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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance Counties

Seconhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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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 6,254 5,043 80.6 79.3-81.8 895 14.5 13.4-15.7 160 2.5 2.0- 3.1 156 2.4 1.9- 2.9
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 157 114 75.2 67.4-81.6 32 18.6 13.0-25.9 6 3.2 1.3- 7.3 5 3.0 1.2- 7.3
GENDER
Male 54 43 81.3 68.5-89.7 9 15.0 7.6-27.3 1 1.8 0.3-12.0 1 1.8 0.3-12.0
Female 103 71 70.8 60.6-79.3 23 21.2 13.9-30.9 5 4.1 1.6-10.2 4 3.9 1.4-10.2
RACE
White 96 69 73.0 62.5-81.5 19 18.9 11.8-28.8 4 3.9 1.4-10.6 4 4.2 1.5-11.0
Other 60 44 77.8 65.5-86.7 13 18.6 10.6-30.7 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
AGE
18-44 87 62 73.8 63.1-82.3 17 18.4 11.4-28.4 4 3.5 1.2- 9.9 4 4.4 1.6-11.3
45+ 69 51 77.0 64.9-85.8 15 19.2 11.2-31.0 2 2.8 0.7-10.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 36 61.5 48.3-73.2 22 29.3 19.1-42.1 3 4.8 1.5-14.1 3 4.4 1.4-13.4
Some College + 93 78 86.0 77.3-91.7 10 10.2 5.4-18.5 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 2 1.9 0.5- 7.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 84 53 66.6 55.2-76.4 25 26.5 17.9-37.5 3 3.5 1.0-11.1 3 3.4 1.0-10.4
$50,000+ 54 48 89.5 78.1-95.3 2 4.0 1.0-14.6 2 3.0 0.7-11.3 2 3.5 0.9-13.4

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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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