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

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 II 171 145 83.4 75.6-89.1 15 10.7 6.1-18.2 7 3.8 1.6- 9.1 4 2.0 0.7- 5.5
GENDER
Male 47 39 79.4 63.3-89.6 5 13.8 5.7-29.6 2 5.4 1.3-20.3 1 1.4 0.2- 9.3
Female 124 106 86.0 77.3-91.7 10 8.8 4.2-17.4 5 2.8 1.1- 6.9 3 2.4 0.7- 7.9
RACE
White 107 91 87.0 79.1-92.2 7 5.2 2.3-11.2 5 4.1 1.6- 9.9 4 3.7 1.3-10.0
Other 63 53 79.1 64.4-88.8 8 17.3 8.5-31.8 2 3.6 0.7-17.1 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 76 64 84.3 72.1-91.8 6 10.5 4.3-23.4 3 2.0 0.6- 6.3 3 3.1 0.9-10.0
45+ 94 80 82.5 71.0-90.0 9 11.0 5.3-21.5 4 5.6 1.8-16.0 1 1.0 0.1- 6.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 69 55 75.3 61.0-85.6 9 16.4 8.1-30.6 4 7.1 2.4-19.4 1 1.2 0.2- 7.9
Some College + 102 90 89.3 80.4-94.4 6 6.6 2.6-15.7 3 1.5 0.5- 4.7 3 2.6 0.8- 8.5
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 101 81 77.0 65.6-85.5 13 16.0 8.8-27.3 4 4.8 1.5-13.8 3 2.1 0.7- 6.8
$50,000+ 48 45 94.5 82.9-98.4 1 2.7 0.4-17.0 2 2.8 0.6-11.4 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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