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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership I (Bertie/Gates/Halifax/Hertford/Northampton/Warren)

Seconhand Smoke Policy

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Respond.^
Not allowed anywhere Allowed in some places Allowed anywhere No rules about smoking
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 14,761 10,413 72.3 71.5-73.2 1,234 8.1 7.6- 8.7 1,062 7.0 6.5- 7.5 2,052 12.6 12.0-13.2
-NE Partnership I 390 250 67.0 61.6-72.0 38 8.7 6.2-12.0 38 9.5 6.7-13.3 64 14.8 11.3-19.1
GENDER
Male 132 81 69.4 60.8-76.9 13 7.5 4.3-12.9 14 8.5 4.9-14.3 24 14.5 9.4-21.9
Female 258 169 65.1 58.2-71.5 25 9.5 6.2-14.3 24 10.3 6.6-15.9 40 15.0 10.7-20.5
RACE
White 171 104 66.2 58.1-73.6 13 7.9 4.5-13.4 17 8.9 5.3-14.7 37 16.9 11.8-23.7
Other 215 144 68.3 61.0-74.8 24 8.8 5.7-13.4 20 9.4 5.8-14.8 27 13.5 9.1-19.5
AGE
18-44 132 94 75.0 66.2-82.1 13 6.6 3.7-11.5 13 10.4 5.8-17.9 12 8.0 4.2-14.6
45+ 258 156 61.6 54.7-68.0 25 10.1 6.6-15.0 25 8.9 5.8-13.4 52 19.4 14.6-25.4
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 246 149 63.0 55.9-69.5 26 10.2 6.8-15.1 26 10.1 6.6-15.0 45 16.8 12.2-22.5
Some College + 144 101 73.7 65.1-80.7 12 6.1 3.3-10.9 12 8.7 4.7-15.7 19 11.6 7.0-18.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 247 145 62.4 55.4-69.0 29 9.9 6.7-14.4 28 10.8 7.2-15.9 45 16.9 12.3-22.8
$50,000+ 47 34 76.6 62.0-86.7 2 4.7 1.2-17.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.3 10 17.0 8.6-30.8

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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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