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

Seconhand Smoke Policy

Which of the following best describes your place of works' official smoking policy for indoor public or common areas, such as lobbies, rest rooms, and lunch rooms?*

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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%)
North Carolina 6,254 5,043 80.6 79.3-81.8 895 14.5 13.4-15.7 160 2.5 2.0- 3.1 156 2.4 1.9- 2.9
-NE Partnership I 140 103 75.1 66.4-82.2 23 15.3 9.9-23.0 7 5.4 2.4-11.9 7 4.1 1.9- 8.7
GENDER
Male 37 23 66.9 49.8-80.5 10 21.8 11.3-38.0 3 8.9 2.8-24.7 1 2.3 0.3-14.7
Female 103 80 80.2 70.9-87.1 13 11.2 6.2-19.5 4 3.3 1.1- 9.1 6 5.3 2.3-11.5
RACE
White 63 46 71.3 57.3-82.1 10 16.6 8.6-29.6 5 9.3 3.6-21.6 2 2.8 0.7-10.7
Other 73 54 78.3 66.4-86.8 12 13.5 7.1-24.2 2 2.9 0.6-13.6 5 5.3 2.1-12.6
AGE
18-44 79 56 73.4 61.5-82.6 16 19.4 11.6-30.7 3 4.0 1.1-13.2 4 3.2 1.2- 8.5
45+ 61 47 77.9 64.2-87.3 7 8.8 3.8-19.0 4 7.8 2.6-20.6 3 5.6 1.8-16.3
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 44 63.6 49.9-75.5 18 25.7 15.7-39.0 5 8.1 3.1-19.3 2 2.6 0.7-10.1
Some College + 71 59 85.6 75.1-92.2 5 5.8 2.3-14.1 2 3.0 0.6-13.9 5 5.5 2.2-13.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 91 65 73.3 62.0-82.3 18 18.6 11.3-29.2 4 4.2 1.3-12.5 4 3.8 1.4-10.2
$50,000+ 30 24 79.7 60.3-91.0 3 10.7 3.4-28.6 2 7.7 1.8-27.9 1 2.0 0.3-12.9

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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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