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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: New Hanover County

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
-New Hanover County 158 148 94.4 89.5-97.1 4 1.8 0.6- 5.3 4 2.6 0.9- 7.0 2 1.2 0.3- 4.6
GENDER
Male 57 54 95.3 85.9-98.6 2 2.8 0.6-11.3 1 1.9 0.3-12.1 0 0.0 . - .
Female 101 94 93.7 86.6-97.2 2 1.0 0.3- 4.0 3 3.1 0.9-10.0 2 2.1 0.5- 8.2
RACE
White 129 121 94.4 88.7-97.3 4 2.2 0.7- 6.3 3 2.7 0.9- 8.2 1 0.7 0.1- 4.7
Other 26 24 94.1 77.6-98.7 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.0 0.3-13.0 1 3.9 0.5-23.4
AGE
18-44 88 82 95.0 88.7-97.9 4 3.0 1.0- 8.6 1 0.9 0.1- 6.4 1 1.0 0.1- 6.9
45+ 70 66 93.5 83.1-97.7 0 0.0 . - . 3 5.0 1.5-15.5 1 1.4 0.2- 9.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 30 29 97.4 83.3-99.6 0 0.0 . - . 0 0.0 . - . 1 2.6 0.4-16.7
Some College + 128 119 93.6 87.6-96.9 4 2.3 0.8- 6.7 4 3.3 1.2- 8.9 1 0.8 0.1- 5.4
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 73 67 92.4 83.4-96.7 3 3.6 1.0-11.7 1 1.3 0.2- 8.9 2 2.8 0.7-10.4
$50,000+ 59 57 95.8 84.7-99.0 0 0.0 . - . 2 4.2 1.0-15.3 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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