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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seconhand Smoke Policy-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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  Total
Respond.^
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%)
TOTAL 2,628 1,784 68.5 66.3-70.7 282 10.7 9.3-12.2 188 7.7 6.5- 9.1 374 13.1 11.6-14.8
GENDER
Male 858 556 67.1 63.3-70.8 89 9.4 7.3-11.9 75 9.2 7.1-11.9 138 14.3 11.8-17.3
Female 1,770 1,228 69.6 66.8-72.2 193 11.6 9.8-13.8 113 6.5 5.2- 8.1 236 12.3 10.5-14.3
AGE
18-24 170 124 73.1 63.8-80.7 17 9.7 5.4-16.8 12 9.0 4.4-17.6 17 8.2 4.7-13.8
25-34 454 343 77.1 72.2-81.3 45 9.2 6.5-12.7 20 3.8 2.3- 6.2 46 10.0 7.1-13.8
35-44 514 363 71.3 66.2-75.9 70 13.1 10.0-17.1 27 4.5 3.0- 6.7 54 11.0 7.9-15.2
45-54 513 315 62.1 56.8-67.1 60 11.6 8.5-15.5 55 11.8 8.7-15.9 83 14.5 11.2-18.6
55-64 419 263 61.9 55.9-67.6 42 8.7 6.2-12.1 32 10.3 6.9-15.1 82 19.1 14.6-24.5
65-74 324 214 64.6 57.5-71.1 26 11.0 6.5-18.0 22 7.4 4.5-11.9 62 17.0 12.7-22.4
75+ 218 149 69.2 61.4-76.1 20 9.6 5.6-16.1 19 9.4 5.5-15.6 30 11.8 7.8-17.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 598 370 58.9 53.7-63.9 71 12.2 9.2-16.0 56 12.8 9.4-17.3 101 16.1 12.8-20.1
H.S. or G.E.D. 891 570 64.9 61.0-68.7 106 12.6 10.0-15.8 75 7.7 5.9- 9.9 140 14.8 12.2-17.8
Some Post-H.S. 648 454 70.3 65.7-74.5 73 10.9 8.3-14.1 42 7.2 5.0-10.2 79 11.6 8.8-15.1
College Graduate 486 387 83.0 78.6-86.7 30 4.7 3.1- 7.1 15 2.9 1.6- 5.1 54 9.3 6.5-13.3
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 525 308 56.8 51.4-62.0 68 13.6 10.4-17.7 50 11.9 8.6-16.2 99 17.7 14.1-22.1
$15,000- 24,999 598 375 61.2 56.0-66.2 72 13.0 9.7-17.4 53 10.0 7.1-13.9 98 15.7 12.4-19.7
$25,000- 34,999 338 244 73.2 67.2-78.5 35 9.7 6.4-14.5 18 5.9 3.6- 9.6 41 11.1 7.8-15.6
$35,000- 49,999 296 203 71.5 65.1-77.1 29 8.5 5.7-12.4 17 6.5 3.7-11.1 47 13.6 9.7-18.8
$50,000-74,999 187 136 70.1 61.0-77.9 18 8.0 4.7-13.2 6 4.3 1.8-10.2 27 17.6 11.1-26.8
$75,000+ 143 120 85.8 78.4-91.0 7 5.0 2.2-11.1 3 1.2 0.4- 3.9 13 7.9 4.3-14.0
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 945 591 60.9 57.0-64.7 120 13.0 10.6-15.9 86 11.2 8.7-14.3 148 14.9 12.4-17.8
No 1,632 1,163 72.3 69.5-75.0 157 9.6 7.9-11.6 97 6.0 4.7- 7.5 215 12.1 10.3-14.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 303 202 68.5 61.8-74.5 30 9.0 5.6-14.1 19 6.2 3.7-10.1 52 16.3 11.8-22.1
Non-Veteran 2,288 1,547 68.0 65.6-70.4 252 11.1 9.6-12.8 168 8.0 6.7- 9.6 321 12.8 11.2-14.6
Currently Serving 37 35 96.3 84.4-99.2 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 6.8 1 2.7 0.4-16.9

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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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