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NOT ALLOWED IN ANY PUBLIC AREAS | ALLOWED IN SOME PUBLIC AREAS | ALLOWED IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS | NO OFFICIAL POLICY | |||||||||
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N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | N | % | C.I.(95%) | ||
TOTAL | 1,982 | 1,656 | 83.8 | 81.1-86.2 | 224 | 11.1 | 9.2-13.4 | 38 | 1.8 | 1.0- 3.2 | 64 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.1 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 96 | 77 | 76.3 | 59.3-87.7 | 15 | 13.7 | 6.4-27.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.3 | 3 | 9.9 | 2.6-30.8 |
25-34 | 384 | 320 | 86.7 | 81.6-90.5 | 50 | 11.9 | 8.2-16.9 | 6 | 0.8 | 0.3- 2.3 | 8 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.3 |
35-44 | 502 | 424 | 85.5 | 80.8-89.2 | 48 | 8.9 | 6.0-13.0 | 11 | 2.4 | 1.1- 5.4 | 19 | 3.1 | 1.8- 5.5 |
45-54 | 567 | 476 | 83.6 | 78.3-87.8 | 61 | 10.1 | 7.1-14.1 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.0- 8.4 | 16 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.0 |
55-64 | 320 | 262 | 79.6 | 71.5-85.9 | 41 | 15.7 | 10.1-23.6 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.3- 8.4 | 13 | 2.9 | 1.5- 5.7 |
65-74 | 86 | 76 | 92.9 | 84.0-97.0 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.0-15.0 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.0- 1.8 | 3 | 1.2 | 0.3- 4.2 |
75+ | 13 | 10 | 88.4 | 60.9-97.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 1.7 | 0.2-12.7 | 2 | 9.9 | 1.9-38.7 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 101 | 68 | 68.4 | 52.8-80.6 | 30 | 27.6 | 16.2-42.9 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.5-17.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 533 | 420 | 79.7 | 73.6-84.7 | 79 | 14.8 | 10.6-20.2 | 11 | 2.8 | 0.9- 8.4 | 23 | 2.7 | 1.5- 4.6 |
Some Post-H.S. | 571 | 457 | 80.4 | 74.3-85.2 | 75 | 12.0 | 8.8-16.2 | 15 | 1.9 | 0.9- 4.0 | 24 | 5.8 | 2.6-12.2 |
College Graduate | 777 | 711 | 91.3 | 88.1-93.7 | 40 | 5.7 | 3.8- 8.7 | 10 | 1.0 | 0.4- 2.4 | 16 | 2.0 | 1.1- 3.7 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 84 | 63 | 78.2 | 65.0-87.4 | 14 | 14.9 | 7.5-27.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 6 | 6.6 | 2.5-16.0 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 289 | 210 | 73.1 | 64.4-80.4 | 57 | 18.2 | 12.7-25.5 | 10 | 3.7 | 1.5- 8.8 | 12 | 4.9 | 1.6-14.2 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 249 | 217 | 85.6 | 76.5-91.6 | 26 | 13.0 | 7.3-22.3 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.2 | 2 | 0.6 | 0.1- 2.4 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 352 | 296 | 86.8 | 80.9-91.1 | 40 | 10.5 | 6.6-16.5 | 7 | 0.9 | 0.4- 2.1 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.8- 3.8 |
$50,000-74,999 | 318 | 279 | 90.8 | 86.1-94.0 | 26 | 6.2 | 3.8-10.0 | 3 | 1.4 | 0.3- 6.5 | 10 | 1.6 | 0.8- 3.5 |
$75,000+ | 390 | 344 | 86.4 | 80.7-90.6 | 28 | 8.7 | 5.3-14.0 | 6 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.4 | 12 | 3.0 | 1.5- 6.0 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
Buncombe | 118 | 108 | 93.4 | 87.6-96.6 | 5 | 2.7 | 1.0- 6.8 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 6.2 | 4 | 3.0 | 1.1- 8.0 |
Guilford | 110 | 96 | 84.1 | 73.8-90.9 | 8 | 9.1 | 4.1-19.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 6.8 | 3.0-14.4 |
Mecklenburg | 83 | 72 | 88.3 | 78.8-93.9 | 5 | 5.4 | 2.2-12.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.0 | 4 | 5.0 | 1.6-14.5 |
Orange | 120 | 112 | 92.7 | 84.1-96.9 | 7 | 6.6 | 2.7-15.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.8 |
Wake | 105 | 95 | 89.3 | 80.6-94.3 | 7 | 7.3 | 3.4-15.1 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.4 | 1.0-10.7 |
Chatham/Lee | 73 | 70 | 96.4 | 88.4-98.9 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 |
Nash/Wilson | 63 | 53 | 84.7 | 73.0-92.0 | 6 | 9.0 | 3.8-19.9 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.2 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.6-14.2 |
Craven/Pamlico | 86 | 70 | 81.2 | 70.0-88.8 | 9 | 10.5 | 4.9-21.1 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.8-12.2 | 5 | 5.1 | 2.1-12.0 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 105 | 75 | 72.4 | 62.0-80.8 | 20 | 19.0 | 11.8-29.1 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.7-11.9 | 3 | 2.9 | 0.9- 8.9 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 120 | 96 | 82.9 | 74.9-88.8 | 18 | 12.6 | 7.7-19.9 | 3 | 1.8 | 0.6- 5.7 | 3 | 2.7 | 0.9- 8.2 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 84 | 66 | 81.1 | 70.4-88.5 | 9 | 9.5 | 4.7-18.3 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.3 | 6 | 7.1 | 3.0-15.8 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 108 | 89 | 76.1 | 61.9-86.2 | 14 | 15.1 | 8.6-25.2 | 3 | 2.0 | 0.6- 6.2 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.2-30.3 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 59 | 49 | 80.4 | 66.4-89.5 | 9 | 18.6 | 9.7-32.7 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.1- 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 78 | 60 | 76.4 | 64.4-85.3 | 15 | 21.0 | 12.5-33.1 | 2 | 1.9 | 0.5- 7.7 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 |
Northeast NC I | 64 | 46 | 73.2 | 59.9-83.2 | 9 | 14.5 | 7.1-27.3 | 3 | 3.8 | 1.1-11.9 | 6 | 8.5 | 3.7-18.5 |
Northeast NC II | 103 | 90 | 88.6 | 80.1-93.8 | 10 | 9.6 | 4.8-18.0 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.1- 3.2 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.8 |
Northeastern Partnership | 167 | 136 | 84.4 | 77.5-89.4 | 19 | 10.9 | 6.6-17.5 | 4 | 1.4 | 0.5- 3.8 | 8 | 3.3 | 1.6- 6.9 |
Mountain AHEC | 336 | 287 | 85.8 | 80.2-90.0 | 34 | 10.0 | 6.4-15.2 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.6 | 9 | 2.9 | 1.4- 6.0 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 594 | 484 | 82.9 | 76.8-87.7 | 75 | 10.1 | 7.3-13.7 | 11 | 1.7 | 0.7- 4.1 | 24 | 5.4 | 2.2-12.6 |
Piedmont | 864 | 741 | 84.2 | 80.3-87.5 | 83 | 11.4 | 8.6-14.9 | 15 | 2.0 | 0.9- 4.6 | 25 | 2.3 | 1.4- 3.8 |
Western NC | 524 | 431 | 83.8 | 79.4-87.4 | 66 | 12.0 | 8.8-16.1 | 12 | 1.5 | 0.8- 2.9 | 15 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.8 |
* 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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