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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 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
-Northeastern Partnership 356 301 82.8 77.4-87.2 31 10.0 6.8-14.5 15 4.2 2.3- 7.4 9 3.0 1.3- 7.1
GENDER
Male 101 78 74.7 63.8-83.1 14 14.6 8.5-23.8 6 6.6 2.9-14.2 3 4.2 1.0-15.4
Female 255 223 88.6 83.6-92.2 17 6.7 3.9-11.3 9 2.5 1.3- 4.9 6 2.2 0.9- 5.0
RACE
White 207 171 82.4 75.7-87.6 20 10.3 6.3-16.3 11 5.2 2.7- 9.9 5 2.1 0.8- 5.2
African American 129 111 82.8 73.3-89.4 11 11.7 6.3-20.8 4 3.6 1.2-10.9 3 1.9 0.6- 5.9
AGE
18-24 20 13 72.5 47.7-88.4 3 13.4 3.5-39.8 2 4.7 1.1-18.2 2 9.4 2.2-31.9
25-34 70 60 83.7 70.1-91.8 8 13.6 6.3-27.0 1 2.2 0.3-14.0 1 0.5 0.1- 3.8
35-44 88 77 84.6 71.3-92.3 6 8.6 3.7-19.0 2 1.2 0.3- 4.7 3 5.6 1.2-21.9
45-54 100 84 79.3 67.8-87.5 9 11.6 5.7-22.0 6 7.9 3.2-18.0 1 1.2 0.2- 8.1
55-64 60 51 86.6 74.4-93.5 4 4.9 1.7-13.4 4 7.0 2.3-19.3 1 1.5 0.2-10.1
65-74 15 13 89.1 64.2-97.4 1 4.7 0.6-27.4 0 0.0 . - . 1 6.2 0.8-33.7
75+ 2 2 100 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 32 23 74.7 54.1-88.0 9 25.3 12.0-45.9 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - .
H.S. or G.E.D. 119 99 79.8 69.8-87.1 8 9.1 4.4-18.0 10 9.6 4.9-18.2 2 1.4 0.4- 5.6
Some Post-H.S. 110 92 81.6 70.2-89.4 11 9.6 4.8-18.3 3 2.6 0.7- 9.0 4 6.2 1.8-19.1
College Graduate 95 87 91.3 81.7-96.1 3 5.6 1.7-16.3 2 0.9 0.2- 3.7 3 2.2 0.7- 7.0
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 28 20 71.7 47.8-87.5 7 26.6 11.2-51.1 1 1.7 0.2-11.4 0 0.0 . - .
$15,000- 24,999 71 56 77.1 63.4-86.7 8 14.3 6.7-27.8 4 5.3 1.7-15.3 3 3.3 1.0-10.1
$25,000- 34,999 45 38 86.1 70.6-94.1 6 13.0 5.2-28.8 0 0.0 . - . 1 0.9 0.1- 6.0
$35,000- 49,999 68 60 79.1 62.0-89.7 2 4.9 1.2-17.5 3 7.3 2.3-20.8 3 8.8 2.3-28.9
$50,000-74,999 46 41 86.1 69.7-94.4 4 12.0 4.4-28.7 1 1.9 0.3-12.3 0 0.0 . - .
$75,000+ 51 45 87.2 71.9-94.8 3 8.0 2.4-24.0 3 4.7 1.3-16.3 0 0.0 . - .
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 76 62 75.1 59.4-86.2 6 9.5 3.8-21.7 4 5.2 1.7-15.1 4 10.1 3.0-29.0
No 271 232 84.9 79.1-89.2 23 9.8 6.2-15.0 11 4.0 2.0- 7.8 5 1.3 0.5- 3.3
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 28 26 91.1 70.0-97.8 0 0.0 . - . 2 8.9 2.2-30.0 0 0.0 . - .
Non-Veteran 324 272 82.0 76.2-86.7 30 10.8 7.3-15.8 13 3.8 2.0- 7.0 9 3.4 1.4- 7.9
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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