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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes Counties

Seconhand Smoke Policy

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Respond.^
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,761 10,413 72.3 71.5-73.2 1,234 8.1 7.6- 8.7 1,062 7.0 6.5- 7.5 2,052 12.6 12.0-13.2
-Alleghany/Ashe/Avery/Watagua/Wilkes 354 219 64.0 57.8-69.7 36 9.6 6.7-13.6 30 8.5 5.6-12.5 69 17.9 13.9-22.8
GENDER
Male 132 76 63.0 52.8-72.1 11 7.6 4.1-13.8 16 10.9 6.2-18.4 29 18.6 12.5-26.6
Female 222 143 65.0 57.8-71.6 25 11.7 7.6-17.5 14 6.0 3.5-10.1 40 17.3 12.6-23.4
RACE
White 336 204 61.3 55.3-67.0 35 10.2 7.1-14.3 29 9.2 6.1-13.6 68 19.4 15.2-24.5
Other 17 15 89.4 63.3-97.7 1 5.3 0.7-31.3 0 0.0 . - . 1 5.3 0.7-31.2
AGE
18-44 128 89 71.2 61.8-79.0 14 10.6 6.1-17.8 9 6.4 3.2-12.6 16 11.8 6.9-19.4
45+ 226 130 59.8 51.6-67.5 22 9.1 5.6-14.4 21 9.6 5.8-15.5 53 21.5 16.0-28.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 193 102 57.4 48.4-65.9 23 10.4 6.5-16.3 20 11.3 6.9-17.9 48 20.9 15.2-28.0
Some College + 161 117 73.1 64.9-79.9 13 8.6 4.8-14.8 10 4.6 2.4- 8.6 21 13.8 8.9-20.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 221 129 60.1 51.9-67.7 27 12.0 7.9-17.9 16 6.8 4.0-11.3 49 21.1 15.6-27.9
$50,000+ 61 44 71.4 58.1-81.8 3 5.2 1.6-15.4 5 8.1 3.4-18.4 9 15.3 7.9-27.6

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^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 (MAHEC): 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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