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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Durham County

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
-Durham County 191 179 93.8 88.9-96.7 10 4.8 2.5- 9.0 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 1 1.1 0.1- 7.1
GENDER
Male 72 67 93.3 83.8-97.4 3 3.7 1.1-11.3 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 1 2.2 0.3-14.3
Female 119 112 94.3 87.9-97.4 7 5.7 2.6-12.1 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
RACE
White 115 112 97.2 91.4-99.1 3 2.8 0.9- 8.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Other 75 66 89.4 79.2-94.9 7 7.3 3.2-15.7 1 0.8 0.1- 5.6 1 2.4 0.3-15.4
AGE
18-44 110 102 93.2 85.9-96.9 7 5.1 2.3-11.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.1
45+ 80 76 94.8 86.6-98.1 3 4.3 1.3-12.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 38 34 89.3 72.8-96.3 3 6.4 1.9-19.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 4.2 0.6-24.8
Some College + 153 145 95.3 90.5-97.8 7 4.2 1.9- 9.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.3 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 65 93.2 81.5-97.7 2 3.0 0.7-12.2 1 1.0 0.1- 6.6 1 2.9 0.4-17.8
$50,000+ 99 91 92.7 85.6-96.5 8 7.3 3.5-14.4 0 0.0 . - . 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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