BRFSS 2005 - Guilford 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
-Guilford County	452	83	21.3	16.7-26.9	369	78.7	73.1-83.3
GENDER
Male	161	27	21.2	13.9-31.0	134	78.8	69.0-86.1
Female	291	56	21.5	16.4-27.6	235	78.5	72.4-83.6
RACE
White	325	48	17.4	12.3-24.1	277	82.6	75.9-87.7
Other	126	34	29.3	20.5-40.0	92	70.7	60.0-79.5
AGE
18-44	160	44	28.1	20.2-37.7	116	71.9	62.3-79.8
45+	289	39	15.0	10.5-20.9	250	85.0	79.1-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	173	30	22.8	14.9-33.4	143	77.2	66.6-85.1
Some College +	277	53	20.5	15.3-27.0	224	79.5	73.0-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	239	48	21.5	15.5-29.0	191	78.5	71.0-84.5
$50,000+	136	25	21.4	14.2-30.9	111	78.6	69.1-85.8

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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
-Guilford County	452	83	21.3	16.7-26.9	369	78.7	73.1-83.3
GENDER
Male	161	27	21.2	13.9-31.0	134	78.8	69.0-86.1
Female	291	56	21.5	16.4-27.6	235	78.5	72.4-83.6
RACE
White	325	48	17.4	12.3-24.1	277	82.6	75.9-87.7
Other	126	34	29.3	20.5-40.0	92	70.7	60.0-79.5
AGE
18-44	160	44	28.1	20.2-37.7	116	71.9	62.3-79.8
45+	289	39	15.0	10.5-20.9	250	85.0	79.1-89.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	173	30	22.8	14.9-33.4	143	77.2	66.6-85.1
Some College +	277	53	20.5	15.3-27.0	224	79.5	73.0-84.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	239	48	21.5	15.5-29.0	191	78.5	71.0-84.5
$50,000+	136	25	21.4	14.2-30.9	111	78.6	69.1-85.8

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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?