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-WHITES

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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	Total Respond.^	NOT ALLOWED IN ANY PUBLIC AREAS	ALLOWED IN SOME PUBLIC AREAS	ALLOWED IN ALL PUBLIC AREAS	NO OFFICIAL POLICY
TOTAL	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
GENDER
Male	987	748	77.5	73.3-81.1	159	15.6	12.5-19.2	30	3.0	1.6- 5.6	50	4.0	2.6- 6.0
Female	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	152	112	72.2	59.9-81.8	33	21.8	13.5-33.2	2	0.4	0.1- 2.1	5	5.6	1.5-18.5
25-34	579	463	81.9	76.8-86.1	86	13.9	10.3-18.4	13	2.4	1.0- 5.5	17	1.9	0.7- 4.7
35-44	785	636	82.8	78.8-86.1	99	12.4	9.5-16.1	20	2.2	1.2- 4.0	30	2.6	1.6- 4.3
45-54	818	668	80.8	75.8-85.1	97	10.7	7.9-14.3	21	3.7	1.5- 8.9	32	4.8	3.0- 7.5
55-64	471	385	80.7	74.5-85.7	56	13.3	9.2-18.8	8	1.8	0.7- 5.0	22	4.2	2.1- 8.3
65-74	127	113	89.6	78.5-95.3	7	3.9	1.5- 9.7	2	0.7	0.1- 3.6	5	5.8	1.6-18.8
75+	19	13	75.1	46.1-91.4	1	10.6	1.5-48.5	2	4.9	1.0-21.4	3	9.4	2.4-30.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S.	155	101	70.5	59.1-79.8	43	22.2	14.3-32.8	5	2.9	0.8- 9.7	6	4.4	1.6-11.4
H.S. or G.E.D.	763	568	76.2	71.2-80.6	133	17.4	13.6-22.1	24	3.2	1.7- 6.1	38	3.2	1.9- 5.3
Some Post-H.S.	809	630	75.9	70.5-80.5	126	17.4	13.5-22.2	22	2.1	1.0- 4.4	31	4.5	2.3- 8.6
College Graduate	1,242	1,105	88.5	85.3-91.0	81	6.6	4.9- 8.8	17	1.9	0.7- 4.8	39	3.1	2.0- 4.6
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000	102	74	68.8	46.1-85.1	17	24.6	9.3-50.8	4	1.7	0.6- 5.0	7	4.9	1.9-12.0
$15,000- 24,999	369	260	68.0	59.7-75.3	78	22.3	16.1-30.0	14	5.7	2.7-11.5	17	4.0	1.6-10.0
$25,000- 34,999	356	287	79.6	71.9-85.6	48	15.2	10.1-22.3	9	2.2	0.8- 5.4	12	3.0	1.0- 8.6
$35,000- 49,999	520	412	81.2	75.7-85.6	73	14.2	10.2-19.3	11	0.9	0.5- 1.7	24	3.7	1.9- 7.1
$50,000-74,999	493	412	83.4	77.9-87.7	59	12.9	8.9-18.2	6	1.4	0.4- 4.0	16	2.4	1.2- 4.5
$75,000+	683	599	88.0	83.6-91.3	55	7.6	5.3-10.8	13	2.7	1.0- 7.3	16	1.7	0.9- 3.1
COUNTY/REGION**
Buncombe	171	148	85.0	76.5-90.8	15	11.0	5.9-19.6	2	1.2	0.3- 4.8	6	2.8	1.2- 6.3
Guilford	157	137	85.9	78.3-91.1	13	9.1	5.0-16.1	0	0.0	. - .	7	5.0	2.3-10.2
Mecklenburg	139	123	90.3	83.9-94.3	10	6.6	3.4-12.3	2	0.6	0.2- 2.5	4	2.5	0.8- 7.5
Orange	191	174	90.3	83.6-94.4	10	5.9	2.8-11.8	1	0.5	0.1- 3.8	6	3.3	1.3- 8.1
Wake	178	161	89.1	82.4-93.4	12	8.1	4.4-14.5	0	0.0	. - .	5	2.8	1.1- 6.9
Chatham/Lee	117	102	85.2	74.1-92.0	11	12.3	6.0-23.3	1	0.3	0.0- 2.0	3	2.3	0.5- 9.7
Nash/Wilson	96	74	72.9	61.2-82.1	16	20.1	12.1-31.6	3	4.3	1.3-13.4	3	2.7	0.9- 8.1
Craven/Pamlico	128	104	80.0	69.8-87.4	13	10.7	5.4-19.9	3	3.9	1.1-13.0	8	5.4	2.5-11.3
Stokes/Surry/Yadkin	162	106	64.3	55.7-72.1	37	24.2	17.5-32.5	12	7.1	3.9-12.7	7	4.3	2.0- 9.1
Appalachian/Wilkes	179	132	72.6	63.7-80.0	34	21.1	14.3-30.1	5	1.7	0.7- 4.2	8	4.5	2.2- 9.1
Franklin/Gran./Vance	120	88	71.2	60.6-79.9	16	13.6	7.9-22.3	7	5.4	2.4-11.7	9	9.8	4.7-19.3
Graham/Swain/Jackson	149	123	78.4	67.7-86.3	17	11.8	7.0-19.2	4	2.1	0.7- 6.0	5	7.6	2.5-20.9
Hoke/Robeson/Scotland	84	67	74.5	61.0-84.5	15	24.1	14.2-37.7	2	1.4	0.3- 5.7	0	0.0	. - .
Bladen/Columbus/Sampson	108	71	60.0	48.8-70.3	26	30.0	20.5-41.5	5	5.7	2.1-14.6	6	4.4	1.8- 9.9
Northeast NC I	85	65	79.2	68.4-87.0	11	12.3	6.4-22.4	3	2.6	0.8- 8.3	6	5.9	2.5-13.1
Northeast NC II	146	124	87.3	80.5-92.0	17	10.4	6.2-16.9	1	0.3	0.0- 1.9	4	2.0	0.7- 5.8
Northeastern Partnership	231	189	85.3	79.8-89.6	28	10.9	7.2-16.1	4	0.8	0.3- 2.3	10	3.0	1.5- 5.8
Mountain AHEC	476	394	81.4	76.2-85.6	54	12.4	8.9-17.1	10	2.2	1.0- 4.8	18	4.0	2.3- 6.9
NC REGIONS***
Eastern NC	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
Piedmont	1,349	1,128	82.6	79.4-85.4	146	12.6	10.2-15.6	26	1.7	0.9- 3.2	49	3.0	2.1- 4.4
Western NC	773	609	79.4	75.1-83.1	113	14.0	11.1-17.4	22	3.3	1.6- 6.8	29	3.3	2.2- 5.2

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

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

GENDER

Male

987

748

77.5

73.3-81.1

159

15.6

12.5-19.2

3.0

1.6- 5.6

4.0

2.6- 6.0

Female

1,982

1,656

83.8

81.1-86.2

224

11.1

9.2-13.4

1.8

1.0- 3.2

3.2

2.0- 5.1

AGE

18-24

152

112

72.2

59.9-81.8

21.8

13.5-33.2

0.4

0.1- 2.1

5.6

1.5-18.5

25-34

579

463

81.9

76.8-86.1

13.9

10.3-18.4

2.4

1.0- 5.5

1.9

0.7- 4.7

35-44

785

636

82.8

78.8-86.1

12.4

9.5-16.1

2.2

1.2- 4.0

2.6

1.6- 4.3

45-54

818

668

80.8

75.8-85.1

10.7

7.9-14.3

3.7

1.5- 8.9

4.8

3.0- 7.5

55-64

471

385

80.7

74.5-85.7

13.3

9.2-18.8

1.8

0.7- 5.0

4.2

2.1- 8.3

65-74

127

113

89.6

78.5-95.3

3.9

1.5- 9.7

0.7

0.1- 3.6

5.8

1.6-18.8

75+

75.1

46.1-91.4

10.6

1.5-48.5

4.9

1.0-21.4

9.4

2.4-30.3

EDUCATION

Less Than H.S.

155

101

70.5

59.1-79.8

22.2

14.3-32.8

2.9

0.8- 9.7

4.4

1.6-11.4

H.S. or G.E.D.

763

568

76.2

71.2-80.6

133

17.4

13.6-22.1

3.2

1.7- 6.1

3.2

1.9- 5.3

Some Post-H.S.

809

630

75.9

70.5-80.5

126

17.4

13.5-22.2

2.1

1.0- 4.4

4.5

2.3- 8.6

College Graduate

1,242

1,105

88.5

85.3-91.0

6.6

4.9- 8.8

1.9

0.7- 4.8

3.1

2.0- 4.6

HOUSEHOLD INCOME

Less than $15,000

102

68.8

46.1-85.1

24.6

9.3-50.8

1.7

0.6- 5.0

4.9

1.9-12.0

$15,000- 24,999

369

260

68.0

59.7-75.3

22.3

16.1-30.0

5.7

2.7-11.5

4.0

1.6-10.0

$25,000- 34,999

356

287

79.6

71.9-85.6

15.2

10.1-22.3

2.2

0.8- 5.4

3.0

1.0- 8.6

$35,000- 49,999

520

412

81.2

75.7-85.6

14.2

10.2-19.3

0.9

0.5- 1.7

3.7

1.9- 7.1

$50,000-74,999

493

412

83.4

77.9-87.7

12.9

8.9-18.2

1.4

0.4- 4.0

2.4

1.2- 4.5

$75,000+

683

599

88.0

83.6-91.3

7.6

5.3-10.8

2.7

1.0- 7.3

1.7

0.9- 3.1

COUNTY/REGION**

Buncombe

171

148

85.0

76.5-90.8

11.0

5.9-19.6

1.2

0.3- 4.8

2.8

1.2- 6.3

Guilford

157

137

85.9

78.3-91.1

9.1

5.0-16.1

0.0

. - .

5.0

2.3-10.2

Mecklenburg

139

123

90.3

83.9-94.3

6.6

3.4-12.3

0.6

0.2- 2.5

2.5

0.8- 7.5

Orange

191

174

90.3

83.6-94.4

5.9

2.8-11.8

0.5

0.1- 3.8

3.3

1.3- 8.1

Wake

178

161

89.1

82.4-93.4

8.1

4.4-14.5

0.0

. - .

2.8

1.1- 6.9

Chatham/Lee

117

102

85.2

74.1-92.0

12.3

6.0-23.3

0.3

0.0- 2.0

2.3

0.5- 9.7

Nash/Wilson

72.9

61.2-82.1

20.1

12.1-31.6

4.3

1.3-13.4

2.7

0.9- 8.1

Craven/Pamlico

128

104

80.0

69.8-87.4

10.7

5.4-19.9

3.9

1.1-13.0

5.4

2.5-11.3

Stokes/Surry/Yadkin

162

106

64.3

55.7-72.1

24.2

17.5-32.5

7.1

3.9-12.7

4.3

2.0- 9.1

Appalachian/Wilkes

179

132

72.6

63.7-80.0

21.1

14.3-30.1

1.7

0.7- 4.2

4.5

2.2- 9.1

Franklin/Gran./Vance

120

71.2

60.6-79.9

13.6

7.9-22.3

5.4

2.4-11.7

9.8

4.7-19.3

Graham/Swain/Jackson

149

123

78.4

67.7-86.3

11.8

7.0-19.2

2.1

0.7- 6.0

7.6

2.5-20.9

Hoke/Robeson/Scotland

74.5

61.0-84.5

24.1

14.2-37.7

1.4

0.3- 5.7

0.0

. - .

Bladen/Columbus/Sampson

108

60.0

48.8-70.3

30.0

20.5-41.5

5.7

2.1-14.6

4.4

1.8- 9.9

Northeast NC I

79.2

68.4-87.0

12.3

6.4-22.4

2.6

0.8- 8.3

5.9

2.5-13.1

Northeast NC II

146

124

87.3

80.5-92.0

10.4

6.2-16.9

0.3

0.0- 1.9

2.0

0.7- 5.8

Northeastern Partnership

231

189

85.3

79.8-89.6

10.9

7.2-16.1

0.8

0.3- 2.3

3.0

1.5- 5.8

Mountain AHEC

476

394

81.4

76.2-85.6

12.4

8.9-17.1

2.2

1.0- 4.8

4.0

2.3- 6.9

NC REGIONS***

Eastern NC

847

667

78.2

72.7-82.8

124

13.7

10.5-17.7

3.1

1.3- 7.6

5.0

2.5- 9.5

Piedmont

1,349

1,128

82.6

79.4-85.4

146

12.6

10.2-15.6

1.7

0.9- 3.2

3.0

2.1- 4.4

Western NC

773

609

79.4

75.1-83.1

113

14.0

11.1-17.4

3.3

1.6- 6.8

3.3

2.2- 5.2

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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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