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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 405 273 67.3 61.8-72.3 31 6.5 4.5- 9.4 38 10.6 7.3-15.2 63 15.6 12.0-20.1
GENDER
Male 154 93 62.5 53.6-70.6 10 4.6 2.4- 8.7 21 14.4 8.7-22.9 30 18.5 12.7-26.1
Female 251 180 71.9 65.5-77.5 21 8.5 5.4-13.0 17 6.8 4.1-11.2 33 12.8 8.9-18.0
RACE
White 311 208 67.6 61.7-73.1 26 7.4 4.9-11.0 29 9.1 6.1-13.3 48 15.9 11.8-20.9
Other 92 65 67.1 53.4-78.5 4 2.7 1.0- 7.2 9 15.8 7.0-31.6 14 14.4 7.7-25.3
AGE
18-44 138 98 66.9 56.8-75.7 14 9.0 5.2-15.1 14 13.1 6.9-23.4 12 11.0 6.1-19.2
45+ 264 172 67.2 60.7-73.2 17 5.1 3.1- 8.4 24 9.2 5.9-14.0 51 18.4 13.8-24.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 202 126 60.5 52.3-68.1 19 8.7 5.5-13.6 21 12.6 7.5-20.6 36 18.2 12.9-25.0
Some College + 202 147 74.3 67.1-80.4 11 4.1 2.2- 7.7 17 8.5 5.1-13.9 27 13.1 8.6-19.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 230 142 61.4 53.8-68.5 24 9.1 6.0-13.6 30 15.8 10.4-23.2 34 13.7 9.4-19.4
$50,000+ 79 61 75.6 63.3-84.7 3 3.5 1.1-10.9 3 3.3 1.0-10.5 12 17.6 9.7-29.8

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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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