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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 370 262 71.2 65.6-76.2 27 7.7 5.0-11.8 32 9.5 6.5-13.6 49 11.6 8.6-15.6
GENDER
Male 135 95 72.9 63.9-80.3 9 6.2 2.7-13.6 16 11.9 7.1-19.3 15 9.0 5.3-14.9
Female 235 167 69.8 62.5-76.2 18 9.0 5.4-14.6 16 7.4 4.2-12.7 34 13.8 9.5-19.6
RACE
White 308 217 71.3 65.1-76.7 23 7.6 4.7-12.2 24 8.5 5.5-13.1 44 12.6 9.1-17.1
Other 62 45 70.8 56.7-81.8 4 8.3 2.9-21.0 8 13.4 6.4-25.9 5 7.6 2.8-18.7
AGE
18-44 137 105 76.8 67.9-83.8 9 6.1 2.9-12.2 11 8.9 4.6-16.4 12 8.2 4.3-15.1
45+ 231 155 66.8 59.4-73.4 18 9.0 5.2-15.2 21 10.0 6.3-15.5 37 14.2 10.1-19.7
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 200 127 62.2 54.3-69.5 19 10.3 6.3-16.4 23 12.1 7.8-18.3 31 15.4 10.6-21.8
Some College + 169 134 81.1 73.1-87.1 8 4.9 1.9-11.9 9 6.6 3.2-13.1 18 7.5 4.4-12.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 223 140 62.3 54.7-69.4 19 9.1 5.3-15.2 25 12.5 8.1-18.7 39 16.1 11.4-22.2
$50,000+ 75 67 89.1 79.2-94.7 4 5.1 1.8-13.7 2 3.3 0.8-12.4 2 2.4 0.6- 9.4

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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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