BRFSS 2005 - Forsyth 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
-Forsyth County	448	84	21.4	16.7-27.0	364	78.6	73.0-83.3
GENDER
Male	146	25	21.0	13.4-31.3	121	79.0	68.7-86.6
Female	302	59	21.7	16.4-28.1	243	78.3	71.9-83.6
RACE
White	334	54	18.0	13.1-24.2	280	82.0	75.8-86.9
Other	112	30	30.5	20.3-43.1	82	69.5	56.9-79.7
AGE
18-44	149	40	28.9	20.4-39.3	109	71.1	60.7-79.6
45+	297	43	14.3	10.4-19.4	254	85.7	80.6-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	155	29	25.5	16.5-37.2	126	74.5	62.8-83.5
Some College +	293	55	19.0	14.2-24.8	238	81.0	75.2-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	221	47	26.4	18.9-35.6	174	73.6	64.4-81.1
$50,000+	162	29	18.7	12.4-27.3	133	81.3	72.7-87.6

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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
-Forsyth County	448	84	21.4	16.7-27.0	364	78.6	73.0-83.3
GENDER
Male	146	25	21.0	13.4-31.3	121	79.0	68.7-86.6
Female	302	59	21.7	16.4-28.1	243	78.3	71.9-83.6
RACE
White	334	54	18.0	13.1-24.2	280	82.0	75.8-86.9
Other	112	30	30.5	20.3-43.1	82	69.5	56.9-79.7
AGE
18-44	149	40	28.9	20.4-39.3	109	71.1	60.7-79.6
45+	297	43	14.3	10.4-19.4	254	85.7	80.6-89.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	155	29	25.5	16.5-37.2	126	74.5	62.8-83.5
Some College +	293	55	19.0	14.2-24.8	238	81.0	75.2-85.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	221	47	26.4	18.9-35.6	174	73.6	64.4-81.1
$50,000+	162	29	18.7	12.4-27.3	133	81.3	72.7-87.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Forsyth 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?