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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 work areas?*

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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 6,256 5,635 89.7 88.6-90.7 345 5.9 5.1- 6.8 158 2.4 2.0- 3.0 118 2.0 1.6- 2.5
-Mountain AHEC (Excludes Buncombe County) 205 176 84.4 76.1-90.1 15 10.4 5.5-19.0 11 3.6 1.7- 7.2 3 1.6 0.5- 5.3
GENDER
Male 60 48 79.7 62.6-90.2 6 13.5 4.8-32.4 4 3.8 1.1-12.2 2 3.1 0.7-12.4
Female 145 128 87.3 78.2-92.9 9 8.5 3.8-17.9 7 3.5 1.4- 8.2 1 0.7 0.1- 5.0
RACE
White 171 144 82.1 72.9-88.7 13 11.9 6.2-21.4 11 4.1 2.0- 8.3 3 1.9 0.6- 6.0
Other 34 32 99.3 97.0-99.8 2 0.7 0.2- 3.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 113 95 82.7 70.4-90.6 10 12.8 5.8-25.9 7 3.8 1.5- 9.3 1 0.6 0.1- 4.4
45+ 92 81 87.1 76.7-93.2 5 6.4 2.5-15.5 4 3.2 1.0- 9.7 2 3.3 0.8-12.9
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 75 60 83.7 72.0-91.1 7 8.7 3.6-19.4 8 7.6 3.3-16.7 0 0.0 . - .
Some College + 130 116 84.7 72.6-92.1 8 11.4 4.9-24.3 3 1.3 0.3- 5.3 3 2.6 0.8- 8.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 121 102 85.0 75.5-91.2 10 9.1 4.3-18.3 8 5.1 2.2-11.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
$50,000+ 61 56 88.9 71.9-96.2 3 8.8 2.4-27.6 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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