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

Seconhand Smoke Policy

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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
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 588 397 67.8 62.9-72.4 50 8.6 6.1-12.1 50 9.9 7.0-13.9 91 13.6 10.7-17.2
GENDER
Male 206 132 65.6 57.4-73.0 25 11.1 6.9-17.4 19 10.3 5.9-17.6 30 13.0 8.7-18.8
Female 382 265 69.7 63.6-75.2 25 6.5 4.0-10.6 31 9.6 6.2-14.4 61 14.2 10.5-18.8
RACE
White 494 339 68.4 63.2-73.1 39 8.3 5.7-12.0 38 9.2 6.3-13.3 78 14.1 11.0-17.9
Other 91 58 65.9 48.9-79.6 10 11.0 4.6-23.9 11 15.5 6.1-33.9 12 7.6 2.7-19.8
AGE
18-44 200 143 72.2 63.6-79.5 26 9.6 5.9-15.3 17 12.2 7.0-20.6 14 5.9 3.3-10.5
45+ 383 250 64.8 58.6-70.6 24 8.2 5.0-13.0 33 8.6 5.6-13.0 76 18.4 14.2-23.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 278 166 60.5 52.9-67.6 29 11.2 7.1-17.4 33 14.5 9.6-21.2 50 13.8 9.9-19.1
Some College + 306 231 75.1 68.5-80.6 18 5.8 3.3- 9.8 17 6.1 3.2-11.4 40 13.1 9.2-18.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 340 208 61.0 54.2-67.4 35 10.6 6.9-15.9 35 11.6 7.8-17.0 62 16.8 12.6-22.1
$50,000+ 120 106 86.4 77.6-92.1 3 3.9 1.2-12.0 2 1.3 0.3- 4.9 9 8.5 4.3-16.0

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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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