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2007 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina Counties and Regions

Tobacco Opinion

In the last 12 months, have you heard about or seen a television campaign to promote 100%
Tobacco Free School policies in North Carolina?

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes, more than once Yes, only once No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,621 2,549 39.3 37.5-41.1 655 9.7 8.6-10.9 3,417 51.0 49.2-52.9
COUNTY/REGIONS
Alamance 161 67 43.9 32.2-56.3 22 10.1 6.0-16.3 72 46.0 34.7-57.7
Buncombe 167 54 24.0 17.3-32.3 11 8.7 4.1-17.2 102 67.3 57.7-75.7
Cabarrus 164 52 29.4 20.1-40.9 12 7.7 3.7-15.3 100 62.9 51.2-73.2
Catawba 187 57 33.2 24.9-42.9 18 7.8 4.6-12.9 112 59.0 49.6-67.7
Cumberland 166 58 38.8 29.4-49.2 17 11.7 6.0-21.4 91 49.5 39.6-59.4
Davidson 160 87 46.7 36.1-57.6 15 6.6 3.7-11.5 58 46.7 35.7-58.0
Durham 145 58 30.6 21.2-42.0 10 6.8 2.9-15.2 77 62.6 50.1-73.6
Forsyth 166 74 42.0 31.7-53.1 15 8.1 4.6-13.9 77 49.9 39.1-60.6
Gaston 175 72 40.9 30.5-52.1 17 9.4 5.0-16.8 86 49.7 39.2-60.3
Guilford 175 76 41.5 31.8-52.0 13 10.0 4.5-20.8 86 48.5 38.0-59.0
Iredell 165 68 41.1 31.4-51.5 12 5.4 2.9- 9.6 85 53.6 43.3-63.5
Johnston 200 87 47.3 35.6-59.4 21 10.2 5.6-18.0 92 42.4 31.8-53.8
Mecklenburg 297 96 31.2 24.7-38.4 42 14.1 9.5-20.3 159 54.8 47.0-62.3
New Hanover 173 68 46.6 36.6-56.9 16 11.7 5.8-22.3 89 41.7 32.1-51.9
Onslow 168 66 39.7 30.1-50.2 15 6.5 3.6-11.6 87 53.7 43.4-63.7
Orange 152 44 26.7 18.2-37.3 13 13.8 6.2-28.1 95 59.5 47.6-70.4
Pitt 189 89 48.0 39.5-56.6 22 9.0 5.6-14.0 78 43.0 34.7-51.8
Randolph 158 78 47.6 37.1-58.3 23 11.6 7.3-17.9 57 40.8 30.8-51.7
Robeson 197 58 27.9 20.4-36.9 16 9.5 4.8-17.8 123 62.6 53.0-71.3
Rowan 200 95 48.5 39.6-57.4 18 7.4 4.3-12.3 87 44.1 35.5-53.2
Union 160 68 40.2 30.2-51.2 18 10.3 5.7-17.9 74 49.5 38.5-60.5
Wake 264 96 34.1 27.6-41.3 31 9.8 5.8-16.2 137 56.0 48.4-63.4
Wayne 156 74 49.1 38.8-59.5 8 6.3 2.4-15.6 74 44.6 34.5-55.1
NC REGIONS
Eastern NC 2,161 832 39.7 36.7-42.8 200 10.0 8.0-12.4 1,129 50.3 47.2-53.3
Piedmont 3,137 1,275 40.9 38.3-43.5 317 9.3 7.9-11.0 1,545 49.8 47.1-52.4
Western NC 1,323 442 31.2 28.0-34.6 138 10.6 8.5-13.2 743 58.2 54.5-61.7
AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CTRS. (AHEC)
Mountain AHEC 930 285 27.8 24.1-31.9 92 9.9 7.5-13.0 553 62.2 57.8-66.5
Northwest 1,331 576 46.6 42.2-51.0 130 7.9 6.3- 9.9 625 45.5 41.3-49.7
Charlotte 888 328 36.1 31.5-40.9 97 11.2 8.6-14.6 463 52.7 47.7-57.6
Greensboro 726 296 42.2 36.8-47.8 74 9.4 6.4-13.6 356 48.4 42.9-54.0
Southern Regional 624 204 37.4 31.8-43.3 61 10.5 7.0-15.5 359 52.1 46.3-57.9
Coastal 355 139 43.9 36.9-51.3 30 7.8 4.8-12.4 186 48.2 41.1-55.4
Wake 708 288 38.3 33.3-43.4 70 9.5 6.6-13.4 350 52.3 46.9-57.6
Area L 203 93 43.1 34.8-51.9 21 11.9 6.5-20.8 89 44.9 36.3-53.9
Eastern 856 340 38.7 34.3-43.4 80 10.1 7.1-14.1 436 51.2 46.5-55.9

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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.

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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