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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--FEMALE Respondents Only

Worksites prohibit smoking in both public and work areas*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 1,957 1,552 75.8 72.4-79.0 405 24.2 21.0-27.6
RACE
White 1,485 1,203 79.1 75.6-82.2 282 20.9 17.8-24.4
African American 338 260 71.9 61.6-80.4 78 28.1 19.6-38.4
Asian 19 13 63.2 30.9-86.8 6 36.8 13.2-69.1
Native American 43 33 88.4 75.8-94.9 10 11.6 5.1-24.2
Other Minorities 62 36 46.9 30.1-64.5 26 53.1 35.5-69.9
HISPANIC
Hispanic 68 33 41.2 25.9-58.4 35 58.8 41.6-74.1
-English Speaking 35 24 75.9 53.0-89.8 11 24.1 10.2-47.0
-Spanish Speaking 33 9 22.7 9.4-45.4 24 77.3 54.6-90.6
Non-Hispanic 1,887 1,518 78.0 74.6-81.1 369 22.0 18.9-25.4
AGE
18-24 133 94 56.0 42.2-69.0 39 44.0 31.0-57.8
25-34 455 380 82.8 76.5-87.8 75 17.2 12.2-23.5
35-44 522 394 74.9 68.9-80.1 128 25.1 19.9-31.1
45-54 518 416 80.1 74.1-84.9 102 19.9 15.1-25.9
55-64 253 207 78.2 69.2-85.2 46 21.8 14.8-30.8
65-74 49 40 84.3 69.3-92.7 9 15.7 7.3-30.7
75+ 16 13 74.3 37.4-93.3 3 25.7 6.7-62.6
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 135 73 46.6 33.9-59.8 62 53.4 40.2-66.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 532 372 64.8 57.7-71.3 160 35.2 28.7-42.3
Some Post-H.S. 553 453 82.9 77.9-87.0 100 17.1 13.0-22.1
College Graduate 736 653 89.7 86.0-92.6 83 10.3 7.4-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 99 58 50.4 35.3-65.3 41 49.6 34.7-64.7
$15,000- 24,999 291 203 67.9 57.0-77.2 88 32.1 22.8-43.0
$25,000- 34,999 280 207 66.1 55.1-75.5 73 33.9 24.5-44.9
$35,000- 49,999 333 278 86.6 80.6-90.9 55 13.4 9.1-19.4
$50,000-74,999 313 263 81.2 73.0-87.3 50 18.8 12.7-27.0
$75,000+ 306 269 87.1 79.9-91.9 37 12.9 8.1-20.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 126 105 83.7 75.2-89.7 21 16.3 10.3-24.8
Forsyth 147 102 68.1 59.0-76.0 45 31.9 24.0-41.0
Guilford 130 108 79.4 64.5-89.0 22 20.6 11.0-35.5
Henderson/Transylvania 101 81 69.1 46.2-85.3 20 30.9 14.7-53.8
Mecklenburg 149 133 89.3 79.6-94.7 16 10.7 5.3-20.4
Orange 141 120 85.0 74.9-91.5 21 15.0 8.5-25.1
Pitt 139 114 76.6 58.4-88.4 25 23.4 11.6-41.6
Randolph 118 85 70.8 60.4-79.3 33 29.2 20.7-39.6
Robeson 113 80 70.5 59.0-79.8 33 29.5 20.2-41.0
Wake 142 126 91.3 85.4-95.0 16 8.7 5.0-14.6
Western NC 148 116 78.7 70.7-85.0 32 21.3 15.0-29.3
Piedmont NC 284 215 67.2 59.3-74.3 69 32.8 25.7-40.7
Eastern NC 219 167 75.7 68.1-82.0 52 24.3 18.0-31.9

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*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.

#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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