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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 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%)
North Carolina 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
-NE Partnership I 140 118 83.5 75.4-89.3 12 9.8 5.4-17.2 6 4.1 1.7- 9.6 4 2.6 1.0- 7.0
GENDER
Male 37 27 74.9 58.0-86.5 7 17.2 8.0-33.3 2 5.6 1.4-20.6 1 2.3 0.3-14.7
Female 103 91 88.9 80.8-93.8 5 5.2 2.1-12.5 4 3.1 1.1- 8.3 3 2.8 0.9- 8.5
RACE
White 63 49 74.6 60.7-84.8 9 18.4 9.6-32.3 4 5.6 2.0-14.8 1 1.4 0.2- 9.4
Other 73 65 89.1 78.3-94.9 3 4.1 1.1-13.8 2 3.2 0.7-13.5 3 3.6 1.1-11.1
AGE
18-44 79 67 84.8 73.9-91.6 8 10.6 5.1-20.8 2 2.9 0.6-12.5 2 1.7 0.4- 6.7
45+ 61 51 81.4 67.6-90.2 4 8.6 3.0-22.0 4 6.0 2.1-15.7 2 4.1 1.0-15.1
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 55 77.3 63.9-86.7 8 13.7 6.6-26.3 5 7.6 2.9-18.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5
Some College + 71 63 89.1 78.8-94.8 4 6.3 2.2-16.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.2 3 3.7 1.1-11.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 91 77 84.1 73.6-90.9 8 9.6 4.6-19.1 3 3.2 0.8-11.5 3 3.1 1.0- 9.6
$50,000+ 30 25 82.7 63.5-93.0 4 14.9 5.5-34.5 1 2.4 0.3-15.5 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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