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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Seconhand Smoke Policy-FEMALES

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 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 3,046 2,802 92.0 90.7-93.1 130 4.5 3.6- 5.6 64 1.8 1.4- 2.4 50 1.7 1.2- 2.5
African American 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
Asian 21 21 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Native American 85 76 94.5 88.9-97.3 3 1.7 0.5- 5.9 3 1.7 0.5- 5.6 3 2.1 0.6- 6.8
Other Minorities 132 121 94.3 89.1-97.1 10 5.0 2.5- 9.9 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1 0 0.0 . - .
HISPANIC
Hispanic 145 126 90.0 83.7-94.0 11 6.4 3.3-12.0 4 1.6 0.5- 4.8 4 2.1 0.6- 6.4
-English Speaking 78 64 85.3 74.5-92.0 6 7.1 2.8-16.9 4 3.3 1.1- 9.7 4 4.3 1.3-13.0
-Spanish Speaking 67 62 94.3 86.0-97.8 5 5.7 2.2-14.0 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Hispanic 3,952 3,629 92.2 91.1-93.2 186 4.7 3.9- 5.6 78 1.7 1.3- 2.1 59 1.4 1.1- 2.0
AGE
18-24 222 191 87.0 80.8-91.4 21 9.0 5.4-14.7 7 1.9 0.8- 4.5 3 2.0 0.6- 6.4
25-34 880 806 92.5 90.4-94.2 48 4.7 3.4- 6.4 19 2.1 1.2- 3.4 7 0.7 0.3- 1.7
35-44 1,097 1,012 92.4 90.0-94.3 51 4.8 3.3- 6.9 19 1.2 0.7- 2.1 15 1.6 0.9- 3.0
45-54 1,076 992 92.8 90.7-94.5 45 3.7 2.6- 5.4 19 1.7 1.0- 2.9 20 1.7 1.0- 3.0
55-64 635 583 92.0 88.9-94.3 26 5.1 3.2- 8.3 13 1.5 0.8- 2.8 13 1.3 0.7- 2.3
65-74 140 127 91.3 84.8-95.2 4 2.0 0.7- 5.4 5 3.2 1.3- 7.9 4 3.4 1.2- 9.6
75+ 28 26 96.0 82.8-99.2 1 2.9 0.4-18.6 0 0.0 . - . 1 1.0 0.1- 7.3
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 291 243 84.5 78.9-88.9 28 7.4 4.8-11.1 10 3.7 1.8- 7.3 10 4.4 2.0- 9.4
H.S. or G.E.D. 1,128 1,003 88.6 86.0-90.7 69 7.0 5.3- 9.3 35 2.5 1.7- 3.7 21 1.9 1.1- 3.1
Some Post-H.S. 1,184 1,085 92.6 90.4-94.3 60 4.7 3.3- 6.7 18 1.2 0.7- 2.2 21 1.5 0.9- 2.5
College Graduate 1,496 1,426 95.8 94.5-96.8 40 2.6 1.8- 3.8 19 0.9 0.5- 1.6 11 0.6 0.3- 1.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 221 181 85.5 79.7-89.9 24 8.9 5.7-13.7 9 3.6 1.6- 7.9 7 2.0 0.9- 4.4
$15,000- 24,999 652 569 85.3 81.4-88.4 39 7.8 5.3-11.2 27 4.3 2.8- 6.5 17 2.7 1.6- 4.5
$25,000- 34,999 572 520 93.1 90.5-95.1 33 4.8 3.1- 7.3 9 1.0 0.5- 2.0 10 1.2 0.6- 2.2
$35,000- 49,999 691 640 92.4 89.6-94.5 32 4.6 3.1- 6.6 8 1.1 0.5- 2.7 11 1.9 0.8- 4.2
$50,000-74,999 649 612 93.8 90.6-95.9 28 4.9 3.0- 8.1 7 1.0 0.5- 2.3 2 0.3 0.1- 1.1
$75,000+ 743 701 94.9 92.9-96.4 25 3.3 2.1- 5.2 9 0.9 0.4- 1.7 8 0.9 0.4- 1.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 776 698 91.7 89.4-93.6 43 4.4 3.1- 6.2 22 2.7 1.7- 4.3 13 1.2 0.7- 2.2
No 3,264 3,009 92.3 91.1-93.4 150 4.8 3.9- 5.9 57 1.3 1.0- 1.8 48 1.5 1.1- 2.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 85 79 94.5 87.5-97.7 2 1.1 0.3- 4.8 2 1.9 0.5- 7.3 2 2.5 0.6- 9.7
Non-Veteran 3,993 3,657 92.0 90.9-93.0 195 4.8 4.1- 5.8 80 1.7 1.3- 2.1 61 1.5 1.1- 2.0
Currently Serving 25 25 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 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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