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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 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
-Bladen/Brunswick/Columbus/Pender 113 99 84.7 75.3-91.0 6 5.2 2.2-11.4 5 6.2 2.5-14.4 3 3.9 1.2-12.0
GENDER
Male 33 27 78.4 58.8-90.3 2 4.4 1.1-16.7 2 8.7 2.2-29.0 2 8.5 2.1-28.6
Female 80 72 88.3 77.9-94.2 4 5.6 2.0-14.6 3 4.8 1.5-14.0 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9
RACE
White 83 73 85.0 73.5-92.1 4 4.0 1.5-10.4 3 5.5 1.7-16.3 3 5.5 1.7-16.3
Other 29 25 83.5 63.0-93.8 2 8.4 2.1-28.7 2 8.1 2.0-27.7 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 61 53 83.9 70.3-92.0 4 6.4 2.3-16.8 4 9.7 3.6-23.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 50 44 85.4 70.2-93.6 2 3.7 0.9-14.0 1 1.9 0.3-12.5 3 9.0 2.8-25.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 48 40 80.0 64.0-90.0 3 5.1 1.6-15.3 4 12.0 4.5-28.5 1 2.8 0.4-17.5
Some College + 65 59 88.4 75.6-94.9 3 5.2 1.6-15.6 1 1.6 0.2-10.7 2 4.8 1.1-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 63 52 77.1 62.8-87.1 4 6.4 2.3-16.7 5 11.0 4.5-24.3 2 5.5 1.4-19.7
$50,000+ 34 31 91.9 77.4-97.4 2 5.2 1.3-19.1 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.9 0.4-17.8

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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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