BRFSS 2005 - Gaston 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
-Gaston County	434	85	18.2	14.4-22.9	349	81.8	77.1-85.6
GENDER
Male	149	34	19.9	13.5-28.4	115	80.1	71.6-86.5
Female	285	51	16.8	12.6-22.0	234	83.2	78.0-87.4
RACE
White	380	72	18.4	14.2-23.5	308	81.6	76.5-85.8
Other	54	13	17.2	9.1-30.3	41	82.8	69.7-90.9
AGE
18-44	136	37	22.2	15.2-31.2	99	77.8	68.8-84.8
45+	295	47	15.0	11.1-19.9	248	85.0	80.1-88.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	40	16.7	11.7-23.2	184	83.3	76.8-88.3
Some College +	209	45	20.0	14.5-27.1	164	80.0	72.9-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	245	56	20.8	15.3-27.6	189	79.2	72.4-84.7
$50,000+	119	22	18.6	12.1-27.6	97	81.4	72.4-87.9

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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
-Gaston County	434	85	18.2	14.4-22.9	349	81.8	77.1-85.6
GENDER
Male	149	34	19.9	13.5-28.4	115	80.1	71.6-86.5
Female	285	51	16.8	12.6-22.0	234	83.2	78.0-87.4
RACE
White	380	72	18.4	14.2-23.5	308	81.6	76.5-85.8
Other	54	13	17.2	9.1-30.3	41	82.8	69.7-90.9
AGE
18-44	136	37	22.2	15.2-31.2	99	77.8	68.8-84.8
45+	295	47	15.0	11.1-19.9	248	85.0	80.1-88.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	224	40	16.7	11.7-23.2	184	83.3	76.8-88.3
Some College +	209	45	20.0	14.5-27.1	164	80.0	72.9-85.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	245	56	20.8	15.3-27.6	189	79.2	72.4-84.7
$50,000+	119	22	18.6	12.1-27.6	97	81.4	72.4-87.9

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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?