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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Guilford 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
-Guilford County 416 321 80.0 75.4-83.9 16 3.8 2.0- 7.1 29 6.1 4.1- 9.0 50 10.1 7.5-13.5
GENDER
Male 172 133 80.8 74.1-86.1 4 2.5 0.9- 6.8 14 6.7 3.8-11.5 21 10.0 6.3-15.4
Female 244 188 79.0 72.5-84.4 12 5.2 2.3-11.3 15 5.4 3.1- 9.4 29 10.3 7.0-14.9
RACE
White 290 229 82.0 76.9-86.2 7 1.4 0.6- 3.3 20 6.3 3.9-10.1 34 10.3 7.2-14.5
Other 125 91 75.7 66.0-83.3 9 8.6 3.9-18.1 9 5.8 2.9-11.3 16 9.9 5.7-16.5
AGE
18-44 143 117 86.0 79.0-90.9 4 2.6 0.8- 8.2 8 4.1 1.8- 9.1 14 7.3 4.2-12.5
45+ 269 200 75.9 69.6-81.2 12 4.6 2.2- 9.6 21 7.5 4.7-11.6 36 12.1 8.5-16.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 136 97 74.1 64.5-81.8 9 7.5 3.2-16.6 11 7.5 3.8-14.0 19 10.9 6.6-17.6
Some College + 279 223 83.0 77.9-87.1 7 1.9 0.8- 4.4 18 5.4 3.3- 8.8 31 9.7 6.7-14.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 191 136 75.6 68.0-81.9 7 4.2 1.5-11.3 16 7.3 4.2-12.5 32 12.8 8.8-18.3
$50,000+ 142 116 82.2 74.6-87.9 3 2.0 0.6- 6.5 10 5.9 3.1-11.0 13 10.0 5.8-16.7

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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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