 153 53.7 47.2-60.0 92 30.4 24.9-36.4 29 12.3 8.3-17.9 7 2.1 0.9- 4.9 6 1.5 0.7- 3.5
Other 90 55 58.0 45.9-69.3 22 27.2 17.8-39.2 9 10.0 4.8-19.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 3 3.5 1.0-12.0
AGE
18-44 184 107 56.6 48.5-64.5 51 26.3 20.0-33.8 19 13.3 8.2-20.7 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3 2 0.8 0.2- 3.1
45+ 193 101 52.6 44.7-60.4 64 34.2 27.2-42.0 18 9.0 5.5-14.3 3 0.7 0.2- 2.2 7 3.5 1.5- 7.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 175 97 56.4 48.1-64.3 51 28.8 22.0-36.8 15 8.5 5.0-14.2 6 3.7 1.6- 8.6 6 2.5 1.1- 5.8
Some College + 203 112 53.4 45.5-61.1 64 30.6 24.1-38.0 23 14.3 9.2-21.6 2 0.4 0.1- 1.6 2 1.3 0.3- 5.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 224 135 61.8 54.4-68.6 63 27.3 21.3-34.2 15 6.3 3.6-10.8 5 2.0 0.7- 5.5 6 2.7 1.1- 6.5
$50,000+ 86 45 49.2 37.8-60.7 28 31.4 22.0-42.7 12 18.7 10.3-31.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7

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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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