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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Orange 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
-Orange County 390 121 30.6 25.6-36.1 135 33.0 27.9-38.5 52 14.5 10.7-19.4 22 5.8 3.6- 9.0 60 16.2 12.2-21.1
GENDER
Male 142 52 34.3 26.2-43.5 36 26.5 19.1-35.5 13 9.5 5.3-16.3 11 8.2 4.4-14.8 30 21.5 14.6-30.4
Female 248 69 27.4 21.7-34.0 99 38.4 31.8-45.5 39 18.7 13.2-26.0 11 3.7 1.9- 7.0 30 11.7 7.9-17.0
RACE
White 304 102 34.0 28.2-40.3 98 30.6 25.1-36.8 38 12.4 8.8-17.2 20 6.8 4.2-10.8 46 16.2 11.9-21.6
Other 83 17 19.3 11.4-30.7 36 40.2 28.8-52.8 14 21.3 11.9-35.3 2 2.7 0.5-12.7 14 16.5 8.5-29.7
AGE
18-44 190 65 32.4 25.4-40.3 71 35.2 27.9-43.2 22 11.4 7.2-17.5 8 5.5 2.6-11.1 24 15.6 10.0-23.5
45+ 199 55 28.3 21.6-36.2 64 30.6 23.9-38.4 30 18.0 12.0-26.1 14 6.1 3.5-10.5 36 16.9 12.0-23.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 77 14 20.1 11.0-34.0 26 30.0 19.7-42.8 9 13.1 5.8-27.3 6 7.6 3.1-17.2 22 29.2 18.4-42.9
Some College + 313 107 33.6 28.0-39.7 109 33.8 28.1-40.0 43 14.9 10.8-20.2 16 5.2 3.0- 8.9 38 12.4 8.7-17.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 145 40 28.6 20.4-38.4 49 31.0 22.9-40.4 17 14.9 8.4-25.0 9 6.1 2.9-12.7 30 19.5 13.2-27.8
$50,000+ 165 55 31.9 24.8-40.1 57 35.4 27.7-43.8 23 14.5 9.5-21.6 10 6.2 3.2-11.7 20 12.0 7.6-18.4

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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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