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--By Risks, Conditions, and Quality of Life Measures

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	16,723	3,485	22.2	21.3-23.1	13,238	77.8	76.9-78.7
Have Health Insurance
Yes	14,305	2,856	21.1	20.2-22.1	11,449	78.9	77.9-79.8
No	2,387	621	26.7	24.2-29.3	1,766	73.3	70.7-75.8
Body Mass Index
Underweight	279	56	23.6	17.0-31.8	223	76.4	68.2-83.0
Recommended Range	5,528	1,027	21.0	19.3-22.7	4,501	79.0	77.3-80.7
Overweight	5,762	1,161	21.2	19.8-22.7	4,601	78.8	77.3-80.2
Obese	4,380	1,053	24.6	22.9-26.4	3,327	75.4	73.6-77.1
Current Smoker
No	13,231	3,099	25.1	24.0-26.1	10,132	74.9	73.9-76.0
Yes	3,417	376	12.3	10.7-14.1	3,041	87.7	85.9-89.3
Binge Drinker
No	15,280	3,205	22.4	21.5-23.4	12,075	77.6	76.6-78.5
Yes	1,286	257	21.0	18.2-24.2	1,029	79.0	75.8-81.8
Heavy Drinker
No	16,008	3,373	22.4	21.5-23.3	12,635	77.6	76.7-78.5
Yes	489	77	17.3	12.4-23.5	412	82.7	76.5-87.6
Current Asthma
Yes	1,174	366	29.9	26.4-33.7	808	70.1	66.3-73.6
No	15,468	3,104	21.7	20.8-22.6	12,364	78.3	77.4-79.2
Diabetes
Yes	1,796	403	22.6	20.2-25.1	1,393	77.4	74.9-79.8
Yes, During Pregnancy	140	42	31.1	22.4-41.4	98	68.9	58.6-77.6
No	14,568	2,995	22.1	21.1-23.1	11,573	77.9	76.9-78.9
No, Bordeline Diabetes	209	43	20.7	14.6-28.5	166	79.3	71.5-85.4

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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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