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

Seconhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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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 6,254 5,043 80.6 79.3-81.8 895 14.5 13.4-15.7 160 2.5 2.0- 3.1 156 2.4 1.9- 2.9
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 205 155 76.5 68.1-83.2 34 18.2 12.1-26.6 9 2.5 1.1- 5.5 7 2.8 1.1- 6.8
GENDER
Male 60 44 72.5 56.2-84.4 9 20.6 10.0-37.5 3 1.7 0.4- 6.3 4 5.3 1.7-15.5
Female 145 111 79.0 69.4-86.1 25 16.7 10.2-26.3 6 3.0 1.2- 7.7 3 1.2 0.3- 4.7
RACE
White 171 132 74.9 65.7-82.4 24 19.0 12.2-28.4 9 2.9 1.3- 6.3 6 3.2 1.3- 7.8
Other 34 23 86.7 69.6-94.9 10 12.9 4.9-30.0 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.4 0.1- 3.0
AGE
18-44 113 88 81.4 69.5-89.4 15 14.0 6.8-26.4 5 2.1 0.7- 6.2 5 2.5 0.8- 7.8
45+ 92 67 68.2 55.5-78.7 19 25.3 15.8-37.9 4 3.2 1.0- 9.7 2 3.3 0.8-12.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 75 51 74.4 61.5-84.1 16 18.0 10.0-30.2 7 5.4 2.2-12.5 1 2.2 0.3-14.1
Some College + 130 104 77.6 66.0-86.1 18 18.3 10.4-30.2 2 0.9 0.1- 5.6 6 3.1 1.1- 8.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 84 74.2 63.9-82.4 26 19.7 12.5-29.7 6 3.2 1.2- 8.2 5 2.8 0.9- 8.7
$50,000+ 61 53 83.4 66.7-92.6 6 14.3 5.7-31.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.3 1 1.3 0.2- 9.0

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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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