BRFSS 2005 - Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**: (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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	741	141	21.0	17.1-25.7	600	79.0	74.3-82.9
GENDER
Male	256	47	18.4	12.9-25.6	209	81.6	74.4-87.1
Female	485	94	23.1	17.9-29.4	391	76.9	70.6-82.1
RACE
White	659	120	20.7	16.6-25.6	539	79.3	74.4-83.4
Other	82	21	23.2	12.0-40.2	61	76.8	59.8-88.0
AGE
18-44	244	56	23.5	16.7-32.0	188	76.5	68.0-83.3
45+	494	84	18.4	14.5-23.1	410	81.6	76.9-85.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	348	57	16.5	11.4-23.3	291	83.5	76.7-88.6
Some College +	393	84	25.8	20.2-32.3	309	74.2	67.7-79.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	469	84	16.7	12.6-21.9	385	83.3	78.1-87.4
$50,000+	157	34	25.4	17.3-35.7	123	74.6	64.3-82.7

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)	741	141	21.0	17.1-25.7	600	79.0	74.3-82.9
GENDER
Male	256	47	18.4	12.9-25.6	209	81.6	74.4-87.1
Female	485	94	23.1	17.9-29.4	391	76.9	70.6-82.1
RACE
White	659	120	20.7	16.6-25.6	539	79.3	74.4-83.4
Other	82	21	23.2	12.0-40.2	61	76.8	59.8-88.0
AGE
18-44	244	56	23.5	16.7-32.0	188	76.5	68.0-83.3
45+	494	84	18.4	14.5-23.1	410	81.6	76.9-85.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	348	57	16.5	11.4-23.3	291	83.5	76.7-88.6
Some College +	393	84	25.8	20.2-32.3	309	74.2	67.7-79.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	469	84	16.7	12.6-21.9	385	83.3	78.1-87.4
$50,000+	157	34	25.4	17.3-35.7	123	74.6	64.3-82.7

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe)**

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?