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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County)

Tobacco Use Prevention

In the following locations, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, some areas , or not allowed at all
a.Public Buildings

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Respond.^
Allowed in all areas Allowed in some areas Not allowed at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,142 186 1.3 1.1- 1.5 4,569 32.1 31.2-33.1 9,387 66.6 65.6-67.6
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 566 9 1.4 0.6- 3.4 162 28.3 23.9-33.2 395 70.3 65.3-74.7
GENDER
Male 196 7 2.7 1.0- 6.8 60 28.4 21.4-36.5 129 68.9 60.7-76.1
Female 370 2 0.4 0.1- 2.5 102 28.2 22.8-34.4 266 71.4 65.2-76.8
RACE
White 478 8 1.6 0.7- 3.8 136 28.8 24.1-34.0 334 69.6 64.4-74.4
Other 86 1 0.2 0.0- 1.3 26 25.4 14.4-40.8 59 74.4 59.0-85.5
AGE
18-44 198 3 0.8 0.1- 4.8 62 29.1 21.9-37.5 133 70.0 61.6-77.3
45+ 363 6 1.9 0.7- 4.9 99 28.0 22.5-34.2 258 70.2 63.9-75.8
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 259 4 1.2 0.3- 4.4 90 34.9 27.8-42.7 165 64.0 56.1-71.1
Some College + 303 5 1.7 0.5- 5.0 71 23.2 17.8-29.5 227 75.2 68.7-80.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 329 7 2.2 0.8- 5.6 103 32.0 26.0-38.8 219 65.8 59.0-72.0
$50,000+ 120 2 1.0 0.2- 5.4 23 18.5 11.7-28.2 95 80.5 70.8-87.5

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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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