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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Risk Factors--WHITE 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 2,341 1,832 74.0 70.7-77.0 509 26.0 23.0-29.3
GENDER
Male 856 629 68.1 62.5-73.3 227 31.9 26.7-37.5
Female 1,485 1,203 79.1 75.6-82.2 282 20.9 17.8-24.4
AGE
18-24 145 97 54.4 40.5-67.7 48 45.6 32.3-59.5
25-34 515 406 75.2 68.5-80.8 109 24.8 19.2-31.5
35-44 625 482 74.8 69.3-79.5 143 25.2 20.5-30.7
45-54 635 517 79.6 73.7-84.4 118 20.4 15.6-26.3
55-64 334 258 76.4 69.3-82.3 76 23.6 17.7-30.7
65-74 57 46 82.1 67.6-91.0 11 17.9 9.0-32.4
75+ 17 13 69.6 36.0-90.3 4 30.4 9.7-64.0
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 138 76 49.4 37.4-61.5 62 50.6 38.5-62.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 603 403 62.7 56.5-68.5 200 37.3 31.5-43.5
Some Post-H.S. 577 451 75.2 67.4-81.7 126 24.8 18.3-32.6
College Graduate 1,022 901 87.0 83.3-90.0 121 13.0 10.0-16.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 79 48 59.6 41.1-75.7 31 40.4 24.3-58.9
$15,000- 24,999 252 169 62.8 52.2-72.3 83 37.2 27.7-47.8
$25,000- 34,999 287 195 60.1 50.2-69.2 92 39.9 30.8-49.8
$35,000- 49,999 413 328 77.7 70.3-83.7 85 22.3 16.3-29.7
$50,000-74,999 404 329 74.2 64.3-82.2 75 25.8 17.8-35.7
$75,000+ 528 458 86.9 82.1-90.6 70 13.1 9.4-17.9
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 147 85.2 78.3-90.2 26 14.8 9.8-21.7
Forsyth 171 116 66.9 58.3-74.5 55 33.1 25.5-41.7
Guilford 140 117 79.1 68.7-86.7 23 20.9 13.3-31.3
Henderson/Transylvania 134 110 82.7 74.1-88.9 24 17.3 11.1-25.9
Mecklenburg 133 115 72.8 55.9-85.0 18 27.2 15.0-44.1
Orange 206 183 89.3 83.2-93.3 23 10.7 6.7-16.8
Pitt 152 116 66.5 53.1-77.7 36 33.5 22.3-46.9
Randolph 172 121 70.6 61.9-78.0 51 29.4 22.0-38.1
Robeson 74 50 62.7 48.7-74.8 24 37.3 25.2-51.3
Wake 179 156 88.0 81.4-92.4 23 12.0 7.6-18.6
Western NC 244 174 69.5 62.0-76.0 70 30.5 24.0-38.0
Piedmont NC 338 259 70.9 63.6-77.3 79 29.1 22.7-36.4
Eastern NC 225 168 73.1 65.3-79.6 57 26.9 20.4-34.7

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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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