BRFSS 2005 - Northeast Partnership II**: (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 II	489	113	25.0	20.2-30.6	376	75.0	69.4-79.8
GENDER
Male	162	30	24.4	16.4-34.7	132	75.6	65.3-83.6
Female	327	83	25.6	20.4-31.5	244	74.4	68.5-79.6
RACE
White	310	58	18.3	13.8-23.8	252	81.7	76.2-86.2
Other	178	55	33.5	24.7-43.5	123	66.5	56.5-75.3
AGE
18-44	146	44	31.5	22.7-41.8	102	68.5	58.2-77.3
45+	339	68	20.4	15.5-26.4	271	79.6	73.6-84.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	59	23.2	17.2-30.6	218	76.8	69.4-82.8
Some College +	212	54	27.6	20.2-36.5	158	72.4	63.5-79.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	294	71	27.3	20.9-34.7	223	72.7	65.3-79.1
$50,000+	116	28	21.5	14.4-30.8	88	78.5	69.2-85.6

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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 II	489	113	25.0	20.2-30.6	376	75.0	69.4-79.8
GENDER
Male	162	30	24.4	16.4-34.7	132	75.6	65.3-83.6
Female	327	83	25.6	20.4-31.5	244	74.4	68.5-79.6
RACE
White	310	58	18.3	13.8-23.8	252	81.7	76.2-86.2
Other	178	55	33.5	24.7-43.5	123	66.5	56.5-75.3
AGE
18-44	146	44	31.5	22.7-41.8	102	68.5	58.2-77.3
45+	339	68	20.4	15.5-26.4	271	79.6	73.6-84.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	277	59	23.2	17.2-30.6	218	76.8	69.4-82.8
Some College +	212	54	27.6	20.2-36.5	158	72.4	63.5-79.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	294	71	27.3	20.9-34.7	223	72.7	65.3-79.1
$50,000+	116	28	21.5	14.4-30.8	88	78.5	69.2-85.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

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?