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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seconhand Smoke Policy-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,112 829 75.7 72.5-78.6 283 24.3 21.4-27.5
GENDER
Male 324 232 72.6 66.6-77.9 92 27.4 22.1-33.4
Female 788 597 77.7 74.0-81.0 191 22.3 19.0-26.0
AGE
18-24 64 42 68.9 53.9-80.8 22 31.1 19.2-46.1
25-34 281 221 80.3 74.2-85.2 60 19.7 14.8-25.8
35-44 328 240 73.7 67.6-79.0 88 26.3 21.0-32.4
45-54 266 190 73.9 67.1-79.7 76 26.1 20.3-32.9
55-64 139 105 72.4 61.6-81.1 34 27.6 18.9-38.4
65-74 26 23 89.6 69.6-97.0 3 10.4 3.0-30.4
75+ 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 110 68 58.9 46.5-70.3 42 41.1 29.7-53.5
H.S. or G.E.D. 362 246 67.0 60.9-72.6 116 33.0 27.4-39.1
Some Post-H.S. 351 273 81.3 76.1-85.5 78 18.7 14.5-23.9
College Graduate 288 241 84.4 78.3-88.9 47 15.6 11.1-21.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 92 55 56.1 42.4-69.0 37 43.9 31.0-57.6
$15,000- 24,999 254 183 69.5 61.7-76.3 71 30.5 23.7-38.3
$25,000- 34,999 205 151 76.0 68.4-82.2 54 24.0 17.8-31.6
$35,000- 49,999 186 135 73.3 65.4-79.9 51 26.7 20.1-34.6
$50,000-74,999 135 108 82.4 74.4-88.2 27 17.6 11.8-25.6
$75,000+ 107 86 77.5 65.6-86.2 21 22.5 13.8-34.4
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 216 153 71.7 63.6-78.6 63 28.3 21.4-36.4
No 873 659 76.8 73.3-80.0 214 23.2 20.0-26.7
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 117 92 79.8 70.2-86.9 25 20.2 13.1-29.8
Non-Veteran 970 716 74.9 71.4-78.1 254 25.1 21.9-28.6
Currently Serving 25 21 82.6 56.1-94.7 4 17.4 5.3-43.9

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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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