BRFSS 2005 - Buncombe 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	16,723	3,485	22.2	21.3-23.1	13,238	77.8	76.9-78.7
-Buncombe County	443	103	22.0	17.4-27.5	340	78.0	72.5-82.6
GENDER
Male	157	33	21.8	14.5-31.5	124	78.2	68.5-85.5
Female	286	70	22.2	17.4-28.0	216	77.8	72.0-82.6
RACE
White	377	80	20.9	16.1-26.8	297	79.1	73.2-83.9
Other	66	23	26.8	15.3-42.6	43	73.2	57.4-84.7
AGE
18-44	165	42	23.0	16.1-31.8	123	77.0	68.2-83.9
45+	277	61	20.9	16.1-26.6	216	79.1	73.4-83.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	174	38	18.7	12.1-27.7	136	81.3	72.3-87.9
Some College +	266	63	23.9	18.1-31.0	203	76.1	69.0-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	63	24.6	18.1-32.5	193	75.4	67.5-81.9
$50,000+	120	28	21.8	15.0-30.5	92	78.2	69.5-85.0

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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: 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
-Buncombe County	443	103	22.0	17.4-27.5	340	78.0	72.5-82.6
GENDER
Male	157	33	21.8	14.5-31.5	124	78.2	68.5-85.5
Female	286	70	22.2	17.4-28.0	216	77.8	72.0-82.6
RACE
White	377	80	20.9	16.1-26.8	297	79.1	73.2-83.9
Other	66	23	26.8	15.3-42.6	43	73.2	57.4-84.7
AGE
18-44	165	42	23.0	16.1-31.8	123	77.0	68.2-83.9
45+	277	61	20.9	16.1-26.6	216	79.1	73.4-83.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	174	38	18.7	12.1-27.7	136	81.3	72.3-87.9
Some College +	266	63	23.9	18.1-31.0	203	76.1	69.0-81.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	256	63	24.6	18.1-32.5	193	75.4	67.5-81.9
$50,000+	120	28	21.8	15.0-30.5	92	78.2	69.5-85.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Buncombe 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?