BRFSS 2005 - Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	413	79	21.7	17.2-26.9	334	78.3	73.1-82.8
GENDER
Male	131	25	22.3	15.0-31.9	106	77.7	68.1-85.0
Female	282	54	21.2	16.1-27.5	228	78.8	72.5-83.9
RACE
White	335	55	19.7	15.0-25.4	280	80.3	74.6-85.0
Other	76	24	30.5	19.7-44.0	52	69.5	56.0-80.3
AGE
18-44	118	30	24.4	16.6-34.4	88	75.6	65.6-83.4
45+	294	49	20.0	15.0-26.1	245	80.0	73.9-85.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	208	40	21.8	15.6-29.7	168	78.2	70.3-84.4
Some College +	205	39	21.5	15.7-28.8	166	78.5	71.2-84.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	257	48	21.0	15.5-27.8	209	79.0	72.2-84.5
$50,000+	104	20	20.7	13.2-30.9	84	79.3	69.1-86.8

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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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender	413	79	21.7	17.2-26.9	334	78.3	73.1-82.8
GENDER
Male	131	25	22.3	15.0-31.9	106	77.7	68.1-85.0
Female	282	54	21.2	16.1-27.5	228	78.8	72.5-83.9
RACE
White	335	55	19.7	15.0-25.4	280	80.3	74.6-85.0
Other	76	24	30.5	19.7-44.0	52	69.5	56.0-80.3
AGE
18-44	118	30	24.4	16.6-34.4	88	75.6	65.6-83.4
45+	294	49	20.0	15.0-26.1	245	80.0	73.9-85.0
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	208	40	21.8	15.6-29.7	168	78.2	70.3-84.4
Some College +	205	39	21.5	15.7-28.8	166	78.5	71.2-84.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	257	48	21.0	15.5-27.8	209	79.0	72.2-84.5
$50,000+	104	20	20.7	13.2-30.9	84	79.3	69.1-86.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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?