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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC**

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Worksites prohibit smoking in both public and work areas*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 6,255 4,934 78.6 77.3-79.9 1,321 21.4 20.1-22.7
-Mountain AHEC 358 282 78.3 72.1-83.5 76 21.7 16.5-27.9
GENDER
Male 114 86 74.7 63.1-83.6 28 25.3 16.4-36.9
Female 244 196 80.8 73.5-86.4 48 19.2 13.6-26.5
RACE
White 309 245 76.9 70.1-82.6 64 23.1 17.4-29.9
African American 22 16 80.8 58.2-92.7 6 19.2 7.3-41.8
Other Minorities 1 1 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-24 20 16 81.3 56.1-93.7 4 18.7 6.3-43.9
25-34 77 56 73.7 57.7-85.2 21 26.3 14.8-42.3
35-44 90 73 83.0 69.6-91.2 17 17.0 8.8-30.4
45-54 107 87 75.5 63.2-84.6 20 24.5 15.4-36.8
55-64 48 37 79.1 63.3-89.2 11 20.9 10.8-36.7
65-74 14 12 89.3 57.6-98.1 2 10.7 1.9-42.4
75+ 2 1 78.0 18.1-98.3 1 22.0 1.7-81.9
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 24 16 83.0 64.3-92.9 8 17.0 7.1-35.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 91 65 71.7 59.5-81.4 26 28.3 18.6-40.5
Some Post-H.S. 100 79 77.9 64.8-87.1 21 22.1 12.9-35.2
College Graduate 143 122 81.7 70.2-89.5 21 18.3 10.5-29.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 19 11 65.7 36.6-86.4 8 34.3 13.6-63.4
$15,000- 24,999 65 42 67.2 51.8-79.7 23 32.8 20.3-48.2
$25,000- 34,999 53 38 66.0 48.8-79.9 15 34.0 20.1-51.2
$35,000- 49,999 64 54 88.9 74.6-95.6 10 11.1 4.4-25.4
$50,000-74,999 63 55 80.2 62.5-90.8 8 19.8 9.2-37.5
$75,000+ 55 50 94.3 86.0-97.8 5 5.7 2.2-14.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 69 50 75.0 60.0-85.7 19 25.0 14.3-40.0
No 286 231 79.3 72.2-85.0 55 20.7 15.0-27.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 33 25 76.8 55.2-89.9 8 23.2 10.1-44.8
Non-Veteran 322 254 78.3 71.6-83.7 68 21.7 16.3-28.4
Currently Serving 3 3 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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*Data in this table were derived from the two worksite questions from Tobacco Indicator Module.

^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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