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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeastern Partnership**

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
-Northeastern Partnership 357 280 79.2 73.7-83.7 50 14.0 10.1-19.1 16 4.4 2.5- 7.4 11 2.5 1.3- 4.6
GENDER
Male 101 73 72.4 61.7-81.0 18 18.5 11.3-28.9 7 6.9 3.2-14.0 3 2.2 0.7- 6.6
Female 256 207 84.0 78.5-88.2 32 10.8 7.2-15.8 9 2.6 1.3- 5.1 8 2.7 1.3- 5.5
RACE
White 207 164 79.9 72.9-85.4 25 11.3 7.1-17.3 13 6.8 3.8-12.0 5 2.1 0.8- 5.1
African American 130 100 79.3 70.4-86.0 21 15.3 9.4-23.8 3 1.8 0.5- 7.0 6 3.6 1.6- 8.2
AGE
18-24 20 15 84.1 63.1-94.2 1 1.9 0.3-12.9 2 4.7 1.1-18.2 2 9.4 2.2-31.9
25-34 70 54 79.3 66.7-88.0 13 16.6 9.0-28.6 2 3.6 0.9-13.6 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8
35-44 89 68 77.9 65.7-86.7 14 17.3 9.3-30.1 2 1.0 0.2- 4.1 5 3.7 1.5- 9.2
45-54 100 76 73.8 62.1-82.8 16 16.7 9.4-27.8 7 8.4 3.8-17.4 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1
55-64 60 50 83.9 70.5-91.9 5 7.6 2.7-19.3 3 5.7 1.6-18.6 2 2.8 0.7-10.7
65-74 15 14 95.3 72.6-99.4 1 4.7 0.6-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
75+ 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 21 75.1 56.5-87.5 10 21.4 10.2-39.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 3.5 0.5-21.2
H.S. or G.E.D. 120 84 68.2 57.7-77.1 24 21.5 13.9-31.8 10 8.9 4.6-16.5 2 1.4 0.3- 5.3
Some Post-H.S. 110 93 85.3 74.6-91.9 11 9.6 4.2-20.5 2 2.1 0.4- 9.2 4 3.0 1.1- 8.2
College Graduate 95 82 87.0 77.0-93.1 5 7.1 2.7-17.4 4 3.1 0.9- 9.8 4 2.8 1.0- 7.7
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 20 69.8 45.8-86.3 6 22.8 8.6-48.0 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 1 5.8 0.8-31.5
$15,000- 24,999 71 48 67.6 53.6-79.1 16 23.2 13.4-37.0 4 6.2 2.1-16.9 3 3.0 0.9- 9.2
$25,000- 34,999 46 33 79.8 66.1-88.9 11 18.5 9.8-32.2 1 0.8 0.1- 5.8 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
$35,000- 49,999 68 57 79.8 63.7-89.9 6 11.9 4.1-29.9 3 5.5 1.7-16.0 2 2.8 0.7-10.7
$50,000-74,999 46 40 81.3 63.8-91.5 4 13.2 5.0-30.6 2 5.5 1.3-20.7 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 51 44 86.3 71.2-94.1 3 8.0 2.4-24.0 3 4.7 1.3-16.3 1 0.9 0.1- 6.5
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 76 60 76.2 61.0-86.8 9 14.2 5.8-30.7 5 6.7 2.5-16.7 2 2.9 0.7-11.3
No 272 213 79.9 74.0-84.8 39 13.8 9.7-19.2 11 3.9 2.0- 7.4 9 2.4 1.2- 4.8
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 28 24 82.0 60.6-93.1 2 9.0 2.2-30.1 2 8.9 2.2-30.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 325 253 78.9 73.1-83.7 47 14.4 10.2-19.9 14 4.0 2.2- 7.0 11 2.8 1.5- 5.1
Currently Serving 4 3 79.4 26.9-97.6 1 20.6 2.4-73.1 0 0.0 . - . 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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