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-WHITE 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	4,653	844	18.6	17.2-20.2	3,809	81.4	79.8-82.8
AGE
18-24	192	52	26.2	19.5-34.4	140	73.8	65.6-80.5
25-34	566	109	19.0	15.4-23.2	457	81.0	76.8-84.6
35-44	827	140	17.2	14.4-20.4	687	82.8	79.6-85.6
45-54	933	169	17.2	14.5-20.2	764	82.8	79.8-85.5
55-64	930	183	18.6	15.9-21.6	747	81.4	78.4-84.1
65-74	699	128	18.2	15.2-21.8	571	81.8	78.2-84.8
75+	492	60	12.5	9.4-16.5	432	87.5	83.5-90.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	611	101	18.2	14.0-23.3	510	81.8	76.7-86.0
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,336	258	20.9	17.9-24.4	1,078	79.1	75.6-82.1
Some Post-H.S.	1,071	179	18.1	15.3-21.4	892	81.9	78.6-84.7
College Graduate	1,629	305	17.2	15.1-19.4	1,324	82.8	80.6-84.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	339	72	21.5	15.7-28.6	267	78.5	71.4-84.3
$15,000- 24,999	631	116	21.0	16.5-26.3	515	79.0	73.7-83.5
$25,000- 34,999	572	102	19.4	15.1-24.6	470	80.6	75.4-84.9
$35,000- 49,999	749	141	19.5	16.0-23.5	608	80.5	76.5-84.0
$50,000-74,999	786	135	16.5	13.5-20.0	651	83.5	80.0-86.5
$75,000+	1,057	197	17.9	15.3-20.8	860	82.1	79.2-84.7
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes	1,390	292	21.6	18.6-24.8	1,098	78.4	75.2-81.4
No	3,242	551	17.7	16.0-19.6	2,691	82.3	80.4-84.0
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran	1,719	300	18.1	15.8-20.7	1,419	81.9	79.3-84.2
Non-Veteran	2,930	544	18.9	17.0-20.9	2,386	81.1	79.1-83.0

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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.

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