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2004 BRFSS Survey Results: Onslow 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
-Onslow County 156 137 86.5 77.8-92.1 13 7.2 4.0-12.6 5 5.6 1.9-15.6 1 0.7 0.1- 5.1
GENDER
Male 63 55 84.6 69.2-93.1 4 5.2 1.8-14.0 4 10.2 3.3-27.4 0 0.0 . - .
Female 93 82 88.5 79.4-93.8 9 9.4 4.7-18.0 1 0.6 0.1- 3.9 1 1.5 0.2-10.2
RACE
White 111 98 87.9 79.7-93.1 9 7.5 3.7-14.4 3 3.6 1.1-10.7 1 1.0 0.1- 7.0
Other 42 36 82.0 56.7-94.0 4 6.9 2.3-18.9 2 11.1 2.0-44.0 0 0.0 . - .
AGE
18-44 93 82 86.0 73.4-93.2 8 8.1 3.9-16.2 3 5.9 1.3-22.3 0 0.0 . - .
45+ 62 54 87.2 75.1-93.9 5 5.6 2.2-13.2 2 5.1 1.3-18.7 1 2.1 0.3-13.5
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 52 42 75.8 57.4-87.9 7 12.3 5.7-24.4 2 9.9 2.1-36.2 1 2.1 0.3-13.3
Some College + 103 94 92.4 84.6-96.4 6 4.4 1.7-10.8 3 3.2 0.9-10.7 0 0.0 . - .
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 89 74 82.2 69.2-90.5 11 9.9 5.3-18.0 3 6.6 1.5-24.5 1 1.3 0.2- 8.5
$50,000+ 49 46 92.2 77.3-97.7 2 4.4 1.0-18.3 1 3.3 0.5-20.0 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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