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BRFSS Survey Results 2003 for Eastern North Carolina**

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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NOT ALLOWED IN ANY PUBLIC AREAS ALLOWED IN SOME PUBLIC AREAS ALLOWED IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS NO OFFICIAL POLICY
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,072 3,257 79.6 77.6-81.6 583 14.7 13.0-16.5 89 2.5 1.7- 3.6 143 3.2 2.4- 4.2
-Eastern NC 1,350 1,052 77.5 73.2-81.2 218 15.1 12.3-18.4 31 3.0 1.4- 6.1 49 4.4 2.6- 7.5
GENDER
Male 384 270 69.6 61.6-76.6 85 20.9 15.4-27.7 12 4.9 1.8-12.7 17 4.6 2.1- 9.7
Female 966 782 83.2 78.8-86.8 133 10.9 8.6-13.9 19 1.6 0.8- 3.0 32 4.3 2.0- 8.9
RACE
White 847 667 78.2 72.7-82.8 124 13.7 10.5-17.7 20 3.1 1.3- 7.6 36 5.0 2.5- 9.5
African American 395 306 76.6 69.1-82.8 72 17.6 12.5-24.3 8 1.3 0.6- 2.8 9 4.4 1.7-11.4
Other Minorities 100 71 73.3 55.7-85.7 22 19.3 9.5-35.0 3 5.9 1.0-27.6 4 1.5 0.5- 4.5
AGE
18-24 75 53 67.8 49.2-82.1 16 14.9 7.1-28.8 3 6.0 1.2-25.3 3 11.2 3.0-33.8
25-34 295 224 79.9 71.3-86.3 51 13.7 8.6-21.0 5 0.7 0.3- 2.1 15 5.7 2.3-13.4
35-44 361 287 83.1 76.5-88.1 53 12.6 8.2-18.8 11 2.4 1.1- 5.4 10 1.9 0.7- 5.3
45-54 364 280 69.1 59.4-77.4 65 22.8 16.2-31.2 9 5.9 1.6-19.7 10 2.1 0.9- 5.0
55-64 190 153 81.9 71.3-89.2 28 11.2 6.9-17.7 2 0.9 0.2- 4.3 7 6.0 1.5-20.6
65-74 43 36 85.9 63.3-95.6 3 10.4 2.3-36.4 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2 3 3.1 0.8-11.5
75+ 10 8 70.9 27.0-94.1 1 24.3 3.7-73.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.9 0.6-29.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 122 85 71.4 55.3-83.4 29 21.4 11.7-36.0 3 5.5 0.9-27.3 5 1.6 0.6- 4.8
H.S. or G.E.D. 417 285 68.7 61.0-75.6 94 22.4 16.6-29.6 15 2.6 1.4- 4.7 23 6.2 3.0-12.4
Some Post-H.S. 404 317 77.2 68.4-84.1 63 13.8 9.2-20.3 9 1.6 0.6- 3.9 15 7.3 2.9-17.5
College Graduate 407 365 88.3 80.7-93.2 32 6.9 4.4-10.8 4 3.7 0.8-15.6 6 1.0 0.4- 2.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 94 76 88.4 76.2-94.7 11 7.7 2.7-19.8 2 0.7 0.2- 3.3 5 3.2 1.0- 9.5
$15,000- 24,999 250 163 64.5 53.8-73.9 68 26.5 18.3-36.7 8 3.0 1.2- 7.4 11 6.0 2.1-16.1
$25,000- 34,999 184 145 74.4 61.6-84.1 29 19.6 11.2-32.0 5 1.9 0.7- 5.0 5 4.1 0.9-17.2
$35,000- 49,999 231 180 79.7 69.9-86.9 40 16.1 10.0-25.0 5 0.8 0.3- 2.0 6 3.4 0.8-13.8
$50,000-74,999 192 159 81.7 70.7-89.1 27 16.6 9.3-27.7 1 0.2 0.0- 1.8 5 1.5 0.6- 4.1
$75,000+ 198 173 86.9 73.7-94.0 17 4.9 2.6- 8.8 2 6.4 1.3-26.0 6 1.9 0.7- 5.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe 192 164 83.4 75.4-89.1 19 12.2 7.1-20.2 2 1.1 0.3- 4.2 7 3.4 1.5- 7.4
Guilford 232 190 80.6 73.7-86.1 30 14.5 9.7-21.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.2 11 4.5 2.4- 8.3
Mecklenburg 223 187 84.6 77.7-89.6 28 11.3 7.5-16.6 3 2.4 0.5-11.6 5 1.8 0.6- 4.8
Orange 226 208 91.6 85.9-95.1 10 4.7 2.3- 9.6 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 7 3.2 1.4- 7.4
Wake 244 219 89.0 83.3-92.9 18 7.3 4.3-11.9 1 1.3 0.2- 8.7 6 2.4 1.1- 5.6
Chatham/Lee 173 148 83.5 74.7-89.6 19 14.1 8.4-22.9 1 0.2 0.0- 1.2 5 2.2 0.7- 6.5
Nash/Wilson 165 126 70.2 60.7-78.2 28 21.7 14.5-31.2 5 4.1 1.6- 9.8 6 4.0 1.7- 9.1
Craven/Pamlico 170 137 79.6 70.9-86.2 21 12.6 7.4-20.6 3 3.0 0.8-10.0 9 4.8 2.3- 9.6
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin 174 115 65.1 56.8-72.6 40 24.3 17.8-32.2 12 6.6 3.6-11.8 7 4.0 1.9- 8.5
Appalachian/Wilkes 187 138 72.4 63.7-79.7 36 21.5 14.7-30.2 5 1.7 0.7- 4.1 8 4.4 2.1- 8.8
Franklin/Gran./Vance 199 146 66.9 57.2-75.4 32 21.7 14.1-31.8 10 4.5 2.3- 8.6 11 6.8 3.5-12.8
Graham/Swain/Jackson 175 143 82.5 71.2-90.0 22 10.3 5.7-17.7 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 5 5.4 1.6-16.1
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland 185 143 72.7 64.0-80.0 35 24.5 17.4-33.4 5 1.9 0.7- 4.9 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson 170 115 62.7 53.5-71.1 40 29.5 21.7-38.9 7 4.4 1.9-10.1 8 3.3 1.6- 6.9
Northeast NC I 185 137 74.2 66.3-80.7 35 19.7 13.9-27.1 4 1.6 0.6- 4.5 9 4.5 2.2- 9.1
Northeast NC II 207 175 86.3 80.3-90.7 25 11.2 7.2-17.0 3 1.0 0.3- 3.6 4 1.4 0.5- 4.1
Northeastern Partnership 392 312 82.3 77.6-86.1 60 14.0 10.5-18.4 7 1.2 0.5- 2.8 13 2.5 1.3- 4.5
Mountain AHEC 533 438 81.0 76.0-85.2 64 13.0 9.5-17.5 11 2.0 0.9- 4.4 20 4.0 2.4- 6.7
NC REGIONS***
Piedmont 1,873 1,537 80.7 77.9-83.2 238 14.6 12.3-17.2 35 2.2 1.3- 3.7 63 2.6 1.9- 3.6
Western NC 849 668 79.4 75.3-82.9 127 14.3 11.4-17.6 23 3.0 1.5- 6.2 31 3.3 2.2- 5.0

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* This question was asked only of respondents who reported working indoors most of the time.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

** Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.
Northeastern Partnership: Northeast NC I and II regions combined.
Mountain Area Health Education Center (AHEC): Buncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain, Transylvania, and Yancey counties.

*** 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, Pitt, Robeson, Sampson, Scotland, Tyrrell, Washington, Wayne, and Wilson counties.
Piedmont North Carolina: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Cabarrus, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cleveland, Davidson, Davie, Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Granville, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Moore, Orange, Person, Randolph, Richmond, Rockingham, Rowan, Stanly, Stokes, Union, Vance, Wake, Warren, and Yadkin counties.
Western North Carolina: Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson, McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Swain, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey counties.

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