View results for a demographic group: |
Select a different topic: |
View results for a different geographical area: |
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 | 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 |
GENDER | |||||||||||||
Male | 2,153 | 1,874 | 86.8 | 84.9-88.6 | 148 | 7.3 | 5.9- 8.9 | 76 | 3.4 | 2.5- 4.4 | 55 | 2.6 | 1.9- 3.5 |
Female | 4,103 | 3,761 | 92.1 | 91.0-93.1 | 197 | 4.8 | 4.0- 5.7 | 82 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.1 | 63 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.0 |
RACE | |||||||||||||
White | 4,666 | 4,212 | 89.7 | 88.5-90.8 | 234 | 5.6 | 4.7- 6.5 | 125 | 2.5 | 2.0- 3.1 | 95 | 2.2 | 1.7- 2.8 |
African American | 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 |
Asian | 47 | 45 | 96.5 | 86.8-99.2 | 2 | 3.5 | 0.8-13.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Native American | 110 | 96 | 86.0 | 71.7-93.7 | 6 | 6.0 | 1.7-18.9 | 3 | 1.1 | 0.3- 3.7 | 5 | 6.9 | 1.9-21.6 |
Other Minorities | 274 | 246 | 88.4 | 80.9-93.3 | 19 | 6.6 | 3.0-13.7 | 7 | 4.3 | 1.8-10.0 | 2 | 0.7 | 0.2- 2.7 |
HISPANIC | |||||||||||||
Hispanic | 297 | 260 | 87.5 | 80.6-92.2 | 21 | 6.9 | 3.4-13.4 | 10 | 4.3 | 1.9- 9.5 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.5- 3.2 |
-English Speaking | 122 | 103 | 84.6 | 73.5-91.5 | 9 | 6.4 | 2.8-13.9 | 6 | 6.9 | 2.3-19.2 | 4 | 2.1 | 0.7- 6.6 |
-Spanish Speaking | 175 | 157 | 88.9 | 79.2-94.4 | 12 | 7.1 | 2.8-16.9 | 4 | 3.1 | 0.9-10.0 | 2 | 0.9 | 0.2- 3.6 |
Non-Hispanic | 5,952 | 5,369 | 89.9 | 88.8-90.8 | 324 | 5.8 | 5.1- 6.7 | 147 | 2.3 | 1.9- 2.8 | 112 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.6 |
AGE | |||||||||||||
18-24 | 346 | 304 | 87.3 | 80.7-91.9 | 28 | 9.0 | 5.0-15.6 | 8 | 1.5 | 0.6- 3.4 | 6 | 2.2 | 0.8- 5.8 |
25-34 | 1,381 | 1,248 | 90.2 | 87.9-92.1 | 82 | 6.1 | 4.5- 8.1 | 34 | 2.5 | 1.7- 3.7 | 17 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 |
35-44 | 1,688 | 1,519 | 89.6 | 87.5-91.4 | 101 | 6.4 | 5.0- 8.1 | 36 | 1.9 | 1.2- 3.1 | 32 | 2.1 | 1.3- 3.2 |
45-54 | 1,601 | 1,445 | 90.3 | 88.4-92.0 | 80 | 5.0 | 3.8- 6.5 | 44 | 2.5 | 1.8- 3.6 | 32 | 2.1 | 1.4- 3.3 |
55-64 | 969 | 875 | 89.6 | 86.7-91.9 | 46 | 5.5 | 3.9- 7.9 | 25 | 2.8 | 1.7- 4.8 | 23 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.5 |
65-74 | 205 | 182 | 85.1 | 76.0-91.2 | 6 | 2.4 | 1.0- 5.9 | 10 | 6.6 | 2.6-15.6 | 7 | 5.8 | 2.5-13.1 |
75+ | 34 | 32 | 97.2 | 87.4-99.4 | 1 | 2.1 | 0.3-13.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . | 1 | 0.7 | 0.1- 5.2 |
EDUCATION | |||||||||||||
Less Than H.S. | 507 | 409 | 80.4 | 75.0-84.9 | 56 | 9.9 | 6.7-14.6 | 25 | 5.9 | 3.5- 9.6 | 17 | 3.8 | 2.1- 6.8 |
H.S. or G.E.D. | 1,642 | 1,420 | 85.4 | 83.0-87.4 | 118 | 8.1 | 6.5-10.0 | 66 | 3.9 | 2.9- 5.1 | 38 | 2.7 | 1.8- 4.0 |
Some Post-H.S. | 1,699 | 1,525 | 90.1 | 88.1-91.8 | 100 | 6.0 | 4.6- 7.7 | 36 | 1.7 | 1.1- 2.4 | 38 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.4 |
College Graduate | 2,402 | 2,275 | 94.5 | 93.1-95.6 | 71 | 3.5 | 2.5- 4.8 | 31 | 1.2 | 0.7- 1.9 | 25 | 0.9 | 0.5- 1.4 |
HOUSEHOLD INCOME | |||||||||||||
Less than $15,000 | 290 | 238 | 82.3 | 73.2-88.8 | 30 | 11.1 | 5.8-20.3 | 11 | 4.0 | 1.6- 9.8 | 11 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.6 |
$15,000- 24,999 | 904 | 769 | 83.3 | 79.8-86.3 | 63 | 8.0 | 6.0-10.7 | 47 | 5.6 | 3.9- 8.1 | 25 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 |
$25,000- 34,999 | 822 | 734 | 89.7 | 86.8-92.0 | 54 | 6.5 | 4.7- 8.9 | 16 | 1.9 | 1.0- 3.6 | 18 | 2.0 | 1.2- 3.3 |
$35,000- 49,999 | 1,063 | 943 | 88.0 | 85.2-90.3 | 71 | 6.7 | 5.1- 8.8 | 25 | 2.3 | 1.5- 3.6 | 24 | 3.0 | 1.8- 5.0 |
$50,000-74,999 | 1,059 | 974 | 90.9 | 88.3-92.9 | 57 | 6.3 | 4.5- 8.6 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.9- 2.7 | 11 | 1.3 | 0.6- 2.5 |
$75,000+ | 1,295 | 1,213 | 94.0 | 92.3-95.4 | 45 | 3.7 | 2.6- 5.2 | 20 | 1.2 | 0.7- 2.0 | 17 | 1.1 | 0.6- 2.0 |
DISABILITY STATUS | |||||||||||||
Yes | 1,171 | 1,029 | 87.7 | 85.1-89.9 | 81 | 6.6 | 5.1- 8.5 | 40 | 3.6 | 2.4- 5.4 | 21 | 2.1 | 1.2- 3.6 |
No | 4,986 | 4,522 | 90.3 | 89.1-91.4 | 258 | 5.8 | 4.9- 6.8 | 114 | 2.1 | 1.7- 2.7 | 92 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.4 |
VETERAN STATUS | |||||||||||||
Veteran | 566 | 497 | 88.2 | 84.5-91.1 | 33 | 5.8 | 3.8- 8.7 | 24 | 4.0 | 2.4- 6.7 | 12 | 2.0 | 1.0- 3.7 |
Non-Veteran | 5,592 | 5,046 | 89.8 | 88.7-90.9 | 307 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.9 | 133 | 2.3 | 1.8- 2.8 | 106 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.6 |
Currently Serving | 98 | 92 | 92.5 | 82.6-96.9 | 5 | 5.2 | 1.9-13.2 | 1 | 2.4 | 0.3-14.8 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
Back to Seconhand Smoke Policy.
* 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.
BRFSS Home | Annual Questionnaires | Technical Notes
This page was generated on 05APR05.