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 MALES

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	860	234	29.9	25.7-34.4	626	70.1	65.6-74.3
GENDER
Male	860	234	29.9	25.7-34.4	626	70.1	65.6-74.3
RACE
African American	860	234	29.9	25.7-34.4	626	70.1	65.6-74.3
HISPANIC
Hispanic	43	10	19.8	9.3-37.4	33	80.2	62.6-90.7
-English Speaking	15	5	39.0	13.1-73.1	10	61.0	26.9-86.9
-Spanish Speaking	28	5	12.3	4.5-29.4	23	87.7	70.6-95.5
Non-Hispanic	817	224	30.7	26.4-35.4	593	69.3	64.6-73.6
AGE
18-24	51	21	44.6	29.1-61.3	30	55.4	38.7-70.9
25-34	126	32	26.8	18.4-37.2	94	73.2	62.8-81.6
35-44	163	36	20.9	14.7-28.7	127	79.1	71.3-85.3
45-54	204	68	35.5	27.7-44.2	136	64.5	55.8-72.3
55-64	162	40	23.3	16.6-31.6	122	76.7	68.4-83.4
65-74	105	26	24.9	16.3-36.1	79	75.1	63.9-83.7
75+	49	11	25.8	14.1-42.4	38	74.2	57.6-85.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	191	46	27.7	17.8-40.4	145	72.3	59.6-82.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	318	90	28.1	22.3-34.8	228	71.9	65.2-77.7
Some Post-H.S.	189	56	34.7	26.1-44.6	133	65.3	55.4-73.9
College Graduate	160	41	29.3	21.5-38.6	119	70.7	61.4-78.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	144	44	34.2	24.7-45.1	100	65.8	54.9-75.3
$15,000- 24,999	193	59	25.3	18.9-33.0	134	74.7	67.0-81.1
$25,000- 34,999	126	34	30.7	21.1-42.4	92	69.3	57.6-78.9
$35,000- 49,999	118	25	28.0	15.6-45.0	93	72.0	55.0-84.4
$50,000-74,999	80	17	24.6	13.8-40.0	63	75.4	60.0-86.2
$75,000+	81	19	26.2	15.9-39.9	62	73.8	60.1-84.1
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	314	91	30.6	24.0-38.0	223	69.4	62.0-76.0
No	535	143	30.2	25.0-35.9	392	69.8	64.1-75.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	236	62	26.6	20.3-34.0	174	73.4	66.0-79.7
Non-Veteran	623	172	30.8	25.9-36.2	451	69.2	63.8-74.1

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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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