BRFSS 2005 - North Carolina: (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?)

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALES

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?

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
TOTAL	2,013	573	29.1	26.5-31.7	1,440	70.9	68.3-73.5
GENDER
Female	2,013	573	29.1	26.5-31.7	1,440	70.9	68.3-73.5
RACE
African American	2,013	573	29.1	26.5-31.7	1,440	70.9	68.3-73.5
HISPANIC
Hispanic	40	15	36.1	17.1-60.6	25	63.9	39.4-82.9
-English Speaking	10	5	50.8	20.4-80.6	5	49.2	19.4-79.6
-Spanish Speaking	30	10	33.6	13.3-62.5	20	66.4	37.5-86.7
Non-Hispanic	1,973	558	28.8	26.3-31.4	1,415	71.2	68.6-73.7
AGE
18-24	115	51	42.8	32.6-53.7	64	57.2	46.3-67.4
25-34	324	99	29.6	23.2-36.9	225	70.4	63.1-76.8
35-44	420	125	28.6	23.7-34.0	295	71.4	66.0-76.3
45-54	414	121	28.0	23.0-33.5	293	72.0	66.5-77.0
55-64	348	92	27.1	21.6-33.5	256	72.9	66.5-78.4
65-74	226	55	25.3	19.0-32.7	171	74.7	67.3-81.0
75+	153	24	17.8	11.3-26.8	129	82.2	73.2-88.7
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	393	99	25.3	20.4-30.9	294	74.7	69.1-79.6
H.S. or G.E.D.	685	199	29.7	25.0-34.8	486	70.3	65.2-75.0
Some Post-H.S.	510	152	29.9	25.3-34.9	358	70.1	65.1-74.7
College Graduate	422	122	30.5	25.2-36.3	300	69.5	63.7-74.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	442	149	34.2	28.8-39.9	293	65.8	60.1-71.2
$15,000- 24,999	482	152	29.6	24.8-34.9	330	70.4	65.1-75.2
$25,000- 34,999	305	83	31.1	24.7-38.3	222	68.9	61.7-75.3
$35,000- 49,999	206	47	19.3	14.0-26.1	159	80.7	73.9-86.0
$50,000-74,999	150	41	29.6	21.4-39.4	109	70.4	60.6-78.6
$75,000+	128	31	26.2	18.3-36.1	97	73.8	63.9-81.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	734	231	32.1	28.0-36.5	503	67.9	63.5-72.0
No	1,264	336	27.5	24.3-30.9	928	72.5	69.1-75.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	67	18	36.4	22.3-53.2	49	63.6	46.8-77.7
Non-Veteran	1,945	554	28.8	26.3-31.5	1,391	71.2	68.5-73.7

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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.

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