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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Franklin/Nash/Wilson 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
-Franklin/Nash/Wilson 133 121 90.5 82.4-95.1 9 7.9 3.7-16.0 2 1.3 0.3- 5.8 1 0.3 0.0- 2.3
GENDER
Male 38 31 79.4 61.0-90.5 6 18.0 7.7-36.6 1 2.6 0.4-16.3 0 0.0 . - .
Female 95 90 96.9 92.4-98.8 3 2.1 0.6- 6.5 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
RACE
White 82 77 94.5 86.4-97.9 2 3.0 0.7-11.2 2 2.0 0.4- 8.9 1 0.5 0.1- 3.6
Other 51 44 83.4 65.3-93.0 7 16.6 7.0-34.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 60 56 95.7 88.5-98.4 3 3.5 1.1-10.8 1 0.8 0.1- 5.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 72 64 86.7 73.6-93.8 6 11.1 4.6-24.4 1 1.6 0.2-10.8 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 60 50 81.1 65.5-90.6 8 17.4 8.2-33.3 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.2
Some College + 73 71 97.7 89.9-99.5 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4 1 1.7 0.2-11.1 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 69 61 87.6 73.3-94.8 6 11.0 4.2-25.9 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
$50,000+ 41 38 92.2 78.2-97.5 2 5.3 1.3-19.0 1 2.5 0.4-16.0 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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