BRFSS 2004 - Rowan County: (In the past 12 months, have you ever asked a stranger not to smoke around you, in order to avoid exposure to their tobacco smoke?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
-Rowan County	441	66	15.9	12.2-20.4	375	84.1	79.6-87.8
GENDER
Male	153	28	19.0	12.8-27.3	125	81.0	72.7-87.2
Female	288	38	13.1	9.4-18.0	250	86.9	82.0-90.6
RACE
White	368	49	15.3	11.3-20.4	319	84.7	79.6-88.7
Other	71	17	18.6	10.7-30.3	54	81.4	69.7-89.3
AGE
18-44	174	40	21.8	15.8-29.3	134	78.2	70.7-84.2
45+	266	26	11.1	7.0-17.2	240	88.9	82.8-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	238	29	14.3	9.5-21.0	209	85.7	79.0-90.5
Some College +	203	37	17.9	12.8-24.5	166	82.1	75.5-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	255	42	18.1	12.9-24.7	213	81.9	75.3-87.1
$50,000+	103	17	16.3	10.0-25.5	86	83.7	74.5-90.0

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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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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	14,652	2,386	17.6	16.8-18.4	12,266	82.4	81.6-83.2
-Rowan County	441	66	15.9	12.2-20.4	375	84.1	79.6-87.8
GENDER
Male	153	28	19.0	12.8-27.3	125	81.0	72.7-87.2
Female	288	38	13.1	9.4-18.0	250	86.9	82.0-90.6
RACE
White	368	49	15.3	11.3-20.4	319	84.7	79.6-88.7
Other	71	17	18.6	10.7-30.3	54	81.4	69.7-89.3
AGE
18-44	174	40	21.8	15.8-29.3	134	78.2	70.7-84.2
45+	266	26	11.1	7.0-17.2	240	88.9	82.8-93.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	238	29	14.3	9.5-21.0	209	85.7	79.0-90.5
Some College +	203	37	17.9	12.8-24.5	166	82.1	75.5-87.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	255	42	18.1	12.9-24.7	213	81.9	75.3-87.1
$50,000+	103	17	16.3	10.0-25.5	86	83.7	74.5-90.0

2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

Tobacco Use Prevention

In the past 12 months, have you ever asked a stranger not to smoke around you, in order to avoid exposure to their tobacco smoke?