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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Gaston 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
-Gaston County 139 122 88.4 81.3-93.0 8 6.8 3.3-13.6 5 3.3 1.3- 7.9 4 1.5 0.5- 4.4
GENDER
Male 44 37 84.4 69.8-92.7 5 11.1 4.4-25.1 2 4.6 1.1-16.6 0 0.0 . - .
Female 95 85 90.8 82.3-95.4 3 4.3 1.3-13.5 3 2.6 0.8- 7.8 4 2.4 0.8- 7.0
RACE
White 114 101 89.2 81.2-94.0 5 5.3 2.1-13.1 5 4.1 1.7- 9.7 3 1.4 0.4- 5.2
Other 25 21 85.0 64.6-94.6 3 13.3 4.3-34.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.7 0.2-11.2
AGE
18-44 72 64 89.2 78.9-94.8 6 8.4 3.6-18.5 2 2.3 0.5- 9.5 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 67 58 87.4 75.9-93.9 2 4.8 1.2-17.7 3 4.5 1.4-13.3 4 3.3 1.1- 9.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 56 49 90.4 80.3-95.6 1 1.7 0.2-11.0 4 6.1 2.2-15.7 2 1.9 0.4- 7.5
Some College + 83 73 87.1 76.4-93.3 7 10.3 4.8-20.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4 2 1.2 0.2- 6.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 71 59 83.3 71.3-90.9 5 9.2 3.7-21.2 4 5.8 2.1-14.6 3 1.7 0.5- 6.0
$50,000+ 52 48 93.0 82.0-97.5 3 5.5 1.7-16.5 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.5 0.2-10.3

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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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