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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Duplin/Greene/Harnett/Jones/Lenoir/Sampson/Wayne 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
-Duplin/Greene/Harn./Jones/Lenoir/Samp./Wayne 198 172 86.1 79.6-90.8 19 10.2 6.3-16.2 5 2.3 0.9- 5.8 2 1.4 0.3- 6.2
GENDER
Male 65 52 81.5 69.1-89.6 9 12.6 6.2-23.9 3 3.6 1.0-11.7 1 2.4 0.3-15.0
Female 133 120 89.7 82.1-94.3 10 8.4 4.3-15.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.6
RACE
White 134 118 85.5 77.1-91.2 12 10.1 5.6-17.6 3 2.8 0.9- 8.5 1 1.6 0.2-10.4
Other 63 53 87.2 75.1-93.9 7 10.4 4.4-22.9 2 1.3 0.3- 5.1 1 1.1 0.2- 7.4
AGE
18-44 119 103 86.7 78.3-92.2 12 10.5 5.7-18.7 3 2.2 0.6- 7.2 1 0.6 0.1- 4.2
45+ 79 69 85.2 73.2-92.4 7 9.7 4.3-20.3 2 2.4 0.5-10.5 1 2.7 0.4-16.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 102 83 81.8 72.0-88.7 14 13.4 7.7-22.4 3 2.3 0.7- 7.8 2 2.5 0.5-10.6
Some College + 96 89 91.9 82.2-96.5 5 5.9 2.1-15.5 2 2.2 0.5- 9.4 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 125 104 82.5 73.5-88.9 16 13.2 7.8-21.4 3 2.2 0.7- 7.1 2 2.2 0.5- 9.5
$50,000+ 48 46 93.7 76.4-98.6 2 6.3 1.4-23.6 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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