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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 work areas?*

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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 2,743 85.6 83.0-87.9 189 7.5 5.9- 9.4 76 3.3 2.0- 5.3 87 3.6 2.5- 5.1
Randolph County 190 158 85.7 79.4-90.3 15 6.8 3.9-11.7 9 3.7 1.6- 8.1 8 3.8 1.8- 7.7
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 191 178 92.1 86.1-95.6 7 4.6 2.1-10.0 3 0.9 0.3- 2.9 3 2.4 0.8- 7.4
Forsyth 230 197 85.1 79.1-89.6 18 8.5 5.2-13.8 7 3.6 1.6- 8.1 8 2.7 1.3- 5.3
Guilford 215 196 87.9 80.3-92.9 11 8.5 4.3-15.9 4 1.8 0.5- 5.8 4 1.8 0.5- 6.2
Henderson/Transylvania 152 140 93.4 87.6-96.6 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 4 3.1 1.1- 8.6 4 1.3 0.5- 3.6
Mecklenburg 230 217 91.1 81.0-96.1 9 7.3 2.8-18.1 3 1.4 0.4- 4.7 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0
Orange 250 235 94.0 89.5-96.7 12 4.7 2.4- 8.8 1 0.3 0.0- 1.9 2 1.0 0.2- 4.6
Pitt 210 183 86.2 79.4-91.0 13 6.0 3.3-10.5 8 5.2 2.3-11.3 6 2.6 1.0- 6.4
Robeson 178 148 82.2 74.5-87.9 16 10.0 5.8-16.8 5 3.3 1.2- 8.3 9 4.6 2.2- 9.2
Wake 248 229 91.9 86.7-95.2 8 3.7 1.7- 8.2 4 2.2 0.7- 6.5 7 2.2 1.0- 5.0
Western NC 261 220 83.1 76.3-88.2 22 9.8 5.7-16.4 12 5.2 2.8- 9.5 7 1.9 0.7- 4.6
Piedmont NC 418 366 82.7 76.0-87.9 33 9.2 5.9-13.9 4 2.6 0.5-11.5 15 5.5 3.0-10.1
Eastern NC 322 276 83.5 77.1-88.5 21 6.6 3.7-11.3 12 5.2 2.4-10.9 13 4.7 2.5- 8.7

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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