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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seconhand Smoke Policy-AFRICAN AMERICANS

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%)
TOTAL 1,111 991 89.7 87.3-91.6 82 7.2 5.6- 9.2 22 1.6 1.0- 2.7 16 1.5 0.8- 2.7
GENDER
Male 323 280 86.7 81.9-90.4 29 8.7 5.8-12.9 8 2.2 1.0- 4.5 6 2.4 1.0- 5.7
Female 788 711 91.6 89.2-93.5 53 6.2 4.5- 8.4 14 1.3 0.7- 2.5 10 0.9 0.4- 1.7
AGE
18-24 63 54 88.5 74.8-95.2 6 10.2 3.8-24.5 3 1.3 0.4- 4.3 0 0.0 . - .
25-34 281 257 91.0 85.9-94.3 18 6.6 3.8-11.1 3 0.9 0.2- 3.2 3 1.6 0.4- 5.3
35-44 327 285 87.3 82.5-90.9 30 9.4 6.3-13.9 6 1.6 0.6- 3.9 6 1.7 0.7- 4.1
45-54 266 233 89.5 84.7-92.9 21 6.3 3.8-10.3 8 3.4 1.6- 7.2 4 0.8 0.3- 2.3
55-64 140 130 91.4 81.9-96.2 6 5.1 1.9-13.2 1 0.3 0.0- 2.0 3 3.2 0.7-13.2
65-74 26 24 94.9 80.9-98.8 1 2.2 0.3-14.4 1 2.9 0.4-18.4 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 109 92 84.8 74.6-91.4 13 12.2 6.3-22.3 2 1.7 0.4- 7.0 2 1.3 0.3- 6.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 361 308 83.3 77.9-87.5 39 11.0 7.8-15.4 7 2.6 1.2- 5.6 7 3.1 1.3- 7.5
Some Post-H.S. 351 316 92.5 88.9-94.9 20 4.8 2.8- 8.0 9 1.7 0.8- 3.9 6 1.0 0.4- 2.3
College Graduate 289 274 95.0 90.6-97.4 10 4.2 2.0- 8.7 4 0.5 0.2- 1.6 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 93 76 82.2 69.5-90.4 14 14.3 7.3-26.2 1 0.4 0.0- 2.5 2 3.1 0.5-16.6
$15,000- 24,999 254 220 83.8 76.5-89.1 21 10.8 6.5-17.5 7 2.4 1.1- 5.3 6 3.0 1.0- 8.9
$25,000- 34,999 204 185 92.1 86.9-95.4 12 4.7 2.4- 9.0 3 0.9 0.3- 3.0 4 2.3 0.8- 6.8
$35,000- 49,999 186 163 86.8 80.3-91.4 16 8.4 5.0-13.7 5 3.8 1.5- 9.2 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0
$50,000-74,999 135 122 91.3 84.7-95.2 10 6.9 3.5-13.1 2 1.4 0.3- 6.3 1 0.4 0.1- 2.7
$75,000+ 107 101 94.3 86.2-97.8 6 5.7 2.2-13.8 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 216 192 89.8 83.7-93.8 18 7.0 3.8-12.3 2 0.6 0.2- 2.5 4 2.6 0.8- 7.9
No 872 780 90.1 87.6-92.2 63 7.4 5.5- 9.7 19 1.7 1.0- 2.9 10 0.8 0.4- 1.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 117 105 89.1 80.2-94.3 9 8.6 4.0-17.5 2 1.7 0.4- 7.4 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9
Non-Veteran 969 862 89.7 87.2-91.7 72 7.0 5.3- 9.1 20 1.7 1.0- 2.8 15 1.6 0.9- 3.1
Currently Serving 25 24 92.3 61.3-98.9 1 7.7 1.1-38.7 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .

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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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