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

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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	12,701	2,355	19.7	18.8-20.7	10,346	80.3	79.3-81.2
GENDER
Male	4,653	844	18.6	17.2-20.2	3,809	81.4	79.8-82.8
Female	8,048	1,511	20.7	19.5-21.9	6,537	79.3	78.1-80.5
AGE
18-24	501	163	30.5	25.8-35.7	338	69.5	64.3-74.2
25-34	1,509	355	23.0	20.5-25.7	1,154	77.0	74.3-79.5
35-44	2,223	427	18.5	16.6-20.4	1,796	81.5	79.6-83.4
45-54	2,453	481	18.2	16.4-20.1	1,972	81.8	79.9-83.6
55-64	2,470	479	19.2	17.4-21.1	1,991	80.8	78.9-82.6
65-74	1,917	284	15.4	13.5-17.4	1,633	84.6	82.6-86.5
75+	1,575	156	10.1	8.5-12.1	1,419	89.9	87.9-91.5
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	1,582	266	17.9	15.2-20.9	1,316	82.1	79.1-84.8
H.S. or G.E.D.	3,739	632	19.4	17.5-21.4	3,107	80.6	78.6-82.5
Some Post-H.S.	3,211	600	20.9	19.0-22.9	2,611	79.1	77.1-81.0
College Graduate	4,149	853	19.8	18.4-21.3	3,296	80.2	78.7-81.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	1,227	246	21.4	18.2-25.0	981	78.6	75.0-81.8
$15,000- 24,999	1,953	355	21.3	18.6-24.2	1,598	78.7	75.8-81.4
$25,000- 34,999	1,509	276	19.6	16.9-22.6	1,233	80.4	77.4-83.1
$35,000- 49,999	1,872	353	19.7	17.4-22.1	1,519	80.3	77.9-82.6
$50,000-74,999	1,903	362	19.6	17.4-21.9	1,541	80.4	78.1-82.6
$75,000+	2,422	472	19.3	17.5-21.4	1,950	80.7	78.6-82.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	3,940	825	22.8	20.9-24.8	3,115	77.2	75.2-79.1
No	8,701	1,521	18.6	17.5-19.8	7,180	81.4	80.2-82.5
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	1,852	335	18.6	16.3-21.0	1,517	81.4	79.0-83.7
Non-Veteran	10,844	2,020	19.9	18.9-21.0	8,824	80.1	79.0-81.1

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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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