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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 | 1,802 | 90.8 | 88.5-92.8 | 87 | 4.9 | 3.5- 6.7 | 32 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.9 | 61 | 2.7 | 1.7- 4.3 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 96 | 85 | 87.3 | 69.1-95.5 | 6 | 5.4 | 1.3-19.6 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.2- 3.6 | 3 | 6.6 | 1.2-28.8 |
25-34 | 384 | 352 | 93.4 | 89.5-95.9 | 21 | 5.4 | 3.1- 9.2 | 4 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.1 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.3- 1.4 |
35-44 | 501 | 454 | 92.2 | 88.9-94.6 | 20 | 2.9 | 1.8- 4.8 | 9 | 2.0 | 0.8- 4.6 | 18 | 2.9 | 1.6- 5.3 |
45-54 | 567 | 519 | 91.1 | 86.2-94.3 | 20 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 | 14 | 3.2 | 1.2- 8.5 | 14 | 2.7 | 1.4- 5.0 |
55-64 | 321 | 289 | 85.8 | 76.9-91.7 | 16 | 10.9 | 5.5-20.5 | 2 | 0.2 | 0.0- 0.9 | 14 | 3.0 | 1.6- 5.7 |
65-74 | 86 | 81 | 96.5 | 88.7-99.0 | 2 | 2.3 | 0.4-12.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 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 | 85 | 77.1 | 59.1-88.7 | 13 | 18.9 | 8.3-37.4 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.5-17.0 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.1- 5.9 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 535 | 464 | 87.2 | 81.6-91.3 | 36 | 8.2 | 5.0-13.2 | 8 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.9 | 27 | 2.6 | 1.6- 4.1 |
Some Post-H.S. | 569 | 513 | 90.8 | 85.6-94.3 | 22 | 2.7 | 1.6- 4.5 | 15 | 2.3 | 1.1- 4.5 | 19 | 4.2 | 1.7-10.3 |
College Graduate | 777 | 740 | 95.2 | 92.8-96.9 | 16 | 2.3 | 1.2- 4.4 | 7 | 0.6 | 0.2- 1.4 | 14 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.6 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 84 | 72 | 86.5 | 74.9-93.2 | 6 | 9.0 | 3.6-20.9 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.0- 2.4 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.5-10.7 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 288 | 240 | 81.0 | 72.2-87.5 | 28 | 13.2 | 7.5-22.1 | 8 | 3.6 | 1.5- 8.8 | 12 | 2.2 | 1.1- 4.4 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 250 | 237 | 95.3 | 89.4-98.0 | 6 | 3.0 | 0.9- 9.9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.1- 1.7 | 4 | 1.2 | 0.5- 3.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 352 | 324 | 94.3 | 90.9-96.5 | 16 | 3.6 | 1.9- 6.8 | 5 | 0.5 | 0.2- 1.2 | 7 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.7 |
$50,000-74,999 | 319 | 293 | 92.8 | 88.0-95.7 | 15 | 5.5 | 2.8-10.3 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.2- 2.3 | 8 | 1.2 | 0.5- 2.7 |
$75,000+ | 389 | 366 | 93.6 | 89.3-96.2 | 6 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.5 | 4 | 1.3 | 0.4- 4.3 | 13 | 3.3 | 1.7- 6.3 |
COUNTY/REGION** | |||||||||||||
Buncombe | 118 | 111 | 94.9 | 89.4-97.6 | 2 | 1.1 | 0.3- 4.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.3 |
Guilford | 110 | 100 | 89.7 | 81.4-94.5 | 4 | 3.6 | 1.2- 9.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 6 | 6.8 | 3.0-14.4 |
Mecklenburg | 83 | 78 | 93.6 | 84.1-97.6 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.2- 9.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 4 | 5.0 | 1.6-14.5 |
Orange | 120 | 114 | 94.6 | 86.2-98.0 | 4 | 4.1 | 1.2-13.0 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 2 | 1.2 | 0.3- 5.0 |
Wake | 105 | 100 | 95.4 | 88.1-98.3 | 2 | 1.2 | 0.2- 6.4 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 3 | 3.4 | 1.0-10.7 |
Chatham/Lee | 73 | 71 | 98.0 | 91.4-99.6 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.5 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.6 | 0.1- 3.9 |
Nash/Wilson | 63 | 57 | 90.0 | 79.3-95.5 | 2 | 3.7 | 0.9-13.7 | 1 | 1.4 | 0.2- 9.2 | 3 | 4.9 | 1.6-14.2 |
Craven/Pamlico | 86 | 76 | 85.8 | 74.5-92.6 | 3 | 5.8 | 1.7-18.0 | 3 | 4.5 | 1.4-13.4 | 4 | 3.8 | 1.4-10.0 |
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin | 105 | 87 | 84.2 | 75.7-90.1 | 8 | 7.8 | 3.8-15.2 | 5 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.4 | 5 | 4.1 | 1.6-10.0 |
Appalachian/Wilkes | 120 | 111 | 92.6 | 85.1-96.4 | 3 | 3.3 | 0.9-11.4 | 4 | 2.4 | 0.9- 6.5 | 2 | 1.7 | 0.4- 6.9 |
Franklin/Gran./Vance | 84 | 70 | 85.5 | 75.7-91.8 | 7 | 7.7 | 3.5-16.0 | 3 | 2.3 | 0.7- 7.3 | 4 | 4.6 | 1.6-12.5 |
Graham/Swain/Jackson | 108 | 103 | 90.3 | 71.6-97.2 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.5- 7.9 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.1- 5.6 | 2 | 6.8 | 1.2-30.3 |
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland | 59 | 57 | 94.1 | 79.4-98.5 | 2 | 5.9 | 1.5-20.6 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson | 78 | 67 | 84.2 | 72.5-91.6 | 8 | 10.1 | 5.0-19.2 | 2 | 5.0 | 1.1-19.3 | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 4.9 |
Northeast NC I | 64 | 49 | 76.0 | 62.7-85.7 | 8 | 13.3 | 6.2-26.3 | 2 | 3.1 | 0.8-11.7 | 5 | 7.5 | 3.0-17.6 |
Northeast NC II | 103 | 97 | 95.2 | 88.6-98.1 | 2 | 2.5 | 0.6-10.1 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.7 | 2 | 1.3 | 0.3- 5.8 |
Northeastern Partnership | 167 | 146 | 89.9 | 84.2-93.7 | 10 | 5.5 | 2.7-10.8 | 4 | 1.5 | 0.6- 4.1 | 7 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.6 |
Mountain AHEC | 337 | 313 | 91.6 | 87.1-94.6 | 9 | 3.0 | 1.4- 6.3 | 4 | 1.9 | 0.6- 5.4 | 11 | 3.5 | 1.9- 6.7 |
NC REGIONS*** | |||||||||||||
Eastern NC | 593 | 533 | 91.9 | 86.5-95.2 | 29 | 3.2 | 2.0- 5.0 | 12 | 1.6 | 0.7- 3.4 | 19 | 3.3 | 1.0-10.5 |
Piedmont | 864 | 785 | 90.1 | 86.6-92.8 | 43 | 6.1 | 4.0- 9.2 | 11 | 1.6 | 0.6- 4.2 | 25 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 |
Western NC | 525 | 484 | 91.7 | 88.3-94.2 | 15 | 3.3 | 1.8- 6.1 | 9 | 1.7 | 0.7- 3.8 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.5 |
* 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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