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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln 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
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 423 288 67.6 62.2-72.5 37 9.3 6.5-12.9 32 7.6 5.2-11.0 66 15.5 11.8-20.2
GENDER
Male 171 114 69.0 60.7-76.2 15 9.1 5.3-15.0 15 8.0 4.6-13.5 27 14.0 9.0-21.1
Female 252 174 66.2 59.1-72.6 22 9.4 6.0-14.5 17 7.3 4.4-11.7 39 17.1 12.1-23.7
RACE
White 369 251 67.6 61.8-72.9 34 9.2 6.4-13.1 26 6.9 4.5-10.4 58 16.3 12.2-21.4
Other 54 37 67.4 51.7-80.1 3 9.7 3.1-26.7 6 13.2 5.8-27.2 8 9.7 4.4-20.1
AGE
18-44 173 124 69.4 60.7-76.9 19 10.9 6.6-17.4 11 7.2 3.8-13.2 19 12.6 7.5-20.2
45+ 250 164 66.1 59.1-72.4 18 7.9 4.9-12.5 21 8.0 5.1-12.3 47 18.0 13.0-24.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 219 131 57.4 49.7-64.7 23 12.6 8.2-18.8 22 10.3 6.6-15.8 43 19.7 14.2-26.7
Some College + 203 156 78.2 70.9-84.1 14 5.8 3.3-10.1 10 4.8 2.5- 9.1 23 11.2 6.8-17.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 237 146 59.5 52.0-66.6 22 10.8 6.9-16.5 21 9.0 5.6-13.9 48 20.7 15.2-27.7
$50,000+ 97 77 83.1 74.1-89.4 6 4.5 1.8-10.6 6 5.7 2.4-12.7 8 6.7 3.2-13.7

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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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