BRFSS 2003 - North Carolina: (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?*)

2003 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Indicators

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	Total Respond.^	NOT ALLOWED IN ANY PUBLIC AREAS	ALLOWED IN SOME PUBLIC AREAS	ALLOWED IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS	NO OFFICIAL POLICY
TOTAL	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
GENDER
Male	1,336	991	74.9	71.2-78.3	244	17.9	15.0-21.2	38	3.5	2.1- 5.9	63	3.6	2.5- 5.2
Female	2,736	2,266	83.6	81.3-85.6	339	12.0	10.3-13.9	51	1.6	1.0- 2.7	80	2.8	1.9- 4.2
RACE
White	2,969	2,404	81.0	78.6-83.1	383	13.1	11.3-15.1	68	2.4	1.5- 3.6	114	3.6	2.6- 4.8
African American	826	648	77.3	72.5-81.4	142	18.4	14.6-22.8	13	1.5	0.5- 4.3	23	2.9	1.6- 5.3
Asian	28	25	93.1	76.0-98.3	3	6.9	1.7-24.0	0	0.0	. - .	0	0.0	. - .
Native American	84	64	77.9	54.4-91.3	13	8.0	3.6-17.0	4	11.8	2.2-44.4	3	2.3	0.6- 8.0
Other Minorities	149	105	72.2	60.1-81.8	37	21.5	13.2-33.0	4	5.3	1.6-15.9	3	1.0	0.2- 4.4
HISPANIC
Hispanic	159	116	71.3	59.0-81.1	34	22.7	14.1-34.5	5	5.5	1.7-16.0	4	0.5	0.2- 1.4
-English Speaking	59	50	85.0	65.5-94.4	5	12.7	4.1-33.1	1	0.5	0.1- 3.9	3	1.8	0.5- 6.1
-Spanish Speaking	100	66	67.9	53.5-79.6	29	25.2	15.0-39.2	4	6.7	2.1-19.6	1	0.2	0.0- 1.4
Non-Hispanic	3,908	3,137	80.2	78.2-82.1	548	14.1	12.5-15.9	84	2.3	1.5- 3.4	139	3.4	2.6- 4.4
AGE
18-24	235	169	74.0	64.8-81.5	54	18.7	12.7-26.6	5	3.4	1.0-10.9	7	3.9	1.2-11.9
25-34	872	676	77.4	72.7-81.5	152	18.1	14.4-22.5	18	2.4	1.2- 4.9	26	2.1	1.1- 4.3
35-44	1,104	887	82.3	78.8-85.3	154	13.5	10.7-16.7	27	1.8	1.1- 3.1	36	2.4	1.5- 3.8
45-54	1,077	880	79.9	75.5-83.7	136	12.3	9.6-15.6	25	3.7	1.7- 8.0	36	4.0	2.6- 6.2
55-64	586	478	80.8	75.3-85.3	72	13.3	9.5-18.3	9	1.6	0.6- 4.2	27	4.3	2.4- 7.6
65-74	147	127	85.5	74.5-92.2	9	6.2	2.5-14.7	3	0.8	0.2- 3.0	8	7.6	2.9-18.4
75+	20	14	75.5	46.8-91.5	1	10.5	1.5-47.9	2	4.8	0.9-21.0	3	9.2	2.4-29.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	314	208	69.8	60.7-77.6	81	22.3	15.6-30.9	10	4.5	1.6-12.3	15	3.3	1.7- 6.2
H.S. or G.E.D.	1,120	817	73.1	68.7-77.1	219	20.0	16.5-24.0	35	3.8	2.1- 6.5	49	3.2	2.0- 5.1
Some Post-H.S.	1,115	876	77.7	73.4-81.4	177	17.0	13.8-20.8	27	1.8	0.9- 3.4	35	3.5	1.9- 6.5
College Graduate	1,523	1,356	88.4	85.7-90.7	106	7.1	5.5- 9.1	17	1.5	0.6- 3.9	44	2.9	2.0- 4.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	208	154	69.8	55.1-81.3	33	23.6	12.7-39.6	7	2.4	0.7- 7.9	14	4.2	2.1- 8.2
$15,000- 24,999	656	448	68.7	62.6-74.3	160	22.9	18.2-28.5	22	5.2	2.7- 9.9	26	3.2	1.6- 6.2
$25,000- 34,999	531	432	77.8	71.1-83.3	71	17.2	12.3-23.4	15	3.0	1.2- 7.3	13	2.0	0.7- 5.6
$35,000- 49,999	670	533	81.5	76.8-85.5	99	14.5	11.0-19.0	12	0.7	0.4- 1.4	26	3.2	1.8- 5.9
$50,000-74,999	608	513	84.2	79.4-88.1	71	12.5	9.0-17.2	6	1.1	0.4- 3.4	18	2.1	1.2- 3.9
$75,000+	778	675	87.0	82.9-90.1	70	8.9	6.5-12.0	14	2.5	0.9- 6.4	19	1.7	1.0- 3.0
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***
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
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

Total
Respond.^

NOT ALLOWED IN ANY PUBLIC AREAS

ALLOWED IN SOME PUBLIC AREAS

ALLOWED IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS

NO OFFICIAL POLICY

C.I.(95%)

TOTAL

4,072

3,257

79.6

77.6-81.6

583

14.7

13.0-16.5

2.5

1.7- 3.6

143

3.2

2.4- 4.2

GENDER

Male

1,336

991

74.9

71.2-78.3

244

17.9

15.0-21.2

3.5

2.1- 5.9

3.6

2.5- 5.2

Female

2,736

2,266

83.6

81.3-85.6

339

12.0

10.3-13.9

1.6

1.0- 2.7

2.8

1.9- 4.2

RACE

White

2,969

2,404

81.0

78.6-83.1

383

13.1

11.3-15.1

2.4

1.5- 3.6

114

3.6

2.6- 4.8

African American

826

648

77.3

72.5-81.4

142

18.4

14.6-22.8

1.5

0.5- 4.3

2.9

1.6- 5.3

Asian

93.1

76.0-98.3

6.9

1.7-24.0

0.0

. - .

0.0

. - .

Native American

77.9

54.4-91.3

8.0

3.6-17.0

11.8

2.2-44.4

2.3

0.6- 8.0

Other Minorities

149

105

72.2

60.1-81.8

21.5

13.2-33.0

5.3

1.6-15.9

1.0

0.2- 4.4

HISPANIC

Hispanic

159

116

71.3

59.0-81.1

22.7

14.1-34.5

5.5

1.7-16.0

0.5

0.2- 1.4

-English Speaking

85.0

65.5-94.4

12.7

4.1-33.1

0.5

0.1- 3.9

1.8

0.5- 6.1

-Spanish Speaking

100

67.9

53.5-79.6

25.2

15.0-39.2

6.7

2.1-19.6

0.2

0.0- 1.4

Non-Hispanic

3,908

3,137

80.2

78.2-82.1

548

14.1

12.5-15.9

2.3

1.5- 3.4

139

3.4

2.6- 4.4

AGE

18-24

235

169

74.0

64.8-81.5

18.7

12.7-26.6

3.4

1.0-10.9

3.9

1.2-11.9

25-34

872

676

77.4

72.7-81.5

152

18.1

14.4-22.5

2.4

1.2- 4.9

2.1

1.1- 4.3

35-44

1,104

887

82.3

78.8-85.3

154

13.5

10.7-16.7

1.8

1.1- 3.1

2.4

1.5- 3.8

45-54

1,077

880

79.9

75.5-83.7

136

12.3

9.6-15.6

3.7

1.7- 8.0

4.0

2.6- 6.2

55-64

586

478

80.8

75.3-85.3

13.3

9.5-18.3

1.6

0.6- 4.2

4.3

2.4- 7.6

65-74

147

127

85.5

74.5-92.2

6.2

2.5-14.7

0.8

0.2- 3.0

7.6

2.9-18.4

75+

75.5

46.8-91.5

10.5

1.5-47.9

4.8

0.9-21.0

9.2

2.4-29.8

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

314

208

69.8

60.7-77.6

22.3

15.6-30.9

4.5

1.6-12.3

3.3

1.7- 6.2

H.S. or G.E.D.

1,120

817

73.1

68.7-77.1

219

20.0

16.5-24.0

3.8

2.1- 6.5

3.2

2.0- 5.1

Some Post-H.S.

1,115

876

77.7

73.4-81.4

177

17.0

13.8-20.8

1.8

0.9- 3.4

3.5

1.9- 6.5

College Graduate

1,523

1,356

88.4

85.7-90.7

106

7.1

5.5- 9.1

1.5

0.6- 3.9

2.9

2.0- 4.3

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

208

154

69.8

55.1-81.3

23.6

12.7-39.6

2.4

0.7- 7.9

4.2

2.1- 8.2

$15,000- 24,999

656

448

68.7

62.6-74.3

160

22.9

18.2-28.5

5.2

2.7- 9.9

3.2

1.6- 6.2

$25,000- 34,999

531

432

77.8

71.1-83.3

17.2

12.3-23.4

3.0

1.2- 7.3

2.0

0.7- 5.6

$35,000- 49,999

670

533

81.5

76.8-85.5

14.5

11.0-19.0

0.7

0.4- 1.4

3.2

1.8- 5.9

$50,000-74,999

608

513

84.2

79.4-88.1

12.5

9.0-17.2

1.1

0.4- 3.4

2.1

1.2- 3.9

$75,000+

778

675

87.0

82.9-90.1

8.9

6.5-12.0

2.5

0.9- 6.4

1.7

1.0- 3.0

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

192

164

83.4

75.4-89.1

12.2

7.1-20.2

1.1

0.3- 4.2

3.4

1.5- 7.4

Guilford

232

190

80.6

73.7-86.1

14.5

9.7-21.2

0.3

0.0- 2.2

4.5

2.4- 8.3

Mecklenburg

223

187

84.6

77.7-89.6

11.3

7.5-16.6

2.4

0.5-11.6

1.8

0.6- 4.8

Orange

226

208

91.6

85.9-95.1

4.7

2.3- 9.6

0.4

0.1- 3.0

3.2

1.4- 7.4

Wake

244

219

89.0

83.3-92.9

7.3

4.3-11.9

1.3

0.2- 8.7

2.4

1.1- 5.6

Chatham/Lee

173

148

83.5

74.7-89.6

14.1

8.4-22.9

0.2

0.0- 1.2

2.2

0.7- 6.5

Nash/Wilson

165

126

70.2

60.7-78.2

21.7

14.5-31.2

4.1

1.6- 9.8

4.0

1.7- 9.1

Craven/Pamlico

170

137

79.6

70.9-86.2

12.6

7.4-20.6

3.0

0.8-10.0

4.8

2.3- 9.6

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

174

115

65.1

56.8-72.6

24.3

17.8-32.2

6.6

3.6-11.8

4.0

1.9- 8.5

Appalachian/Wilkes

187

138

72.4

63.7-79.7

21.5

14.7-30.2

1.7

0.7- 4.1

4.4

2.1- 8.8

Franklin/Gran./Vance

199

146

66.9

57.2-75.4

21.7

14.1-31.8

4.5

2.3- 8.6

6.8

3.5-12.8

Graham/Swain/Jackson

175

143

82.5

71.2-90.0

10.3

5.7-17.7

1.9

0.7- 4.9

5.4

1.6-16.1

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

185

143

72.7

64.0-80.0

24.5

17.4-33.4

1.9

0.7- 4.9

0.9

0.2- 3.7

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

170

115

62.7

53.5-71.1

29.5

21.7-38.9

4.4

1.9-10.1

3.3

1.6- 6.9

Northeast NC I

185

137

74.2

66.3-80.7

19.7

13.9-27.1

1.6

0.6- 4.5

4.5

2.2- 9.1

Northeast NC II

207

175

86.3

80.3-90.7

11.2

7.2-17.0

1.0

0.3- 3.6

1.4

0.5- 4.1

Northeastern Partnership

392

312

82.3

77.6-86.1

14.0

10.5-18.4

1.2

0.5- 2.8

2.5

1.3- 4.5

Mountain AHEC

533

438

81.0

76.0-85.2

13.0

9.5-17.5

2.0

0.9- 4.4

4.0

2.4- 6.7

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

1,350

1,052

77.5

73.2-81.2

218

15.1

12.3-18.4

3.0

1.4- 6.1

4.4

2.6- 7.5

Piedmont

1,873

1,537

80.7

77.9-83.2

238

14.6

12.3-17.2

2.2

1.3- 3.7

2.6

1.9- 3.6

Western NC

849

668

79.4

75.3-82.9

127

14.3

11.4-17.6

3.0

1.5- 6.2

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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