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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for work areas?*

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  Total
Respond.#
Not allowed Allowed in some areas Allowed in all areas No official policy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 3,095 2,743 85.6 83.0-87.9 189 7.5 5.9- 9.4 76 3.3 2.0- 5.3 87 3.6 2.5- 5.1
GENDER
Male 1,138 966 82.3 77.7-86.1 92 9.2 6.8-12.5 44 5.4 2.9- 9.6 36 3.1 1.8- 5.3
Female 1,957 1,777 88.6 85.5-91.0 97 6.0 4.2- 8.4 32 1.5 0.8- 2.5 51 4.0 2.5- 6.4
RACE
White 2,343 2,079 85.9 82.9-88.4 132 6.7 5.1- 8.8 65 3.6 2.1- 6.0 67 3.8 2.6- 5.6
African American 487 442 87.8 80.2-92.8 26 7.5 3.7-14.5 4 0.6 0.2- 1.5 15 4.2 1.6-10.5
Asian 37 35 90.2 59.1-98.3 2 9.8 1.7-40.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 67 57 94.9 88.8-97.7 6 3.5 1.3- 9.1 3 1.3 0.3- 4.7 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
Other Minorities 144 114 74.1 60.0-84.6 23 16.9 10.0-27.3 4 7.8 1.8-28.4 3 1.1 0.3- 4.8
HISPANIC
Hispanic 158 123 71.3 57.2-82.2 29 20.8 12.3-32.9 4 7.0 1.6-25.8 2 0.9 0.2- 4.4
-English Speaking 58 51 84.7 65.2-94.2 5 14.3 5.0-34.3 1 0.2 0.0- 1.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.9
-Spanish Speaking 100 72 67.4 50.5-80.8 24 22.7 12.4-37.7 3 9.0 2.1-31.7 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4
Non-Hispanic 2,933 2,616 86.8 84.2-89.0 160 6.4 4.9- 8.3 72 3.0 1.8- 4.9 85 3.8 2.7- 5.5
AGE
18-24 219 180 71.4 59.3-81.0 23 13.9 7.9-23.5 7 8.8 3.0-23.2 9 5.9 2.3-14.5
25-34 716 646 88.8 84.3-92.2 46 8.1 5.2-12.5 10 1.4 0.6- 3.3 14 1.6 0.8- 3.4
35-44 863 755 86.3 82.3-89.5 55 6.7 4.6- 9.8 20 2.4 1.2- 4.5 33 4.6 2.8- 7.4
45-54 797 715 88.5 83.9-91.9 43 5.5 3.5- 8.5 22 2.6 1.4- 4.9 17 3.4 1.4- 8.0
55-64 396 352 89.3 84.3-92.9 18 4.2 2.3- 7.6 14 3.4 1.7- 6.7 12 3.1 1.2- 7.4
65-74 62 55 92.0 81.6-96.7 3 2.4 0.7- 8.1 2 3.6 0.8-14.6 2 2.0 0.3-10.4
75+ 19 17 84.0 43.6-97.3 1 1.1 0.1- 8.2 1 14.8 2.2-57.3 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 257 197 70.5 59.7-79.5 36 13.7 8.7-20.9 7 5.2 1.3-18.6 17 10.6 4.9-21.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 828 687 80.3 75.2-84.5 84 11.9 8.4-16.5 30 3.1 1.8- 5.3 27 4.7 2.7- 8.0
Some Post-H.S. 777 695 87.2 80.6-91.8 36 5.5 3.1- 9.7 23 5.3 2.1-12.8 23 1.9 1.1- 3.4
College Graduate 1,232 1,163 94.7 92.5-96.2 33 2.7 1.6- 4.5 16 1.2 0.7- 2.2 20 1.4 0.7- 2.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 143 107 78.0 65.7-86.8 17 13.2 6.5-25.0 5 1.3 0.5- 3.7 14 7.5 3.2-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 438 360 78.1 70.0-84.6 49 12.9 8.1-20.0 13 3.7 1.7- 7.9 16 5.2 2.1-12.6
$25,000- 34,999 424 358 80.6 72.5-86.7 42 12.4 7.4-20.2 11 3.9 1.8- 8.0 13 3.1 1.1- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999 524 479 89.1 83.0-93.2 18 5.7 2.5-12.2 14 2.7 1.3- 5.5 13 2.5 1.2- 5.2
$50,000-74,999 469 425 84.9 75.0-91.4 28 5.7 3.2- 9.8 7 4.4 0.8-20.5 9 5.0 2.2-11.2
$75,000+ 606 564 94.3 91.0-96.4 19 3.7 1.9- 7.2 15 1.4 0.7- 2.7 8 0.5 0.2- 1.2
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 191 178 92.1 86.1-95.6 7 4.6 2.1-10.0 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 3 2.4 0.8- 7.4
Forsyth 230 197 85.1 79.1-89.6 18 8.5 5.2-13.8 7 3.6 1.6- 8.1 8 2.7 1.3- 5.3
Guilford 215 196 87.9 80.3-92.9 11 8.5 4.3-15.9 4 1.8 0.5- 5.8 4 1.8 0.5- 6.2
Henderson/Transylvania 152 140 93.4 87.6-96.6 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 4 3.1 1.1- 8.6 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Mecklenburg 230 217 91.1 81.0-96.1 9 7.3 2.8-18.1 3 1.4 0.4- 4.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
Orange 250 235 94.0 89.5-96.7 12 4.7 2.4- 8.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6
Pitt 210 183 86.2 79.4-91.0 13 6.0 3.3-10.5 8 5.2 2.3-11.3 6 2.6 1.0- 6.4
Randolph 190 158 85.7 79.4-90.3 15 6.8 3.9-11.7 9 3.7 1.6- 8.1 8 3.8 1.8- 7.7
Robeson 178 148 82.2 74.5-87.9 16 10.0 5.8-16.8 5 3.3 1.2- 8.3 9 4.6 2.2- 9.2
Wake 248 229 91.9 86.7-95.2 8 3.7 1.7- 8.2 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0
Western NC 261 220 83.1 76.3-88.2 22 9.8 5.7-16.4 12 5.2 2.8- 9.5 7 1.9 0.7- 4.6
Piedmont NC 418 366 82.7 76.0-87.9 33 9.2 5.9-13.9 4 2.6 0.5-11.5 15 5.5 3.0-10.1
Eastern NC 322 276 83.5 77.1-88.5 21 6.6 3.7-11.3 12 5.2 2.4-10.9 13 4.7 2.5- 8.7

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

** 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, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, Wilson
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Montgomery, Moore, Person, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Warren, Yadkin
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Watauga, Wilkes, Yancey

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