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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Tobacco Use Prevention-FEMALES

In the indoor dining area of restaurants, do you think that smoking should be allowed in all areas, some areas, or not allowed at all?

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  Total
Respond.^
Allowed in all areas Allowed in some areas Not allowed at all
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 9,064 74 0.7 0.5- 0.9 3,910 42.1 40.8-43.3 5,080 57.2 56.0-58.5
RACE
White 6,755 54 0.7 0.5- 1.0 2,976 42.6 41.1-44.0 3,725 56.7 55.3-58.2
African American 1,714 9 0.4 0.2- 0.8 695 41.6 38.7-44.6 1,010 58.0 55.0-60.9
Asian 47 0 0.0 . - . 14 23.2 11.7-40.8 33 76.8 59.2-88.3
Native American 194 6 2.6 1.0- 7.0 81 43.4 34.5-52.8 107 53.9 44.6-63.0
Other Minorities 301 3 0.6 0.2- 2.1 125 39.2 32.8-46.1 173 60.2 53.3-66.6
HISPANIC
Hispanic 343 1 0.1 0.0- 1.0 144 40.3 34.1-46.8 198 59.6 53.1-65.7
-English Speaking 169 0 0.0 . - . 81 47.2 38.2-56.4 88 52.8 43.6-61.8
-Spanish Speaking 174 1 0.3 0.0- 1.8 63 35.2 27.1-44.2 110 64.6 55.5-72.7
Non-Hispanic 8,712 73 0.7 0.5- 1.0 3,765 42.2 40.9-43.5 4,874 57.1 55.8-58.4
AGE
18-24 490 0 0.0 . - . 250 48.0 42.6-53.4 240 52.0 46.6-57.4
25-34 1,451 10 0.3 0.2- 0.7 612 40.6 37.6-43.7 829 59.0 55.9-62.0
35-44 1,665 18 1.2 0.7- 2.0 713 42.0 39.1-45.0 934 56.8 53.8-59.7
45-54 1,693 6 0.3 0.1- 0.6 740 42.9 40.0-45.8 947 56.9 53.9-59.8
55-64 1,518 17 1.1 0.6- 1.9 671 43.8 40.8-46.9 830 55.1 52.0-58.2
65-74 1,232 10 0.7 0.4- 1.3 523 40.3 37.0-43.7 699 59.0 55.6-62.3
75+ 968 12 1.1 0.5- 2.2 382 37.7 34.1-41.5 574 61.2 57.4-64.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 1,401 17 1.0 0.6- 1.7 642 47.7 44.4-51.0 742 51.3 48.0-54.6
H.S. or G.E.D. 2,690 31 0.9 0.6- 1.4 1,299 46.8 44.4-49.2 1,360 52.3 49.9-54.7
Some Post-H.S. 2,383 20 0.9 0.5- 1.6 1,093 44.7 42.2-47.2 1,270 54.4 51.9-56.9
College Graduate 2,578 6 0.1 0.1- 0.3 872 32.5 30.3-34.7 1,700 67.4 65.2-69.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 1,152 23 1.9 1.1- 3.3 548 48.0 44.4-51.7 581 50.0 46.4-53.7
$15,000- 24,999 1,636 11 0.5 0.2- 1.1 807 47.9 44.9-50.9 818 51.6 48.6-54.7
$25,000- 34,999 1,036 7 0.9 0.4- 1.9 484 46.7 42.9-50.5 545 52.4 48.6-56.2
$35,000- 49,999 1,114 5 0.3 0.1- 0.9 500 44.3 40.8-47.8 609 55.3 51.8-58.8
$50,000-74,999 990 7 0.5 0.2- 1.1 364 37.4 33.8-41.2 619 62.1 58.3-65.7
$75,000+ 1,101 7 0.5 0.2- 1.2 349 30.4 27.3-33.7 745 69.1 65.8-72.2
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 3,009 30 0.9 0.5- 1.4 1,364 46.0 43.8-48.3 1,615 53.1 50.8-55.3
No 5,964 42 0.6 0.4- 0.9 2,505 40.3 38.8-41.9 3,417 59.1 57.5-60.6
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 161 2 0.8 0.2- 3.2 62 41.7 32.2-51.8 97 57.5 47.4-67.0
Non-Veteran 8,869 72 0.7 0.5- 0.9 3,832 42.1 40.8-43.4 4,965 57.2 56.0-58.5
Currently Serving 34 0 0.0 . - . 16 40.4 23.9-59.3 18 59.6 40.7-76.1

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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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