BRFSS 2005 - Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	496	101	19.2	15.4-23.8	395	80.8	76.2-84.6
GENDER
Male	174	37	19.8	13.7-27.8	137	80.2	72.2-86.3
Female	322	64	18.7	14.4-24.0	258	81.3	76.0-85.6
RACE
White	438	84	18.4	14.4-23.2	354	81.6	76.8-85.6
Other	58	17	25.0	13.9-40.8	41	75.0	59.2-86.1
AGE
18-44	169	45	22.5	16.1-30.4	124	77.5	69.6-83.9
45+	326	55	15.8	11.8-20.8	271	84.2	79.2-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	282	49	17.4	12.6-23.7	233	82.6	76.3-87.4
Some College +	212	51	21.6	15.9-28.6	161	78.4	71.4-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	313	61	19.0	14.2-25.0	252	81.0	75.0-85.8
$50,000+	114	22	19.3	12.4-28.8	92	80.7	71.2-87.6

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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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln	496	101	19.2	15.4-23.8	395	80.8	76.2-84.6
GENDER
Male	174	37	19.8	13.7-27.8	137	80.2	72.2-86.3
Female	322	64	18.7	14.4-24.0	258	81.3	76.0-85.6
RACE
White	438	84	18.4	14.4-23.2	354	81.6	76.8-85.6
Other	58	17	25.0	13.9-40.8	41	75.0	59.2-86.1
AGE
18-44	169	45	22.5	16.1-30.4	124	77.5	69.6-83.9
45+	326	55	15.8	11.8-20.8	271	84.2	79.2-88.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	282	49	17.4	12.6-23.7	233	82.6	76.3-87.4
Some College +	212	51	21.6	15.9-28.6	161	78.4	71.4-84.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	313	61	19.0	14.2-25.0	252	81.0	75.0-85.8
$50,000+	114	22	19.3	12.4-28.8	92	80.7	71.2-87.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 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?