BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership I**: (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?)

	Total Respond.^	Yes	No
North Carolina	16,723	3,485	22.2	21.3-23.1	13,238	77.8	76.9-78.7
-Northeast Partnership I	503	127	25.8	21.3-30.8	376	74.2	69.2-78.7
GENDER
Male	175	45	23.3	16.8-31.4	130	76.7	68.6-83.2
Female	328	82	28.1	22.7-34.4	246	71.9	65.6-77.3
RACE
White	235	40	16.4	11.5-22.8	195	83.6	77.2-88.5
Other	264	85	33.6	27.0-40.9	179	66.4	59.1-73.0
AGE
18-44	135	35	25.8	17.8-35.8	100	74.2	64.2-82.2
45+	367	92	25.9	20.9-31.6	275	74.1	68.4-79.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	310	81	26.9	21.1-33.7	229	73.1	66.3-78.9
Some College +	191	45	23.7	17.3-31.5	146	76.3	68.5-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	325	86	26.1	20.6-32.6	239	73.9	67.4-79.4
$50,000+	91	21	23.6	15.0-35.1	70	76.4	64.9-85.0

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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.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Beaufort, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Hyde, Martin, Northampton, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, Warren, and Washington.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (MAHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** Eastern North Carolina: Beaufort, Bertie, Bladen, Brunswick, Camden, Carteret, Chowan, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Duplin, Edgecombe, Gates, Greene, Halifax, Harnett, Hertford, Hoke, Hyde, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Martin, Nash, New Hanover, Northampton, Onslow, Pamlico, Pasquotank, Pender, Perquimans, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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	Total Respond.^	Yes			No
	Total Respond.^	N	%	C.I.(95%)	N	%	C.I.(95%)
North Carolina	16,723	3,485	22.2	21.3-23.1	13,238	77.8	76.9-78.7
-Northeast Partnership I	503	127	25.8	21.3-30.8	376	74.2	69.2-78.7
GENDER
Male	175	45	23.3	16.8-31.4	130	76.7	68.6-83.2
Female	328	82	28.1	22.7-34.4	246	71.9	65.6-77.3
RACE
White	235	40	16.4	11.5-22.8	195	83.6	77.2-88.5
Other	264	85	33.6	27.0-40.9	179	66.4	59.1-73.0
AGE
18-44	135	35	25.8	17.8-35.8	100	74.2	64.2-82.2
45+	367	92	25.9	20.9-31.6	275	74.1	68.4-79.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	310	81	26.9	21.1-33.7	229	73.1	66.3-78.9
Some College +	191	45	23.7	17.3-31.5	146	76.3	68.5-82.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	325	86	26.1	20.6-32.6	239	73.9	67.4-79.4
$50,000+	91	21	23.6	15.0-35.1	70	76.4	64.9-85.0

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership I**

Tobacco Use Prevention

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?