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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Piedmont Western North Carolina**

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
-Piedmont NC 8,167 4,424 55.2 53.8-56.6 2,650 31.1 29.9-32.4 664 8.6 7.8- 9.5 133 1.7 1.4- 2.2 296 3.3 2.9- 3.8
GENDER
Male 3,027 1,448 50.0 47.8-52.3 1,052 32.6 30.6-34.7 344 11.5 10.1-13.0 61 2.2 1.6- 3.0 122 3.7 3.0- 4.6
Female 5,140 2,976 60.1 58.4-61.8 1,598 29.7 28.2-31.3 320 5.9 5.2- 6.8 72 1.3 1.0- 1.7 174 2.9 2.5- 3.5
RACE
White 6,332 3,354 53.3 51.8-54.9 2,116 32.7 31.3-34.2 516 8.5 7.7- 9.4 100 1.8 1.4- 2.3 246 3.6 3.1- 4.2
African American 1,312 733 56.6 53.1-59.9 394 28.5 25.5-31.6 119 10.5 8.4-13.0 27 1.9 1.2- 3.0 39 2.6 1.8- 3.7
Other Minorities 70 44 65.8 51.8-77.6 17 24.4 14.4-38.3 5 5.7 2.2-14.1 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 3 3.8 1.0-13.3
AGE
18-24 408 211 47.8 41.6-54.1 131 31.2 25.9-37.0 49 16.3 11.9-22.0 11 3.5 1.6- 7.7 6 1.2 0.4- 3.6
25-34 1,342 774 57.9 54.5-61.2 429 31.9 28.8-35.0 96 7.1 5.5- 9.2 15 1.2 0.6- 2.1 28 2.0 1.2- 3.2
35-44 1,595 885 57.1 54.0-60.1 486 29.5 26.8-32.4 145 8.5 7.0-10.3 33 2.1 1.3- 3.2 46 2.9 2.0- 4.1
45-54 1,533 837 55.7 52.6-58.8 478 30.1 27.3-33.0 142 9.4 7.8-11.4 25 1.4 0.9- 2.2 51 3.4 2.4- 4.6
55-64 1,385 767 57.5 54.2-60.8 444 28.8 26.1-31.8 106 8.2 6.5-10.5 25 2.2 1.4- 3.6 43 3.2 2.1- 4.7
65-74 1,042 542 51.1 47.3-55.0 358 34.0 30.4-37.8 73 8.3 6.3-11.0 14 1.4 0.7- 2.7 55 5.1 3.8- 6.8
75+ 819 389 50.5 46.2-54.8 307 35.6 31.7-39.8 50 5.6 4.0- 7.8 9 0.8 0.4- 1.7 64 7.4 5.6- 9.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,279 631 50.5 46.9-54.2 453 32.5 29.3-35.9 104 10.2 7.8-13.1 23 2.0 1.2- 3.3 68 4.8 3.6- 6.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,253 1,129 51.6 48.9-54.2 780 32.5 30.1-34.9 219 10.0 8.5-11.6 46 2.6 1.8- 3.8 79 3.4 2.6- 4.5
Some Post-H.S. 1,980 1,071 54.3 51.5-57.1 645 32.1 29.6-34.8 155 8.7 7.2-10.6 35 1.7 1.1- 2.7 74 3.1 2.3- 4.1
College Graduate 2,642 1,587 60.6 58.2-62.9 769 28.9 26.8-31.2 184 6.8 5.7- 8.1 29 1.0 0.6- 1.5 73 2.7 2.0- 3.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 834 401 47.9 43.2-52.6 303 34.5 30.4-39.0 81 11.2 8.5-14.8 15 2.7 1.3- 5.7 34 3.6 2.4- 5.3
$15,000- 24,999 1,265 674 55.7 52.1-59.3 400 29.6 26.5-32.9 108 8.4 6.6-10.5 33 2.9 1.9- 4.6 50 3.4 2.4- 4.8
$25,000- 34,999 897 498 54.0 49.8-58.1 275 31.7 28.0-35.8 77 9.3 7.0-12.1 18 2.1 1.2- 3.5 29 2.9 1.9- 4.5
$35,000- 49,999 1,067 600 56.1 52.4-59.8 347 31.8 28.5-35.4 80 7.9 6.1-10.2 12 1.2 0.6- 2.5 28 3.0 1.9- 4.7
$50,000-74,999 1,062 608 57.3 53.7-60.9 301 26.8 23.8-30.1 105 11.6 9.4-14.3 15 1.1 0.6- 2.1 33 3.1 2.0- 4.6
$75,000+ 1,306 816 63.4 60.1-66.5 345 26.3 23.5-29.4 90 6.3 4.9- 8.0 19 1.6 1.0- 2.6 36 2.4 1.6- 3.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 2,442 1,253 50.9 48.3-53.5 820 33.2 30.8-35.6 217 10.0 8.4-11.8 55 2.6 1.9- 3.6 97 3.4 2.7- 4.3
No 5,626 3,114 56.7 55.1-58.4 1,807 30.5 29.1-32.1 440 8.1 7.2- 9.1 76 1.4 1.0- 1.9 189 3.2 2.7- 3.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 969 465 50.0 46.1-53.8 346 33.9 30.4-37.5 96 9.6 7.6-12.1 20 2.4 1.5- 3.9 42 4.1 2.8- 6.1
Non-Veteran 7,170 3,945 56.1 54.6-57.6 2,298 30.7 29.4-32.1 562 8.4 7.6- 9.3 113 1.6 1.3- 2.1 252 3.2 2.7- 3.7
Currently Serving 26 12 49.1 29.1-69.4 6 24.7 10.7-47.3 6 20.6 8.7-41.3 0 0.0 . - . 2 5.6 1.3-20.9

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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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