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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleveland/Lincoln Counties

Seconhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for work areas?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Not allowed Allowed in some areas Allowed in all areas No official policy
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,256 5,635 89.7 88.6-90.7 345 5.9 5.1- 6.8 158 2.4 2.0- 3.0 118 2.0 1.6- 2.5
-Alexander/Burke/Caldwell/Cleve./Lincoln 172 157 91.6 85.6-95.3 6 3.2 1.2- 7.8 4 1.5 0.5- 4.7 5 3.7 1.5- 9.1
GENDER
Male 74 66 92.3 83.6-96.6 3 3.3 0.9-12.1 3 2.4 0.6- 8.6 2 1.9 0.4- 8.5
Female 98 91 90.8 80.7-95.9 3 3.0 0.9- 9.8 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8 3 5.7 1.8-16.4
RACE
White 154 140 91.0 84.4-95.0 5 3.2 1.2- 8.4 4 1.7 0.5- 5.1 5 4.1 1.6-10.0
Other 18 17 97.2 81.8-99.6 1 2.8 0.4-18.2 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 104 91 88.4 79.4-93.7 5 4.5 1.6-11.9 4 2.5 0.8- 7.4 4 4.7 1.6-12.9
45+ 68 66 96.9 87.8-99.3 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-13.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 68 58 83.4 70.2-91.4 4 6.5 2.2-18.0 3 3.2 0.9-11.4 3 6.9 2.2-19.5
Some College + 104 99 96.9 91.9-98.8 2 1.0 0.3- 4.2 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 83 76 90.0 78.7-95.7 3 4.9 1.5-15.3 3 2.5 0.6- 9.4 1 2.5 0.4-15.7
$50,000+ 71 65 94.8 88.0-97.9 3 2.0 0.6- 6.3 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 2 2.3 0.5-10.1

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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 (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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