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Not allowed | Allowed in some areas | Allowed in all areas | No official policy | |||||||||
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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 |
Have Health Insurance | |||||||||||||
Yes | 5,408 | 4,942 | 91.1 | 90.1-92.1 | 269 | 5.2 | 4.4- 6.1 | 112 | 2.1 | 1.6- 2.6 | 85 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.2 |
No | 845 | 690 | 81.4 | 77.5-84.8 | 76 | 10.1 | 7.6-13.4 | 46 | 4.6 | 3.0- 7.0 | 33 | 3.9 | 2.5- 5.9 |
Body Mass Index | |||||||||||||
Underweight | 67 | 61 | 90.2 | 77.9-96.0 | 2 | 1.6 | 0.4- 6.3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0.2-10.1 | 3 | 6.7 | 2.0-19.9 |
Recommended Range | 2,155 | 1,938 | 89.9 | 88.0-91.5 | 116 | 5.6 | 4.3- 7.2 | 59 | 2.4 | 1.7- 3.2 | 42 | 2.2 | 1.5- 3.2 |
Overweight | 2,173 | 1,954 | 89.4 | 87.6-91.0 | 135 | 7.0 | 5.6- 8.6 | 44 | 2.0 | 1.4- 2.9 | 40 | 1.6 | 1.1- 2.4 |
Obese | 1,540 | 1,381 | 89.1 | 86.9-91.0 | 81 | 5.2 | 4.0- 6.8 | 48 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.0 | 30 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.4 |
Current Smoker | |||||||||||||
No | 4,844 | 4,446 | 91.4 | 90.3-92.4 | 232 | 5.3 | 4.5- 6.3 | 92 | 1.8 | 1.4- 2.3 | 74 | 1.5 | 1.1- 2.0 |
Yes | 1,397 | 1,175 | 83.7 | 81.0-86.1 | 113 | 8.0 | 6.3-10.1 | 66 | 4.8 | 3.5- 6.4 | 43 | 3.5 | 2.4- 5.1 |
Binge Drinker | |||||||||||||
No | 5,654 | 5,116 | 90.2 | 89.1-91.2 | 300 | 5.8 | 5.0- 6.8 | 141 | 2.4 | 1.9- 2.9 | 97 | 1.6 | 1.3- 2.1 |
Yes | 535 | 459 | 85.4 | 81.3-88.8 | 41 | 6.5 | 4.5- 9.3 | 17 | 3.3 | 1.9- 5.7 | 18 | 4.7 | 2.7- 8.2 |
Heavy Drinker | |||||||||||||
No | 5,975 | 5,391 | 89.9 | 88.8-90.9 | 323 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.8 | 149 | 2.4 | 2.0- 3.0 | 112 | 1.9 | 1.5- 2.4 |
Yes | 241 | 209 | 85.3 | 78.5-90.2 | 20 | 7.6 | 4.6-12.3 | 8 | 3.5 | 1.5- 8.2 | 4 | 3.5 | 1.2-10.0 |
Fair/Poor Health Status | |||||||||||||
Yes | 586 | 515 | 86.1 | 81.0-90.0 | 39 | 8.3 | 5.1-13.1 | 18 | 3.1 | 1.6- 5.8 | 14 | 2.6 | 1.2- 5.2 |
No | 5,656 | 5,106 | 90.1 | 89.0-91.0 | 306 | 5.7 | 4.9- 6.5 | 140 | 2.4 | 1.9- 2.9 | 104 | 1.9 | 1.5- 2.4 |
Current Asthma | |||||||||||||
Yes | 409 | 380 | 94.9 | 91.7-97.0 | 16 | 2.2 | 1.3- 3.7 | 8 | 0.9 | 0.4- 1.9 | 5 | 2.0 | 0.7- 5.8 |
No | 5,818 | 5,230 | 89.4 | 88.3-90.4 | 326 | 6.1 | 5.3- 7.0 | 150 | 2.5 | 2.1- 3.1 | 112 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 |
Diabetes | |||||||||||||
Yes | 308 | 282 | 90.7 | 85.9-94.0 | 13 | 5.7 | 3.2-10.2 | 7 | 1.5 | 0.7- 3.3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.8- 5.1 |
Yes, During Pregnancy | 75 | 69 | 91.4 | 79.6-96.6 | 5 | 5.2 | 2.0-12.9 | 1 | 3.4 | 0.5-20.2 | 0 | 0.0 | . - . |
No | 5,819 | 5,239 | 89.7 | 88.6-90.7 | 321 | 5.9 | 5.1- 6.8 | 147 | 2.4 | 1.9- 2.9 | 112 | 2.0 | 1.6- 2.5 |
No, Bordeline Diabetes | 51 | 43 | 77.7 | 53.0-91.5 | 5 | 8.6 | 3.1-21.6 | 3 | 13.7 | 2.9-45.5 | 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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