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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--WHITE Respondents Only

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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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 2,341 1,863 75.6 72.4-78.5 337 16.5 14.2-19.1 70 4.1 2.5- 6.7 71 3.8 2.6- 5.5
GENDER
Male 856 640 69.8 64.2-74.8 147 20.1 16.3-24.7 42 6.8 3.7-12.3 27 3.2 1.7- 6.1
Female 1,485 1,223 80.7 77.3-83.7 190 13.3 10.9-16.3 28 1.7 0.9- 3.2 44 4.3 2.7- 6.7
AGE
18-24 145 100 59.3 44.9-72.3 30 20.6 12.8-31.5 6 13.3 4.2-35.0 9 6.7 2.5-16.8
25-34 515 414 76.2 69.6-81.8 83 20.9 15.5-27.6 9 1.7 0.7- 4.2 9 1.1 0.4- 3.5
35-44 625 489 76.5 71.2-81.1 95 15.9 12.1-20.7 15 2.6 1.3- 5.5 26 4.9 3.0- 8.1
45-54 635 524 80.4 74.5-85.1 74 11.0 7.8-15.1 23 4.0 2.1- 7.5 14 4.7 2.0-10.4
55-64 334 262 77.2 70.2-83.0 46 17.3 12.0-24.2 15 3.3 1.7- 6.1 11 2.2 1.0- 4.9
65-74 57 48 84.3 69.8-92.5 7 12.6 5.4-26.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 1 1.9 0.3-12.3
75+ 17 13 69.6 36.0-90.3 2 12.0 2.9-38.6 1 17.2 2.6-61.6 1 1.3 0.2- 9.4
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 138 77 49.6 37.5-61.6 39 31.4 21.2-43.7 8 3.9 1.3-10.9 14 15.1 6.6-31.0
H.S. or G.E.D. 603 418 64.8 58.5-70.6 136 24.6 19.7-30.3 28 5.1 2.5-10.1 21 5.5 3.1- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 578 459 77.9 70.4-84.0 81 13.1 9.5-17.7 18 6.9 2.7-16.9 20 2.1 1.1- 3.6
College Graduate 1,021 908 87.7 84.1-90.7 81 9.4 6.8-13.0 16 1.4 0.7- 2.5 16 1.5 0.7- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 79 49 60.5 42.0-76.4 17 31.2 16.9-50.2 4 1.6 0.5- 5.1 9 6.6 2.3-18.0
$15,000- 24,999 251 173 63.4 52.7-72.9 60 27.3 18.6-38.3 8 5.2 2.0-13.1 10 4.1 1.7- 9.3
$25,000- 34,999 288 203 62.6 52.6-71.6 62 24.1 17.1-32.8 9 7.1 2.4-19.0 14 6.3 2.6-14.1
$35,000- 49,999 413 331 80.3 74.2-85.3 57 12.3 8.5-17.4 17 5.2 2.7- 9.6 8 2.2 0.9- 5.7
$50,000-74,999 404 336 77.2 67.1-85.0 51 12.9 8.7-18.8 9 5.7 1.3-22.1 8 4.1 1.5-10.9
$75,000+ 528 464 87.7 82.8-91.3 44 10.3 6.9-15.2 10 0.9 0.4- 1.8 10 1.1 0.5- 2.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 148 86.1 79.4-90.9 19 10.2 6.3-16.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 3 2.7 0.9- 8.2
Forsyth 171 119 69.3 60.9-76.7 41 24.0 17.4-32.1 7 4.7 2.0-10.7 4 2.0 0.7- 5.2
Guilford 140 117 79.1 68.7-86.7 17 17.3 10.3-27.7 4 2.4 0.6- 8.6 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6
Henderson/Transylvania 134 111 83.9 75.5-89.8 15 10.7 6.0-18.1 4 3.7 1.2-10.4 4 1.8 0.7- 5.0
Mecklenburg 133 118 79.6 63.4-89.8 11 11.9 5.5-23.8 3 8.2 1.9-29.9 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Orange 206 186 90.7 84.8-94.4 19 9.0 5.4-14.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
Pitt 152 119 68.4 54.7-79.5 20 20.1 10.2-35.8 8 8.0 3.7-16.4 5 3.4 1.3- 8.9
Randolph 172 125 72.0 63.4-79.3 28 17.1 11.4-24.8 11 6.7 3.3-12.8 8 4.2 2.0- 8.5
Robeson 74 51 63.8 49.7-75.8 13 19.4 10.7-32.6 4 8.5 3.1-21.2 6 8.3 3.4-18.8
Wake 179 157 88.7 82.3-93.0 12 6.1 3.2-11.3 4 3.0 1.0- 8.9 6 2.2 0.9- 5.3
Western NC 243 179 71.7 64.3-78.1 48 22.7 16.8-30.1 9 3.7 1.8- 7.2 7 1.9 0.8- 4.5
Piedmont NC 338 263 72.4 65.1-78.7 59 18.8 14.2-24.5 4 3.7 0.9-14.2 12 5.0 2.6- 9.7
Eastern NC 226 170 73.4 65.7-80.0 35 16.3 11.0-23.3 9 4.3 2.0- 8.8 12 6.0 3.1-11.4

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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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