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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Union 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
-Union County 426 228 53.5 47.9-59.1 145 36.2 30.8-41.9 30 6.1 4.1- 9.0 13 2.6 1.4- 4.8 10 1.5 0.8- 3.0
GENDER
Male 131 62 43.8 34.6-53.4 51 44.7 35.1-54.8 9 6.7 3.3-13.1 6 3.7 1.5- 9.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2
Female 295 166 59.7 53.0-66.0 94 30.8 25.0-37.3 21 5.7 3.5- 9.0 7 1.9 0.9- 4.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.1
RACE
White 367 195 53.9 47.8-59.9 126 35.7 30.0-41.8 26 6.6 4.3-10.1 10 1.9 1.0- 3.7 10 1.9 1.0- 3.6
Other 58 32 50.1 35.5-64.7 19 40.0 26.4-55.4 4 3.7 1.3- 9.9 3 6.2 1.9-18.2 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 186 104 53.9 45.5-62.1 60 37.7 29.9-46.2 14 5.7 3.2-10.0 6 2.1 0.9- 4.9 2 0.6 0.1- 2.5
45+ 238 122 52.8 45.1-60.4 85 35.2 28.1-43.1 16 6.5 3.7-11.2 7 3.1 1.3- 6.9 8 2.4 1.2- 4.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 165 83 48.6 39.9-57.3 64 42.8 34.2-51.9 8 4.3 1.9- 9.1 6 3.0 1.2- 7.3 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Some College + 261 145 56.6 49.2-63.6 81 32.2 25.6-39.5 22 7.2 4.5-11.4 7 2.4 1.1- 5.3 6 1.7 0.7- 3.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 175 97 55.2 46.4-63.6 58 35.9 27.8-44.8 11 4.9 2.4- 9.7 5 2.3 0.9- 5.7 4 1.8 0.6- 5.0
$50,000+ 169 95 55.0 45.9-63.8 49 31.8 23.7-41.1 14 8.1 4.6-13.9 7 3.6 1.6- 8.3 4 1.5 0.5- 3.9

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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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