BRFSS 2005 - Rowan County: (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
-Rowan County	455	100	24.4	19.3-30.3	355	75.6	69.7-80.7
GENDER
Male	159	37	26.2	17.6-37.0	122	73.8	63.0-82.4
Female	296	63	22.7	17.7-28.8	233	77.3	71.2-82.3
RACE
White	382	78	20.9	16.5-26.2	304	79.1	73.8-83.5
Other	71	21	38.4	22.6-57.1	50	61.6	42.9-77.4
AGE
18-44	145	35	25.5	16.9-36.4	110	74.5	63.6-83.1
45+	310	65	23.4	18.2-29.5	245	76.6	70.5-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	252	55	25.5	18.3-34.3	197	74.5	65.7-81.7
Some College +	203	45	23.0	16.5-31.1	158	77.0	68.9-83.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	298	68	24.4	18.7-31.2	230	75.6	68.8-81.3
$50,000+	95	18	18.3	11.4-28.1	77	81.7	71.9-88.6

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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
-Rowan County	455	100	24.4	19.3-30.3	355	75.6	69.7-80.7
GENDER
Male	159	37	26.2	17.6-37.0	122	73.8	63.0-82.4
Female	296	63	22.7	17.7-28.8	233	77.3	71.2-82.3
RACE
White	382	78	20.9	16.5-26.2	304	79.1	73.8-83.5
Other	71	21	38.4	22.6-57.1	50	61.6	42.9-77.4
AGE
18-44	145	35	25.5	16.9-36.4	110	74.5	63.6-83.1
45+	310	65	23.4	18.2-29.5	245	76.6	70.5-81.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	252	55	25.5	18.3-34.3	197	74.5	65.7-81.7
Some College +	203	45	23.0	16.5-31.1	158	77.0	68.9-83.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	298	68	24.4	18.7-31.2	230	75.6	68.8-81.3
$50,000+	95	18	18.3	11.4-28.1	77	81.7	71.9-88.6

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Rowan County

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?