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BRFSS Survey Results 2002 for Randolph County

Tobacco Indicators

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%)
North Carolina 3,095 2,397 72.2 69.2-74.9 511 20.1 17.8-22.7 87 3.9 2.5- 6.1 100 3.8 2.7- 5.2
Randolph County 190 134 69.6 61.2-76.8 36 20.3 14.4-28.0 12 6.3 3.3-11.9 8 3.8 1.8- 7.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 191 158 80.6 73.1-86.4 26 15.4 10.3-22.6 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 4 3.1 1.1- 8.1
Forsyth 231 156 66.7 59.4-73.3 57 26.0 19.9-33.1 10 4.7 2.3- 9.3 8 2.6 1.3- 5.2
Guilford 215 167 71.8 62.6-79.5 37 22.8 15.7-32.0 6 3.2 1.0- 9.7 5 2.2 0.7- 6.4
Henderson/Transylvania 152 123 75.0 60.1-85.7 18 12.6 7.2-21.1 5 10.1 2.6-32.6 6 2.3 0.9- 5.3
Mecklenburg 230 202 79.8 69.4-87.3 24 15.4 9.5-23.8 3 4.7 1.0-18.9 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
Orange 248 219 86.9 80.4-91.5 24 9.8 6.1-15.3 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4 4 2.2 0.8- 6.1
Pitt 210 161 69.1 58.2-78.2 33 21.8 13.3-33.6 9 6.0 2.8-12.2 7 3.1 1.3- 7.1
Robeson 178 121 65.5 56.5-73.5 40 24.6 17.5-33.5 6 4.3 1.8- 9.8 11 5.6 2.9-10.6
Wake 248 216 85.0 77.2-90.5 19 9.6 5.0-17.5 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 9 3.2 1.5- 6.5
Western NC 259 190 70.5 63.3-76.8 53 24.3 18.3-31.6 9 3.4 1.7- 6.7 7 1.8 0.7- 4.2
Piedmont NC 420 309 66.1 59.5-72.1 88 24.8 19.7-30.7 7 3.5 1.0-11.0 16 5.7 3.1-10.2
Eastern NC 323 241 71.7 64.7-77.8 56 18.6 13.7-24.9 12 5.1 2.3-10.9 14 4.5 2.4- 8.3

Due to the small number of respondents to this question, no further breakdowns are available for Randolph County. Please refer to the North Carolina table for statewide breakdowns.

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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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