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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 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
-Caswell/Granville/Person/Vance 157 137 89.5 83.8-93.4 10 5.1 2.6- 9.8 5 2.4 0.9- 6.1 5 2.9 1.2- 7.1
GENDER
Male 54 50 95.4 87.6-98.4 2 1.8 0.5- 7.2 0 0.0 . - . 2 2.8 0.6-11.2
Female 103 87 85.4 76.7-91.2 8 7.5 3.6-14.9 5 4.1 1.6-10.2 3 3.0 0.9- 9.2
RACE
White 96 83 89.0 81.3-93.8 6 4.4 1.9- 9.8 3 2.6 0.8- 8.6 4 3.9 1.4-10.6
Other 60 53 90.1 79.5-95.5 4 6.4 2.2-16.8 2 2.1 0.5- 8.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
AGE
18-44 87 74 87.6 79.0-93.0 6 6.1 2.6-13.4 3 2.2 0.6- 7.7 4 4.1 1.5-10.9
45+ 69 62 92.4 84.4-96.5 4 3.7 1.3-10.0 2 2.8 0.7-10.5 1 1.0 0.1- 7.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 64 54 86.4 75.7-92.8 5 6.1 2.4-14.6 2 3.1 0.7-11.7 3 4.4 1.4-13.4
Some College + 93 83 92.1 85.0-95.9 5 4.3 1.6-11.0 3 1.9 0.6- 6.2 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 84 70 86.9 78.1-92.5 8 7.0 3.3-14.1 2 2.0 0.4- 9.0 4 4.1 1.5-10.9
$50,000+ 54 50 93.1 82.7-97.4 1 1.8 0.3-11.8 2 3.0 0.7-11.3 1 2.1 0.3-13.5

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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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