BRFSS 2005 - Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties: (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	16,723	3,485	22.2	21.3-23.1	13,238	77.8	76.9-78.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	399	82	25.7	19.9-32.5	317	74.3	67.5-80.1
GENDER
Male	144	34	30.2	20.4-42.1	110	69.8	57.9-79.6
Female	255	48	21.5	15.9-28.5	207	78.5	71.5-84.1
RACE
White	370	78	26.1	20.3-33.0	292	73.9	67.0-79.7
Other	28	4	23.4	6.7-56.6	24	76.6	43.4-93.3
AGE
18-44	131	32	32.1	22.1-44.2	99	67.9	55.8-77.9
45+	265	48	18.7	14.0-24.6	217	81.3	75.4-86.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	185	25	17.9	11.1-27.4	160	82.1	72.6-88.9
Some College +	212	57	32.7	24.2-42.4	155	67.3	57.6-75.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	268	54	23.6	17.0-31.9	214	76.4	68.1-83.0
$50,000+	89	20	29.6	18.5-43.7	69	70.4	56.3-81.5

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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: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
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	16,723	3,485	22.2	21.3-23.1	13,238	77.8	76.9-78.7
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes	399	82	25.7	19.9-32.5	317	74.3	67.5-80.1
GENDER
Male	144	34	30.2	20.4-42.1	110	69.8	57.9-79.6
Female	255	48	21.5	15.9-28.5	207	78.5	71.5-84.1
RACE
White	370	78	26.1	20.3-33.0	292	73.9	67.0-79.7
Other	28	4	23.4	6.7-56.6	24	76.6	43.4-93.3
AGE
18-44	131	32	32.1	22.1-44.2	99	67.9	55.8-77.9
45+	265	48	18.7	14.0-24.6	217	81.3	75.4-86.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	185	25	17.9	11.1-27.4	160	82.1	72.6-88.9
Some College +	212	57	32.7	24.2-42.4	155	67.3	57.6-75.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	268	54	23.6	17.0-31.9	214	76.4	68.1-83.0
$50,000+	89	20	29.6	18.5-43.7	69	70.4	56.3-81.5

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watauga/Wilkes Counties

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?