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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: NE Partnership II (Beaufort/Camden/Chowan/Edgecombe/Martin/Pasq./Perq./Tyrrell/Wash.)

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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 II 473 308 67.4 62.5-71.9 40 8.3 5.9-11.6 42 8.6 6.2-11.8 83 15.7 12.4-19.6
GENDER
Male 155 99 68.3 60.1-75.5 14 8.9 5.1-15.1 16 9.2 5.5-14.9 26 13.6 9.1-19.8
Female 318 209 66.7 60.7-72.2 26 7.8 5.2-11.7 26 8.1 5.4-12.1 57 17.3 13.1-22.6
RACE
White 306 182 62.3 56.2-68.1 31 9.5 6.5-13.8 33 10.8 7.5-15.4 60 17.3 13.3-22.2
Other 166 125 75.2 66.9-82.0 9 6.5 3.2-12.7 9 5.2 2.5-10.2 23 13.2 8.3-20.3
AGE
18-44 136 102 76.2 67.2-83.3 15 10.0 5.6-17.2 10 6.8 3.4-13.2 9 7.0 3.4-13.8
45+ 336 205 62.5 56.7-68.1 25 7.4 4.8-11.1 32 9.6 6.7-13.6 74 20.5 16.2-25.6
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 261 155 59.6 52.7-66.2 23 8.9 5.7-13.7 30 11.6 8.0-16.6 53 19.9 15.0-25.9
Some College + 212 153 76.7 70.1-82.3 17 7.6 4.5-12.7 12 5.0 2.7- 9.3 30 10.6 7.1-15.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 286 168 60.4 53.8-66.7 29 10.2 6.8-15.0 27 9.0 6.0-13.3 62 20.4 15.6-26.1
$50,000+ 87 68 79.5 69.0-87.1 4 5.4 1.9-14.4 7 8.4 3.8-17.4 8 6.7 3.2-13.7

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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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