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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Chatham/Lee/Moore 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
-Chatham/Lee/Moore 183 167 90.5 83.5-94.7 8 5.8 2.5-12.8 4 2.0 0.6- 6.4 4 1.7 0.6- 5.0
GENDER
Male 57 50 85.9 70.8-93.8 3 8.4 2.5-24.7 3 4.1 1.1-14.1 1 1.6 0.2-10.9
Female 126 117 94.1 88.7-97.0 5 3.7 1.6- 8.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.1 3 1.8 0.6- 5.8
RACE
White 144 136 94.8 89.1-97.6 3 2.8 0.8- 9.0 2 1.0 0.2- 3.8 3 1.4 0.4- 4.6
Other 37 29 79.0 58.4-90.9 5 13.8 4.6-34.9 2 4.6 0.8-22.0 1 2.6 0.4-16.7
AGE
18-44 77 67 85.1 71.9-92.7 7 10.1 4.0-23.0 1 2.3 0.3-14.6 2 2.5 0.6- 9.9
45+ 104 98 95.2 87.7-98.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.2 3 1.7 0.5- 5.4 2 1.1 0.3- 4.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 52 83.7 67.3-92.8 5 10.4 3.5-27.2 2 3.9 0.8-16.8 1 2.0 0.3-12.8
Some College + 123 115 94.4 88.1-97.5 3 3.1 0.9-10.1 2 0.8 0.2- 3.5 3 1.6 0.5- 5.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 96 86 87.6 75.3-94.3 5 7.5 2.5-20.3 2 2.5 0.4-12.6 3 2.5 0.7- 8.5
$50,000+ 62 57 92.4 81.5-97.1 3 5.6 1.7-17.3 2 2.0 0.5- 7.6 0 0.0 . - .

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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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