BRFSS 2005 - Catawba 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
-Catawba County	436	88	22.3	17.7-27.7	348	77.7	72.3-82.3
GENDER
Male	169	39	24.6	17.4-33.5	130	75.4	66.5-82.6
Female	267	49	20.3	14.8-27.1	218	79.7	72.9-85.2
RACE
White	390	74	19.9	15.3-25.4	316	80.1	74.6-84.7
Other	45	14	38.0	22.9-55.8	31	62.0	44.2-77.1
AGE
18-44	156	31	23.1	16.1-32.1	125	76.9	67.9-83.9
45+	277	57	21.6	16.7-27.6	220	78.4	72.4-83.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	227	46	23.5	16.9-31.7	181	76.5	68.3-83.1
Some College +	209	42	20.9	15.0-28.2	167	79.1	71.8-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	267	49	22.3	16.4-29.6	218	77.7	70.4-83.6
$50,000+	102	26	23.3	15.1-34.1	76	76.7	65.9-84.9

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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: 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
-Catawba County	436	88	22.3	17.7-27.7	348	77.7	72.3-82.3
GENDER
Male	169	39	24.6	17.4-33.5	130	75.4	66.5-82.6
Female	267	49	20.3	14.8-27.1	218	79.7	72.9-85.2
RACE
White	390	74	19.9	15.3-25.4	316	80.1	74.6-84.7
Other	45	14	38.0	22.9-55.8	31	62.0	44.2-77.1
AGE
18-44	156	31	23.1	16.1-32.1	125	76.9	67.9-83.9
45+	277	57	21.6	16.7-27.6	220	78.4	72.4-83.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	227	46	23.5	16.9-31.7	181	76.5	68.3-83.1
Some College +	209	42	20.9	15.0-28.2	167	79.1	71.8-85.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	267	49	22.3	16.4-29.6	218	77.7	70.4-83.6
$50,000+	102	26	23.3	15.1-34.1	76	76.7	65.9-84.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Catawba 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?