BRFSS 2005 - Wake 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
-Wake County	835	160	20.8	17.2-24.9	675	79.2	75.1-82.8
GENDER
Male	320	53	19.8	14.3-26.8	267	80.2	73.2-85.7
Female	515	107	21.9	17.9-26.5	408	78.1	73.5-82.1
RACE
White	626	118	19.4	15.9-23.4	508	80.6	76.6-84.1
Other	200	39	24.0	15.9-34.5	161	76.0	65.5-84.1
AGE
18-44	405	81	22.7	17.5-28.8	324	77.3	71.2-82.5
45+	428	78	17.8	14.1-22.1	350	82.2	77.9-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	49	27.4	18.9-38.0	161	72.6	62.0-81.1
Some College +	623	111	18.2	14.9-22.0	512	81.8	78.0-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	339	70	25.5	18.9-33.6	269	74.5	66.4-81.1
$50,000+	385	69	17.7	13.6-22.5	316	82.3	77.5-86.4

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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
-Wake County	835	160	20.8	17.2-24.9	675	79.2	75.1-82.8
GENDER
Male	320	53	19.8	14.3-26.8	267	80.2	73.2-85.7
Female	515	107	21.9	17.9-26.5	408	78.1	73.5-82.1
RACE
White	626	118	19.4	15.9-23.4	508	80.6	76.6-84.1
Other	200	39	24.0	15.9-34.5	161	76.0	65.5-84.1
AGE
18-44	405	81	22.7	17.5-28.8	324	77.3	71.2-82.5
45+	428	78	17.8	14.1-22.1	350	82.2	77.9-85.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less	210	49	27.4	18.9-38.0	161	72.6	62.0-81.1
Some College +	623	111	18.2	14.9-22.0	512	81.8	78.0-85.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000	339	70	25.5	18.9-33.6	269	74.5	66.4-81.1
$50,000+	385	69	17.7	13.6-22.5	316	82.3	77.5-86.4

2005 BRFSS Survey Results: Wake 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?