BRFSS 2005 - Mecklenburg 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
-Mecklenburg County	854	184	22.4	19.0-26.2	670	77.6	73.8-81.0
GENDER
Male	305	66	23.3	17.9-29.7	239	76.7	70.3-82.1
Female	549	118	21.5	17.7-25.9	431	78.5	74.1-82.3
RACE
White	593	106	17.5	14.1-21.5	487	82.5	78.5-85.9
Other	257	77	31.7	24.7-39.7	180	68.3	60.3-75.3
AGE
18-44	328	83	24.4	19.1-30.7	245	75.6	69.3-80.9
45+	517	100	20.3	16.4-24.8	417	79.7	75.2-83.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	221	54	30.0	22.0-39.5	167	70.0	60.5-78.0
Some College +	631	128	18.9	15.8-22.6	503	81.1	77.4-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	81	25.5	19.5-32.6	267	74.5	67.4-80.5
$50,000+	376	71	19.1	15.0-24.1	305	80.9	75.9-85.0

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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
-Mecklenburg County	854	184	22.4	19.0-26.2	670	77.6	73.8-81.0
GENDER
Male	305	66	23.3	17.9-29.7	239	76.7	70.3-82.1
Female	549	118	21.5	17.7-25.9	431	78.5	74.1-82.3
RACE
White	593	106	17.5	14.1-21.5	487	82.5	78.5-85.9
Other	257	77	31.7	24.7-39.7	180	68.3	60.3-75.3
AGE
18-44	328	83	24.4	19.1-30.7	245	75.6	69.3-80.9
45+	517	100	20.3	16.4-24.8	417	79.7	75.2-83.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	221	54	30.0	22.0-39.5	167	70.0	60.5-78.0
Some College +	631	128	18.9	15.8-22.6	503	81.1	77.4-84.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	348	81	25.5	19.5-32.6	267	74.5	67.4-80.5
$50,000+	376	71	19.1	15.0-24.1	305	80.9	75.9-85.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Mecklenburg 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?