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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne Counties

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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 462 316 69.8 64.7-74.5 42 8.9 6.3-12.5 26 5.4 3.4- 8.4 78 15.9 12.3-20.2
GENDER
Male 161 108 68.5 59.8-76.1 9 4.9 2.2-10.3 8 5.1 2.2-11.2 36 21.5 15.2-29.5
Female 301 208 71.0 64.8-76.4 33 12.5 8.6-17.8 18 5.6 3.4- 9.2 42 10.9 7.7-15.2
RACE
White 307 203 68.5 62.2-74.2 28 8.7 5.8-13.0 15 4.1 2.3- 7.1 61 18.7 14.1-24.3
Other 152 111 71.9 62.4-79.8 14 9.4 5.1-16.7 11 7.8 3.8-15.2 16 10.9 6.2-18.4
AGE
18-44 197 152 76.9 69.1-83.1 16 9.4 5.4-15.7 8 4.4 1.8-10.1 21 9.4 5.8-14.9
45+ 265 164 63.4 56.3-69.9 26 8.5 5.6-12.9 18 6.3 3.8-10.4 57 21.8 16.3-28.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 274 182 67.7 60.7-74.0 21 7.5 4.5-12.2 21 7.3 4.4-11.9 50 17.5 12.7-23.6
Some College + 187 134 73.7 66.2-80.0 21 11.4 7.1-17.7 5 2.1 0.7- 5.8 27 12.8 8.6-18.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 281 188 65.9 58.9-72.3 25 9.1 5.8-14.0 15 5.4 2.8-10.1 53 19.5 14.5-25.8
$50,000+ 87 64 73.9 62.8-82.6 9 11.8 6.0-21.9 5 5.3 2.1-12.7 9 9.0 4.4-17.4

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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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