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2002 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators--WHITE Respondents Only

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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 2,343 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
GENDER
Male 856 729 82.2 76.7-86.7 61 8.4 5.6-12.4 38 5.7 2.9-10.8 28 3.7 2.0- 6.8
Female 1,487 1,350 89.1 86.2-91.5 71 5.2 3.7- 7.3 27 1.8 1.0- 3.3 39 3.9 2.4- 6.2
AGE
18-24 145 117 70.6 54.6-82.8 14 12.2 5.7-24.4 6 10.6 2.9-32.3 8 6.5 2.4-16.8
25-34 518 472 90.1 84.6-93.8 28 7.1 3.9-12.6 9 1.4 0.6- 3.5 9 1.4 0.5- 3.8
35-44 625 548 85.0 80.0-88.9 34 6.4 4.0-10.3 16 2.9 1.5- 5.8 27 5.7 3.4- 9.4
45-54 635 570 88.1 82.6-92.1 36 5.3 3.2- 8.5 18 2.9 1.4- 5.9 11 3.7 1.4- 9.8
55-64 334 293 88.9 83.8-92.6 16 4.8 2.6- 8.8 14 4.0 2.0- 7.9 11 2.2 1.0- 4.9
65-74 56 51 94.0 84.9-97.8 3 2.8 0.8- 9.1 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.7
75+ 17 15 81.5 39.2-96.8 1 1.3 0.2- 9.4 1 17.2 2.6-61.6 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 137 105 76.4 62.1-86.4 14 6.9 3.0-14.9 5 1.6 0.5- 5.0 13 15.1 6.6-31.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 605 498 79.2 73.5-84.0 65 11.6 8.1-16.4 26 4.0 2.3- 7.1 16 5.1 2.7- 9.6
Some Post-H.S. 577 507 83.9 75.4-89.8 27 6.3 3.2-11.9 22 7.2 2.9-16.9 21 2.6 1.5- 4.5
College Graduate 1,023 968 94.5 92.0-96.3 26 2.9 1.6- 5.1 12 1.2 0.6- 2.4 17 1.5 0.7- 3.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 80 59 79.5 61.4-90.4 9 12.6 4.2-32.5 4 1.6 0.5- 5.1 8 6.2 2.0-17.8
$15,000- 24,999 252 211 78.1 66.9-86.3 24 12.0 5.6-24.0 8 5.9 2.4-13.5 9 4.0 1.7- 9.3
$25,000- 34,999 287 236 79.9 71.4-86.4 30 10.1 6.2-16.1 10 5.5 2.5-11.6 11 4.5 1.5-12.7
$35,000- 49,999 413 375 88.0 80.6-92.8 14 5.8 2.3-14.0 14 3.5 1.7- 7.1 10 2.7 1.2- 6.1
$50,000-74,999 405 365 83.2 72.1-90.4 25 6.2 3.5-11.0 6 4.9 0.9-23.2 9 5.7 2.5-12.6
$75,000+ 528 488 93.7 89.9-96.1 19 4.4 2.3- 8.4 13 1.3 0.6- 2.7 8 0.6 0.3- 1.5
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 173 162 92.6 86.4-96.1 5 3.7 1.4- 9.2 3 1.0 0.3- 3.2 3 2.7 0.9- 8.2
Forsyth 171 150 86.5 79.3-91.4 10 6.7 3.4-12.6 6 4.5 1.8-10.6 5 2.4 1.0- 5.7
Guilford 140 130 90.3 81.0-95.3 6 7.0 2.8-16.5 3 2.1 0.5- 8.8 1 0.6 0.1- 3.8
Henderson/Transylvania 134 123 91.7 84.5-95.7 4 2.9 1.0- 8.3 4 4.0 1.4-11.0 3 1.4 0.4- 4.5
Mecklenburg 133 125 89.4 72.2-96.5 5 8.4 2.1-27.7 2 1.9 0.4- 8.1 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
Orange 207 196 95.1 90.5-97.5 9 4.2 2.0- 8.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3 1 0.3 0.0- 2.4
Pitt 152 131 84.3 75.5-90.3 10 6.1 3.1-11.5 7 6.9 3.0-15.2 4 2.7 0.9- 8.2
Randolph 172 142 84.9 78.0-89.8 14 7.2 4.0-12.5 8 3.8 1.6- 8.7 8 4.2 2.0- 8.5
Robeson 74 59 74.1 60.0-84.6 6 10.4 4.1-23.8 3 6.1 1.9-18.0 6 9.4 4.1-20.4
Wake 179 165 92.3 86.5-95.8 5 2.8 1.1- 6.8 4 3.0 1.0- 8.9 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9
Western NC 245 205 82.9 75.9-88.2 21 9.5 5.4-16.1 12 5.6 3.0-10.2 7 2.0 0.8- 5.0
Piedmont NC 338 301 84.9 77.5-90.2 23 7.1 4.4-11.1 3 3.2 0.6-14.7 11 4.8 2.4- 9.5
Eastern NC 225 190 82.4 74.9-88.1 14 6.5 3.1-13.2 9 4.4 2.1- 8.9 12 6.7 3.5-12.4

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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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