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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 407 312 75.1 69.6-79.9 33 7.9 5.4-11.5 17 5.6 3.0-10.1 45 11.4 8.2-15.6
GENDER
Male 149 113 72.4 62.8-80.3 12 7.7 4.1-14.1 8 8.5 3.8-17.6 16 11.5 6.7-19.1
Female 258 199 77.7 71.7-82.7 21 8.2 5.2-12.6 9 2.9 1.4- 5.8 29 11.3 7.8-16.2
RACE
White 230 192 84.0 78.1-88.5 11 4.4 2.4- 8.2 8 4.3 1.9- 9.4 19 7.3 4.6-11.4
Other 171 115 65.5 56.1-73.9 22 12.1 7.5-18.8 9 7.2 3.0-16.2 25 15.2 9.8-23.0
AGE
18-44 197 158 76.6 68.1-83.4 16 8.0 4.6-13.8 3 2.8 0.6-13.0 20 12.5 7.8-19.5
45+ 208 152 72.9 65.6-79.1 17 7.9 4.8-12.8 14 8.9 4.9-15.6 25 10.3 6.8-15.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 113 75 62.9 51.1-73.3 14 11.7 6.7-19.8 8 11.6 5.0-24.5 16 13.9 7.8-23.3
Some College + 294 237 80.9 75.3-85.5 19 6.1 3.6-10.2 9 2.7 1.3- 5.5 29 10.2 6.9-14.9
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 184 125 67.2 58.1-75.1 21 10.3 6.4-16.2 13 9.7 4.8-18.9 25 12.7 8.2-19.3
$50,000+ 143 121 84.8 77.3-90.1 7 4.8 2.3- 9.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6 14 9.8 5.6-16.6

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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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